José Vicente Lledó Samper (born 14 December 1971) is a Spanish

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

CF Intercity Club de Fútbol Intercity is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The club plays in , holding home matches at the ''Estadio Antonio Solana'', with a capacity of 2,000 spectators. ...

Playing career

Born in

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, Lledó grew in local

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

's youth system, going on to represent the club in all three major levels of Spanish football and appear in more than 250 official matches in the process. During his 13-year career he also played for amateurs Mutxamel CF,

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home ...

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and Torrellano CF in

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 ...

. Lledó contributed with 34 appearances (33 starts, nearly 3,000 minutes of action) and three goals in the 1995–96 season as his main side won the league championship and returned to

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after an absence of ten years. He made his debut in the competition on 1 September 1996, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home win against

CF Extremadura Club de Fútbol Extremadura was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1924, it played two seasons in La Liga, and held home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la Hera'', with a cap ...

, and was again first-choice as the campaign ended in immediate relegation back.

Coaching career

Lledó worked as head coach exclusively at amateur level. With Hércules, he began as assistant to former club teammate

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in 2002–03, and also had spells as youth and B-team coach. Lledó also managed

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