Sergio Horacio Egea Rueda (born 21 September 1957) is a retired Argentine

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who played as a

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, and is a manager of Spanish

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 ...

Playing career

Born in

Necochea Necochea is a port and beach city in the southwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The city is located on the Atlantic coast, along the mouth of the Quequén Grande River, from Buenos Aires and southwest of Mar del Plata. The city proper ...

, Egea graduated from

Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "Students from La Plata"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, wh ...

's youth setup, after a stint with Cruz de Necochea. He made his debuts as a senior with South Africa's Lusitano FC, before moving to Spain. In Spain, Egea represented

Hércules CF B Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish Association football, football team located in Alicante. It is the reserve team of Hércules CF and currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, Tercera División RFEF – Group 6. Unlike in E ...

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

, UD Barbastro,

Orihuela Deportiva CF Orihuela Deportiva Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1944 and dissolved 50 years later, it managed to play two seasons in Segunda División, the first in 1952. After finishing f ...

and

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 ho ...

, retiring with the latter in 1989.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Egea took up coaching, starting with UDF Sax. In 1995, he was appointed

Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in Primera Federación – Group 1 for the 2022–23 season. It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a cap ...

manager, leading the club to fourth position during his first season. After another stint at

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at ''Estadio Salto del Caballo'', w ...

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 ...

and

Real Valladolid B Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol Promesas is the reserve team of Real Valladolid, a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1942, currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, ...

, Egea started working with

Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican fo ...

, being his assistant at

Pumas UNAM Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Fo ...

Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Company ...

, the

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and

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

, only leaving in 2009. On 23 April 2012 Egea was named

Estudiantes de Altamira Altamira Fútbol Club, or Estudiantes de Altamira (previously known as Estudiantes de Santander) was a Mexican football team that was based in Altamira, Tamaulipas. History On July 12, 2001, the expansion club ''Estudiantes de Santander'' announc ...

manager. He was sacked on 4 March of the following year, after a 0–2 home defeat against

Lobos de la BUAP Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 193 ...

. On 13 February 2014 Egea returned to Spain, being appointed at the helm of

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 ...

. After winning promotion from

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 side, he was named

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

manager on 6 July. On 13 June 2015, after being crowned champions of

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and taking the side back to

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after a 12-year absence, Egea renewed his contract with the

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for a further year. On 14 March of the following year, despite his side being third-placed, he resigned alleging "personal reasons". On 23 August 2017, Egea was named interim manager of

, but stepped down in October. On 22 April 2019, he returned to Oviedo in the place of departed

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 ...

, but was dismissed on 15 September after only one point in the five matches of the new season.

Personal life

Egea's sons,

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and

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, are both also footballers. The former is a

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, while the latter is also a defender.

Managerial statistics

Honours

: 2014–15 *

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: December 2015

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Egea, Sergio 1957 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Hércules CF B players Deportivo de La Coruña players Elche CF players Recreativo de Huelva players Orihuela Deportiva CF footballers UD Barbastro players Lusitano F.C. (South Africa) players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine football managers Segunda División managers Real Madrid Castilla managers CD Toledo managers Hércules CF managers CD Eldense managers Real Oviedo managers Club Xelajú MC managers Salamanca CF UDS managers