Rubén Albés Yáñez (born 24 February 1985) is a Spanish

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and former player who played as a winger. He is the current manager of Segunda Division club Albacete.

Playing career

Born in Vigo,

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, Albés represented CP Alerta-Traviesas and CD Areosa as a youth. He played as a senior with

Rápido de Bouzas Club Rápido de Bouzas is a Spanish football team based in Bouzas, parish of Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1914 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Baltasar Pujales ...

Pontevedra CF B Pontevedra Club de Fútbol B, S.A.D. is a Spanish List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It was founded in 1965, and currently plays in the Spanish Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in Galicia, ...

and Céltiga FC before returning to Rápido and subsequently retiring.

Coaching career

Albés started his career with Rápido Bouzas' youth setup, helping the side achieve promotion to the División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol. In August 2009, shortly after taking over

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's youth sides, he joined Valencia CF to work in their youth categories; also in the 2009–10 season, he was also in charge of CE Universitat València in the regional leagues. Ahead of the 2010–11 campaign, Albés was appointed manager of Tercera División side Burjassot CF; at the age of 25, he was the youngest manager of all national divisions. In January 2012, after a short period in charge of fellow fourth division side Catarroja CF, he was named

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's assistant at Wydad AC in Morocco. On 26 June 2013, back to his home country, Albés took over

Novelda CF Novelda Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Novelda, in the Valencian Community in Spain. The Spanish football team was founded in 1925. For the 2022-23 season it plays in the Regional Preferente – Group 4 (the sixth level) holding hom ...

in division four. On 28 July of the following year, he was appointed

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's assistant at

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which ha ...

, but was initially the manager as Yeste did not have the necessary coaching badges. Both Albés and Yeste were suspended for three months, with Albés being named manager after the suspension ended. On 29 June 2015, Albés replaced

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at the helm of

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. In October, after the arrival of

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, he was named his assistant. On 6 June 2016, Albés returned to Valladolid B for the ensuing season. Roughly one year later he took over another reserve team,

Celta de Vigo B Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D. "B" is a Spanish football team based in Vigo, Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1927, it is the reserve team of Celta Vigo and competes in the Primera Federación – Group 1. They pl ...

also in the third division. On 11 June 2019, Albés was appointed UCAM Murcia CF manager, but was sacked on 7 October. The following 14 June, he was appointed in charge of Liga I side

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, replacing

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. Albés' first professional match occurred on 22 June 2020, a 1–4 away loss against

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. Sacked the following 14 January, he returned to his home country after being named manager of

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side

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

on 20 April 2021. On 19 May 2022, after avoiding relegation, Albés announced that he would leave Lugo at the end of the season. On 27 June, he replaced

at the helm of Albacete Balompié, recently promoted to the second division.

Managerial statistics

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