Enrique "Quique" Hernández Martí (born 30 October 1958) is a Spanish
football
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manager.
Football career
Born in
Anna, Valencia
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The Valen ...
, Hernández started managing in his early 20s. For the following twenty years, with the exception of the
1995–96 season with
UD Almería in
Segunda División
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, he coached exclusively in his native
Valencian Community, the vast majority of the clubs being from the lower leagues.
In the
1996–97 campaign, Hernández was one of three managers for
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 ...
as they eventually suffered
La Liga relegation. He also worked with four teams in the second division in the 2000s,
UE Lleida,
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 ...
,
Recreativo de Huelva and
Albacete Balompié,
being relegated with the first and
promoting with the third.
From 2008 to 2010 Hernández coached in
Greece, helping
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. to
the sixth position in the
Superleague and
suffering relegation with
Levadiakos FC – he had already been briefly in charge of the former in
2006–07. In the 2011 summer, he returned to his country and signed for
SD Huesca in the second level.
On 28 May 2014, after a further two seasons in the second tier with former side Hércules, reaching the milestone of managing the club for more than 200 official matches, Hernández returned to Greece, being appointed
director of football at
Veria FC.
Quique was appointed president of Hércules CF in January 2018. He led the club until the summer of 2020, when he became sporting director of
CF Intercity
Club de Fútbol Intercity is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community.
The club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, the third tier of Spanish football.
They hold home games at the ''Estadio Antonio So ...
. He led Intercity to two promotions in two seasons, reaching the
Primera Federación before resigning in June 2022.
References
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1958 births
Living people
People from Canal de Navarrés
Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
CD Alcoyano managers
Levante UD managers
CD Castellón managers
Hércules CF managers
Elche CF managers
UD Almería managers
UE Lleida managers
CD Numancia managers
Recreativo de Huelva managers
Córdoba CF managers
Albacete Balompié managers
SD Huesca managers
Super League Greece managers
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. non-playing staff
CF Gandía managers