Adrián Hernández Abenza (born 30 August 1981) is a Spanish

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Career

Born in

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

, Hernández was never a footballer during his youths; he graduated in

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and

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, and also had a degree in

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with MBAs in

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and

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. He began his managerial career with EDMF Churra in 2014, with the club in the

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; in his first years, he also shared his manager role with his work as a

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. Hernández achieved promotion with Churra in his first season as manager, taking the club to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

for the first time ever. On 3 June 2019, after missing out promotion in the last two consecutive play-offs, he was appointed manager of

Real Murcia CF Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. Hernández won the

2019 Copa Federación de España The 2019 Copa Federación de España is the 27th edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División. The competition began in late J ...

with the ''Pimentoneros'', and renewed his contract for a further campaign on 5 May 2020. The following 15 February, however, he was sacked after a poor run of results. On 8 June 2021, Hernández replaced Alejandro Sandroni at the helm of Tercera División RFEF side

Yeclano Deportivo Yeclano Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Yecla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2004 it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio de La Constitución'', which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators. History ...

. On 18 May of the following year, after achieving promotion as champions of their group, he agreed to a one-year contract extension. On 17 June 2023, after narrowly missing out a play-off spot in the season, Hernández renewed his link for a further year. On 20 June of the following year, after achieving promotion via the play-offs to the

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, he agreed to another one-year contract extension until June 2025. On 3 June 2025, after suffering relegation, Hernández left Yeclano.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Murcia *

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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