Francisco 'Fran' Escribá Segura (born 3 May 1965) is a Spanish football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

Club career

Born in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, Escribá played youth football with

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

, but never competed in higher than Segunda División B as a senior; he represented

CD Mestalla Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group ...

, CF Nules, FC Andorra,

Catarroja CF Catarroja Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Catarroja, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1924 it plays in Tercera División – Group 6, holding home games at '' Estadio Mundial 82'', with a capacity of 5,000 s ...

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 ...

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which ha ...

Novelda CF Novelda Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Novelda, in the Valencian Community in Spain. The Spanish football team was founded in 1925. For the 2022-23 season it plays in the Regional Preferente – Group 4 (the sixth level) holding ho ...

, CD Villena and Pinoso CF. In 2002, after a year in charge of CD Buñol, he returned to Valencia, taking care of the youth sides. In 2004, Escribá started an association with Quique Sánchez Flores that would last several seasons, always as assistant. He started with Getafe CF, subsequently moving to

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...

and Atlético Madrid; the pair went their separate ways at the end of

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, because the former wanted to have a go at head coaching. Escribá was appointed at Segunda División club

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...

on 12 June 2012. In his first year he led the

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La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

after an absence of 24 years and, on 28 May 2013, renewed his contract for two more seasons. On 26 June 2015, following Elche's administrative relegation, Escribá was named Getafe CF manager. On 11 April of the following year, with the team seriously threatened with relegation, he was sacked. On 11 August 2016, Escribá replaced Marcelino García Toral at the helm of

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, ...

. He led the side to the fifth position in his first season, with the subsequent

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to the

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. On 25 September 2017, in spite of many injuries to the squad, and following a 4–0 away loss against former club Getafe, Escribá was fired. He returned to work on 3 March 2019, becoming RC Celta de Vigo's third coach of the campaign after Miguel Cardoso's dismissal. Escribá was relieved of his duties on 3 November 2019, with the team sitting in the relegation zone. He returned to Elche in February 2021, avoiding relegation in the last matchday at the expense of

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

after a 2–0 home win over Athletic Bilbao. On 21 November 2021, following a 0–3 home loss to

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

which saw the side move into the relegation zone, Escribá was dismissed. Eleven months later, he took over

in the second division.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Elche * Segunda División:

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Individual *

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(Segunda División):

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Escriba, Fran 1965 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Valencia (city) Association football wingers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers FC Andorra players CD Eldense footballers Novelda CF players Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Elche CF managers Getafe CF managers Villarreal CF managers RC Celta de Vigo managers Real Zaragoza managers S.L. Benfica non-playing staff Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal