Enrique "Quique" Hernández Martí (born 30 October 1958) is a Spanish

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Football career

Born in Anna, Valencia, Hernández started managing in his early 20s. For the following twenty years, with the exception of the 1995–96 season with

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, he coached exclusively in his native

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, the vast majority of the clubs being from the lower leagues. In the 1996–97 campaign, Hernández was one of three managers for

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 ...

as they eventually suffered

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relegation. He also worked with four teams in the second division in the 2000s,

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CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

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and

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, being relegated with the first and promoting with the third. From 2008 to 2010 Hernández coached in

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, helping

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to the sixth position in the

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and suffering relegation with Levadiakos FC – he had already been briefly in charge of the former in 2006–07. In the 2011 summer, he returned to his country and signed for

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in the second level. On 28 May 2014, after a further two seasons in the second tier with former side Hércules, reaching the milestone of managing the club for more than 200 official matches, Hernández returned to Greece, being appointed

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at Veria FC. Quique was appointed president of Hércules CF in January 2018. He led the club until the summer of 2020, when he became sporting director 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. ...

. He led Intercity to two promotions in two seasons, reaching the

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before resigning in June 2022.

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