José Ródenas Carcelén (born 29 April 1955) is a Spanish retired

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who later worked as a manager. As a player, he represented his hometown club,

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, and later began his managerial career with them in 1988. He spent two decades working as assistant manager to

José Antonio Camacho José Antonio Camacho Alfaro (; born 8 June 1955) is a Spanish former football left-back and a former manager. He spent 15 professional years at Real Madrid, appearing in more than 500 official matches with the team and helping win 19 major ti ...

, including spells with

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(who Carcelén also managed in his own right), Benfica,

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and the national teams of

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and

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Playing career

Carcelén was born in

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, the capital of the

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of the same name in the

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of Castilla–La Mancha, and played as a

for

. He was part of the team which won their

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group and earned promotion to

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in 1981–82, and also played a key role as they won the

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Segunda División B in 1983. He left the club after making four appearances during the 1983–84 season.

Coaching career

Carcelén was appointed as

's manager ahead of the 1988–89 season, leading them to 12th place in

. He left the club at the end of the season, being replaced by

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. In 1994, he took up the position of assistant manager at

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side Español, working under

. At the start of the 1996–97 season, Camacho left to take over at

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, and Carcelén was appointed in his place. Espanyol were eliminated from the

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by Dutch side

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on 29 October, and a 1–0 away loss to Logroñés at

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on 12 January left them 16th in the table after 19 matches, only one point clear of the relegation places. Carcelén left the club, and was replaced by Vicente Miera. Miera lasted only nine matches, and was himself replaced by

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before the end of the season. Carcelén was reunited with Camacho in September 1998, when the latter was appointed as head coach of the Spanish national team. The pair led the team to

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and the

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, resigning after losing to

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in the quarterfinals of the latter tournament. They then moved abroad, with Camacho taking over at Portuguese club Benfica in December after the sacking of

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. They spent two years at the club, winning the

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and finishing as

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runners-up in 2003–04. Camacho then resigned to take over at

, replacing the sacked

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, and Carcelén followed. After leaving Real the following year, the pair returned to Benfica in August 2007, with Camacho replacing Fernando Santos as manager. However, they resigned in March after a humiliating home draw with

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. Carcelén joined up with Camacho once again in 2009 at

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, with the pair ultimately being fired in February 2011 after a 1–0 away loss to

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which left the club in the La Liga relegation zone. The pair returned to international management in August 2011 when Camacho took over as head coach of

, with this spell also ending in dismissal, after a shock 5–1 friendly defeat at the hands of

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in June 2013.China part ways with Camacho
; China National News, 24 June 2013

Honours

Player

Albacete Balompié *

: 1981–82 *

Segunda División B: 1983

Career statistics

As a player

:1. Appearances in the 1983

Segunda División B

As a manager

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carcelen, Pepe 1955 births Living people Footballers from Albacete Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Albacete Balompié players Spanish football managers La Liga managers Tercera División managers Albacete Balompié managers RCD Espanyol managers Real Madrid CF non-playing staff Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China 20th-century Spanish sportsmen