Francisco Javier "Fran" Fernández Díaz (born 20 March 1980) is a Spanish

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, who is in charge of

Real Murcia 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 ...

Career

Fernández started his career at Polideportivo Aguadulce, as a

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and manager. He subsequently acted as an assistant manager at AD Adra and CD Español del Alquián before being named manager of AD Parador in 2009. In November 2011, Fernández was appointed Héctor Berenguel's assistant at

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'' ...

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, but the club subsequently folded in the same campaign. The following July he joined

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 ...

, initially in charge of the ''Cadete'' squad. After progressing through the club's youth setup, Fernández was appointed manager of the reserves in

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on 29 June 2016. On 28 February of the following year, he was named manager of the main squad, after the dismissal of Fernando Soriano. Fernández's first professional match in charge occurred on 5 March 2017, a 2–1

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away win against

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. His tenure ended nine days later, after the appointment of Luis Miguel Ramis. Fernández was in charge of the first team in an interim manner for one more occasion during the 2017–18 season, replacing fired Ramis. On 24 April 2018, after

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's resignation, he was appointed manager of the main squad until the end of the campaign, managing to avoid relegation in the last matchday on head-to-head points with

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. On 20 May 2019, after taking his club to a comfortable mid-table finish, Fernández announced that he would not renew his contract with the ''Rojiblancos'', due to expire in June. On 1 July, he took over fellow league team

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

, replacing fired

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. Fernández left ''Alkor'' as his contract expired, and was appointed at the helm of

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

on 29 July 2020. He was relieved of his duties on 22 November, after a 0–1 home loss against

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estad ...

. On 2 November 2021, Fernández returned to ''Alkor'', becoming their third manager of the

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with the side rock-bottom of the standings. Despite suffering relegation, he remained in charge of the club, and renewed his contract for a further year on 30 June 2023, after returning to the second level at first attempt. Fernández was sacked on 4 December 2023, with Alcorcón in the relegation zone. The following 24 June, he took over at

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side

on a contract until the end of the campaign; he replaced Pablo Alfaro, who left the club a few hours later.

Managerial statistics

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