Martí Cifuentes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martí Cifuentes Corvillo | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 July 1982||
Place of birth | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AaB (head coach) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014 | UE Sant Andreu | ||
2015–2016 | CE L'Hospitalet | ||
2018–2020 | Sandefjord | ||
2021– | AaB |
Martí Cifuentes Corvillo (born 7 July 1982) is a Spanish football coach who is currently head coach at Danish Superliga club AaB.
Career
Early career
Cifuentes had short spells coaching in the youth departments of Ajax and Millwall.[2] He began his managerial career in Segunda División B club UE Sant Andreu in 2014, He went on to fellow Segunda División B club CE L'Hospitalet ahead of the 2015–16 season. In 2018, Cifuentes moved to Sweden to be in charge of AIK's reserve team and academy.[3]
Sandefjord
On 31 May 2018, Cifuentes was announced as Sandefjord's new head coach on a contract that will keep him at the club till the end of the 2020 season.[4][3] He took over mid-season a team that had gained only five points in their first 12 games in the 2019 season. The results improved during the rest of the season, but Sandefjord was relegated on 11 November with one game to spare although they lost only six of 18 games after Cifuentes appeared.[5] In the following 2020 season, Cifuentes' first full season in charge, Sandefjord finished the 2019 1. divisjon in second place and were promoted back to Eliteserien.[6]
AaB
On 28 December 2020, Cifuentes was announced as AaB's new head coach from 1 January 2021 on a contract that will keep him at the club till Summer 2023.[7]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 3 February 2021[8]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
UE Sant Andreu | 12 February 2014 | 30 June 2014 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 45.45 |
CE L'Hospitalet | 1 July 2015 | 29 March 2016 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29.03 |
Sandefjord | 31 May 2018 | 28 December 2020 | 81 | 33 | 26 | 22 | 40.74 |
AaB | 1 January 2021 | Present | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Total | 124 | 47 | 35 | 42 | 37.90 |
References
- ^ "Martí Cifuentes profile" (in Norwegian). Sandefjord Fotball. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Intervju med Martí Cifuentes". AIK Fotboll. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Spanjol blir ny Sandefjord-trener" (in Norwegian). TV2. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Spanske Cifuentes er Sandefjords nye trener" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Alt håp ute for Sandefjord. Rykket ned til OBOS-ligaen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Sandefjord rykker opp til Eliteserien" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Officielt: AaB ansætter spansk træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Martí Cifuentes at Soccerway