Place of birth Madrid, Spain Name Jose Diaz Role Football manager | Years Team Manages SD Ponferradina 2002–2006 Real Madrid (youth) | |
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Full name Jose Manuel Diaz Fernandez Date of birth (1968-08-30) 30 August 1968 (age 47) Teams coached SD Ponferradina (Manager, since 2014), Real Madrid Castilla (Manager, 2013–2014) Similar People Rafael Benitez, Vicente del Bosque, Zinedine Zidane | ||
Current team Ponferradina (coach) | ||
Grupo Fardiquera de Jávea -- Gypsy Flamenco with Jose Manuel Diaz Cortés
José Manuel 'Manolo' Díaz Fernández (born 30 August 1968) is a Spanish football manager.
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Manager career
Born in Madrid, Díaz began his managerial career at the Juvenil squad of Real Madrid, leaving the club in 2006 after the arrival of the new president Ramón Calderón. After a brief period in Mexico he returned to Spain, and was appointed at CDA Navalcarnero in the 2008 summer.
A year later, after the return of Florentino Pérez as a president, Díaz was named coach of Real Madrid C. In 2011–12 he led the team to the second place in the regular season, and despite losing in the playoffs, saw them achieve promotion to Segunda División B due to administrative relegations.
On 19 November 2013, Díaz replaced fired Alberto Toril at the helm of the B-side. His first match in charge was four days later, a 0–0 home draw against CD Numancia; late into the year, he finally took the reserves out of the last position in Segunda División, after winning 13 out of a possible 15 points and four consecutive wins.