Daniel "Dani" Vidal González (born 14 June 1992) is a Spanish

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Born in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

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, Vidal played for hometown side

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 . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

as a youth before retiring at the age of 20, and immediately starting to coach the club's ''Infantil B'' squad. He then progressed through the club's youth categories, before being named an assistant of

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at the

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on 25 October 2017. Vidal returned to the structure of ''Nàstic'' for the 2018–19 season, being named manager of the ''Juvenil B'' squad. On 15 December 2020, after being in charge of the ''Juvenil A'' team, he was appointed at the helm of Pobla. On 16 June 2021, Vidal was named

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's assistant in the first team of Gimnàstic. On 27 February 2023, he was appointed manager of the club after the dismissal of

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, and became the first manager of the club's history to manage them in all categories (youth, reserve and senior). Vidal made his debut as manager of ''Nàstic'' on 5 March 2023, in a 1–0 home win over

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which ended the club's four-match winless run. On 9 June, after six wins and four draws in 13 matches, he renewed his contract with the club for a further two years. On 11 May 2025, Vidal was sacked from his position as manager. He left the club after 14 seasons in all categories, with 94 official matches in charge of the main squad.

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