José Antonio "Toni" Seligrat Bernal (born 20 October 1968) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. He is the current assistant manager of

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Playing career

Born in

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, Seligrat never played in any division higher than

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 ...

. He began his career with hometown side

Torrent CF Torrent Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Torrent, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1922, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 6, holding home matches at ''Estadio San Gregorio''. History Founded in 1922, Torrent ...

, and went on to represent CF Balaguer, CF Borges Blanques,

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

's reserves, CF Tremp,

UD Fraga Unión Deportiva Fraga is a Spanish football team based in Fraga, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1947 it plays in Tercera División – Group 17, holding home games at ''La Estacada'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History ...

CD Binéfar Club Deportivo Binéfar is a Spanish football team based in Binéfar, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1922 it plays in 3ª – Group 17, holding home matches at '' Campo de Deportes de los Olmos'', with a capacity of 1,250 seat ...

UD Barbastro Unión Deportiva Barbastro is a Spanish football team based in Barbastro, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1934, it plays in Regional Preferente de Aragón, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', with capacity ...

and UD Alcampell, where he retired in 2002 at the age of 33.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring Seligrat took up coaching, being named manager of his last club Alcampell. For the 2003–04 season, he took over

CD Teruel Club Deportivo Teruel is a Spanish football team based in Teruel, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1954, the club plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, and holds home games at ''Estadio Pinilla'', with a capacity of ...

in the fourth division, but was sacked in May 2004. Seligrat was appointed at fourth tier side Atlètic Ciutadella CF in August 2004, moving to fellow league team

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the following June. On 4 June 2007, he left the latter club to join

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's staff at

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side Aris Thessaloniki FC, but left the club shortly after Oliva was sacked, just a few months later. Upon returning to Spain, Seligrat was named in charge of

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in Tercera Federación, holding home matches at ''Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. ...

in May 2008, and managed to achieve promotion to

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with the club in 2010. He subsequently left the club for

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta. History Football in Xàtiv ...

, whom he also helped promote to the third division in 2011. On 18 June 2012, Seligrat was appointed manager of third division side

Lleida Esportiu Club Lleida Esportiu is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 sea ...

. At the club, he managed to reach the promotion play-offs twice, but was knocked out in both times; he subsequently left the club. On 24 November 2014, Seligrat took over

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, still in the third tier. On 9 October 2015, he resigned, and was appointed in charge of

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in ''Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-seat ...

the following 20 May. On 22 June 2017, Seligrat was named manager of

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdi ...

, still in the third division. He was sacked by the club on 14 January 2019, after nearly fighting with the club's supporters in his last match in charge. On 17 November 2019, Seligrat was appointed at

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

, freshly relegated to the third division. The following 11 June, he renewed his contract with the club until 2021. Seligrat left ''Nàstic'' on 12 May 2021, as his contract ended. On 18 June, he was named in charge of

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' reserves in Tercera División RFEF. Seligrat left the ''Miniglorias'' on 16 June 2022, and returned to Lleida on 28 December. The following 2 February, he left the club and became Voro's assistant at

; twelve days later, despite the managerial change to

Rubén Baraja Rubén Baraja Vegas (; born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, currently manager of Valencia. A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring abili ...

, he was kept as an assistant.

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