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Rubén Alfonso de la Barrera Fernández (born 18 January 1985) is a Spanish
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Managerial career

Born in
A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...
, Galicia, de la Barrera started his managerial career with Ural CF's youth categories in 2004, having previously represented the club,
Victoria CF Victoria Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in the municipality of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1943, they currently play in , holding home matches at the ''Campos Municipais de Fútbol de San Pedro ...
and Orillamar SD as a player. After being in charge of
Atlético Arteixo Club Atlético Arteixo is a Spanish football team based in Arteixo, A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1949 it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Campo Municipal Ponte dos Brozos'', with a capacity of 2,000 s ...
and Montañeros CF's ''Juvenil'' squads, he was named manager of
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side GCE Villaralbo on 27 May 2010. De la Barrera took Villaralbo to two consecutive play-offs during his spell at the club, but still left in June 2012. After one full season without a club, he was appointed
CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at the 1,500-seat '' Estadio Municipal de Guijuelo''. ...
manager on 18 July 2013. In his debut campaign in
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, de la Barrera again reached the play-offs, being knocked out by
CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...
. On 30 June 2014, he was appointed at the helm of fellow third-tier club Real Valladolid B. On 1 July 2015, de la Barrera returned to Guijuelo, but only finished the season in the sixth position. On 27 May of the following year he was appointed manager of
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...
, achieving promotion to
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as champions in his first campaign. De la Barrera's first professional match occurred on 18 August 2017, a 2–0 away loss against
Lorca FC Lorca Fútbol Club was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lorca, Spain, Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2003, it last played in Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in the Region of ...
. On 8 June of the following year, after suffering relegation in the last round, he was named Asier Garitano's assistant at
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...
. In December 2018, de la Barrera began his first job abroad, taking over on an 18-month contract at
Al Ahli SC (Doha) Al Ahli SC (), also known as Al Ahli Doha, is a Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha. It is most notable for its professional association football section. Their home ground is the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. Founded in 1950, it is the oldest s ...
who were 5th in the
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. Shortly before completing a year in the position, he left the 7th-placed club by mutual agreement. On 7 August 2020, de la Barrera took over Romanian
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side
FC Viitorul Constanța Fotbal Club Viitorul Constanța (), commonly known as Viitorul Constanța or simply Viitorul, was a Romanian professional football club based in Ovidiu, Constanța County. They last played their home matches in blue and black kits at the Stadio ...
, but left on 30 November by agreement with his employer. The following 12 January, he replaced Fernando Vázquez at the helm of
Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...
, in his country's third division. On 2 June 2021, de la Barrera was named manager of
Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...
, freshly relegated to
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. He led the side back to the second level at first attempt, before leaving on a mutual agreement on 15 June 2022. On 20 September 2023, de La Barrera was named as the head coach of the El Salvador national team. Three months later, he resigned, stating in a press conference that a first division club from an "important league" had contacted him and convinced him to join them. On 19 December 2023, de la Barrera was appointed as manager of Portuguese
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club
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, signing a contract until June 2025.


Managerial statistics


Honours

;Cultural Leonesa *
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...
: 2016–17


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrera, Ruben de la 1985 births Living people Footballers from A Coruña Spanish men's footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Primera Federación managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers CD Guijuelo managers Real Valladolid Promesas managers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa managers Deportivo de La Coruña managers Albacete Balompié managers Real Sociedad non-playing staff Qatar Stars League managers Al Ahli SC (Doha) managers Liga I managers FC Viitorul Constanța managers El Salvador national football team managers Primeira Liga managers F.C. Vizela managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Romania Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen