Manuel María "Lolo" Escobar Rodríguez (born 13 May 1976) is a Spanish

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and former player. He is the current manager of

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

Career

Born in

Don Benito Don Benito () is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, near the left bank of the Guadiana river. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 37,011. History Don Benito dates from the 15t ...

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, Escobar moved to

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with his parents and joined

CD Las Rozas Las Rozas Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Las Rozas de Madrid, in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1966 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7, holding home games at ''Polidep ...

' youth setup at the age of 14. He then went on to feature for the first team before leaving the club at the age of 21. Escobar began coaching at the age of just 18, being in charge of Las Rozas' ''Infantil B'' squad. He subsequently worked in the youth categories of

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

, EF Madrid Oeste Boadilla and FC Villanueva del Pardillo before being named manager of the latter side's first team. He promoted the club from the ''Segunda de Aficionados'' (seventh division) to the ''Preferente'' (fifth tier) before being sacked in March 2010. In August 2010, Escobar was named manager of

AD Unión Adarve Agrupación Deportiva Unión Adarve is a Spanish football team, from the Barrio del Pilar district of Fuencarral-El Pardo, in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It was founded in 1961. History Unión Adarve was the result of a merger of tw ...

in the fifth division. He helped the club in their promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

in his first season, and reached the play-offs twice in

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and

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, missing out promotion in both. On 26 June 2014, Escobar took over fellow fourth division side

CD Puerta Bonita Club Deportivo Nueva Puerta Bonita is a Spanish football club based in Carabanchel, city of Madrid, in the namesake autonomous community. Founded in 1942 as Club Deportivo Puerta Bonita, it plays in Tercera División B – Group 7. After a few ...

. He resigned the following January alleging "personal reasons", and was presented as manager of

CF Trival Valderas Club de Fútbol Trival Valderas Alcorcón is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 2004, it currently plays in '' Tercera División RFEF – Group 7'', holding home matches at '' Estadio La Canaleja'', ...

on 29 June 2015. On 30 June 2016, Escobar was named at the helm of Alcobendas CF, still in division four. He returned to Las Rozas on 8 June of the following year, taking over the main squad in the fifth division and achieving two consecutive promotions. On 13 May 2020, Escobar announced his departure from Las Rozas after the club kept their

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status. The following 3 January, after six months without a club, he took over fellow third division side

Salamanca CF UDS Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as ''CF Salmantino'', is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of UD Salamanca, it currently plays in ...

, severely threatened with relegation. Escobar managed to avoid relegation with the club, but left on 27 May 2021. On 4 June, he replaced José Alberto at the helm of

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side

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

. Escobar's first professional match occurred on 16 August 2021, a 0–0 away draw against

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

. On 13 February of the following year, after a 0–3 home loss against

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, he was sacked. On 5 December 2022, Escobar was appointed manager of

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side

, replacing sacked Ángel Rodríguez.

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