Pablo Machín Díez (; born 7 April 1975) is a Spanish manager. he is the currently head coach

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club of

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, Machín was a

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youth graduate. Despite making five first team appearances during the 1993–94 season in Segunda División B, his spell at the club was mainly associated with the reserves until 1998, when a severe knee injury forced his retirement at the age of just 23.

Coaching career

In 2000 he returned to Numancia, being assigned to its youth setup, and was promoted to the B-side in

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in 2006; after leading the club to the

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, he was appointed the main squad's assistant in the 2007 summer. On 30 May 2011, Machín was appointed first-team coach in Segunda División, replacing fired

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. After keeping them in the league for the following two seasons, he left the ''Rojillos''. On Machín replaced fired Javi López at the helm of Girona FC on 9 March 2014. After an impressive 2014–15 campaign, which his side finished third but failed to gain promotion, he signed a two-year contract extension until 2018. On 17 August 2017, after achieving promotion to

, Machín extended his contract until 2019. He led the club to an impressive tenth position, only seven points shy of a European competition spot; highlights included a 6–0 home routing of

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. Machín was appointed

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coach on 28 May 2018, signing a two-year contract with the club. The following 15 March, he was sacked after being knocked out of the

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round of 16 by

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the previous day. On 7 October 2019, Machín was appointed manager of

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in the top tier for two years, replacing fired David Gallego. He himself was sacked on 22 December, with the team in last place. On 22 July 2020, Machín was appointed manager of

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side Qingdao Huanghai FC, but left the club eight days after his appointment, for personal reasons. On 5 August, he replaced Juan Muñiz at the helm of

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

in the top tier, but was himself dismissed on 12 January 2021. On 31 January 2021, Machín was named new manager of Saudi club

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. He moved five months later to Al-Raed FC, in the same country. On 26 January 2022, Machín was sacked by Al-Raed. They sat at 8th at the time of the sacking, eight points clear of the relegation zone. On 17 November 2022, Machín replaced

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at the helm of

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, becoming their third manager of the season.

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