Ismael Jesús Díaz Galán (born 2 October 1965), commonly known as Ismael Díaz, is a Spanish professional manager. He has spent most of his career in Spain managing lower and higher division clubs, such as

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Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

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and

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; he also spent one season with Portuguese side

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. Later during his managerial career, Díaz also worked as an assistant to José Pérez Serer at

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Managerial career

Díaz started his career at Spanish fourth tier club

for a season, before moving to Sporting de Gijón's reserve team. In 1997, Díaz signed with

, which at that time competed in the third division,

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. He guided the club to

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after finishing the season as champions. In summer 1998, Díaz joined

. His debut match was a 2–0 away win over Isla Cristina CD on 30 August 1998. However, despite this, he was sacked after only six games, having achieved two wins, one draw and three defeatsDíazs other victory was a 2–1 away win over

in the return leg of the first round of the

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. After being absent from any managerial roles for approximately two years, Díaz moved to Portugal in 2000 to the newly promoted

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side

. He managed to keep the club in the top division after defeating

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at home with 2–1 on the final matchday to end in fourteenth place. Later the same year in July, Díaz was appointed as the new manager of Granada CF. In 2002, Díaz was appointed as the new manager of

. His first game was on 6 January 2002 against

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in the league which saw Huesca being defeated 1–2. He then took over Cacereño, managing them for two seasons, before accepting the managerial role at

in 2004. On 2 April 2007, Díaz was appointed as the new

manager. In July 2010, he returned to Ribadesella. On 6 June 2012, Díaz was announced as the assistant manager of

under José Pérez Serer. In March 2015, he was unveiled as the new manager of

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. He was fired after four games in charge. Díaz was appointed as the manager of Finnish club

JS Hercules JS Hercules is an association football club based in Oulu, Finland. Founded in 1998, the team started at the lowest level of the Football Association of Finland, Finnish league system and was playing in the Third Division until promoted to Kakkone ...

on 6 April 2018.Ismael Díaz Herculesin päävalmentajaksi
jshercules.com, 6 April 2018 He left the club at the end of the season.

Honours

;Málaga CF *

: 1997–98

References

External links

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