Miguel Álvarez Jurado (born 22 March 1958) is a Spanish
football
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manager, currently in charge of
Villarreal CF B.
Managerial career
Born in
Guarromán,
Jaén,
Andalusia, Álvarez made his managerial debuts with
UDA Gramenet
Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet Milán is a Spanish football team based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in ''Segona Catalana – Group 4'', holding home games at '' Mu ...
's youth setup in 1988. In 1991, he managed his first senior team, UE Cerdanyola de Mataró in the regional leagues.
[Miguel Álvarez (L'Hospitalet, C.E.)](_blank)
; Galería del Fútbol Catalá, 8 July 2012
In the 2000 summer Álvarez was appointed
Terrassa FC manager, achieving a promotion to
Segunda División
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in
2002
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. After
avoiding relegation in the following year, he was sacked in September 2003.
In 2004 Álvarez was named
Ciudad de Murcia manager. He was relieved from his duties on 20 December 2004 but returned to the club on 3 May of the following year, and narrowly avoided the drop.
In March 2006 Álvarez returned to Terrassa, now in
Segunda División B
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, and subsequently stayed in the category, managing
Lorca Deportiva CF,
CF Badalona,
CE L'Hospitalet (two stints) and
CD Leganés
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. After missing out promotion in
the play-offs with ''Hospi'', he was appointed at the helm of second level's
AD Alcorcón on 3 July 2013.
On 4 February 2014 Álvarez was sacked, mainly due to the club's poor home records in
the campaign. On 18 February 2015, after one year without any club, he was named
UE Sant Andreu manager.
On 12 June 2015 Álvarez was appointed
CE Sabadell FC manager, signing a two-year deal. He signed for
Marbella FC on 6 March 2017, replacing
Mehdi Nafti, but was fired on 25 April. On 4 October 2017, he was appointed
Villarreal CF B head coach.
Álvarez led the ''Mini Submarine'' to a promotion to the second division in
2022
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, and renewed his contract for a further year on 1 June 2023. The following 30 May, despite the club's
relegation to
Primera Federación, he further extended his link until 2026.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Jaén (Spain)
Spanish football managers
Segunda División managers
Primera Federación managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
Terrassa FC managers
Ciudad de Murcia managers
Lorca Deportiva CF managers
CF Badalona managers
CE L'Hospitalet managers
CD Leganés managers
AD Alcorcón managers
UE Sant Andreu managers
CE Sabadell FC managers
Villarreal CF B managers