José 'Pepe' Murcia González (born 3 December 1964) is a Spanish

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who manages

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side

Muaither SC Muaither SC ( ar, نادي معيذر الرياضي) is a multi-sports club based in Muaither, Qatar. It is best known for its football department, which plays in the Qatari Second Division. History 1996–2013: Second division The club was fo ...

Career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Murcia never played in higher than

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

, and retired in 1992 at the age of only 27 due to injury. He coached several local youth teams in his early years, including

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. After a successful spell with the reserves (two consecutive promotions all the way to

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), he was one of four managers for the main squad in the 2001–02 season, achieving four wins, two draws and two losses during his eight games in charge as they eventually retained their

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status. Murcia then plied his trade in the third division, leading

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to the league championship in his first year, albeit with no playoff promotion. On 9 January 2006, following a 0–0

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home draw against

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, he was appointed the ''Colchoneros first team's manager, replacing the dismissed

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; they ranked 12th at that time, going on to finish the campaign in tenth position. Murcia spent the following four years in the second tier with as many clubs, not managing to finish one single season but with none of the teams eventually losing their league status. On 30 November 2009, after a 2–3 home defeat to

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, he was fired at

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due to negative results, with the Castile-La Mancha side in 16th position at that time– eventually ending 15th. On 9 August 2011, Murcia signed a two-year contract with Romania's FC Brașov, but resigned at the

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club after three matches due to family reasons. In June 2014, after nearly three years out of football, he was appointed at

PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

in Bulgaria. Murcia was sacked on 4 August 2014, due to poor results. In November 2016, whilst working out on his own, the FC Legirus Inter manager suffered a

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, slipping into a

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but eventually recovering. In June 2017, Murcia was hired by

Al-Shahania SC Al Shahaniya Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشحانية الرياضي), is a Qatari sports club based in Al-Shahaniya, a town 20 km from the capital Doha. Founded in 1998, the most prominent team of the club is the football team which play ...

, newly relegated to the

. He won promotion to the

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with an unbeaten first season, and then came seventh in his second, earning him a nomination for Manager of the Year alongside

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of champions

Al Sadd SC Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Atlético Madrid B *

: 2003–04 Al-Shahania *

: 2017–18

References

External links

* *
Levski official profile
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