Manuel Jesús 'Manolo' Cano Martín (born 26 August 1975) is a Spanish football

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Manager career

Born in

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (; es, Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality of Spain, located to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is part of the Bar ...

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, Cano joined

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

as an assistant in 1998, from Don Bosco CF. In 2000, he was an interim manager during three matches, but subsequently returned to his previous role after his arrival of

Gonzalo Hurtado Gonzalo Hurtado de Guinea (born 27 January 1948) is a Spanish football manager. Managerial career Born in Madrid, Hurtado began his managerial career in CF Rayo Majadahonda, and moved to Tomelloso CF in 1988. In the following year he was appoint ...

. On 19 January 2003 Cano was dismissed by ''Geta'' along with manager

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; both also worked together at Badajoz CF. In 2004, he started coaching, being appointed at EF Valdemoro,

AD Parla Agrupación Deportiva Parla is a Spanish football team based in Parla, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1973 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 7, holding home games at ''Estadio Los Prados'', with a capacity of 4,000 ...

, and

CD Colonia Ofigevi Club Deportivo Colonia Ofigevi was a football team based in El Bercial, Getafe in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1981, the club's home ground was '' Polideportivo El Bercial'', which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. History ...

, achieving 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 ...

with the latter. In the 2006 summer Cano was appointed

AD Alcorcón B AD Alcorcón, Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón "B" is the reserve team of AD Alcorcón, was founded in 1998, and plays in Tercera División, Tercera División - Group 7, is based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Ma ...

manager. In June 2008, after already being an interim manager for one match, he was named

Juan Antonio Anquela Juan Antonio Albacete Anquela (born 11 September 1957) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a winger. Playing career Born in Linares, Jaén, Anquela spent the better part of his 17-year senior career in the lower leagu ...

's assistant in the main squad. He continued to work with Anquela in the following years, at

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

and

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

. On 3 July 2015 Cano rescinded his contract with the ''Rojillos'', and was immediately appointed at the helm of

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

. He was sacked on 13 December, and was named manager of

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

's ''Juvenil A'' squad the following 29 June.

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