Héctor Berenguel

Héctor
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Berenguel del Pino
Date of birth	11 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Almería, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Poli Almería
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1995	Poli Almería
1995–1998	Elche
1998–2001	Sevilla
2001–2006	Deportivo La Coruña
2006–2008	Mallorca
Total
Managerial career
2011–2012	Poli Ejido
2013–2014	Comarca del Mármol
2019–2020	Alcorcón (assistant)
2020	Tenerife (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Berenguel del Pino (born 11 October 1974), known simply as Héctor, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back or a central defender, and an assistant manager.

He appeared in 162 La Liga matches in a 16-year professional career, mainly in representation of Deportivo (five seasons). He added 111 games and nine goals in Segunda División.

Club career

Born in Almería, Andalusia, Héctor started playing with local Polideportivo Almería in the third division. In 1995 he signed with another club in that tier, Elche CF, achieving promotion to the second level two years later.

After Elche got relegated the immediate season after, Héctor returned to his native region and joined Sevilla FC. An everpresent fixture during his three-year tenure he achieved two La Liga promotions, scoring a career-high five goals in 2000–01 but also experiencing relegation the previous campaign; his first match in the competition came on 22 August 1999, in a 2–2 home draw against Real Sociedad.^[1]

Free agent Héctor signed for Deportivo de La Coruña after the Galicians' league conquest, and proceeded to be relatively used, helping them to the 2002 edition of the Copa del Rey. In summer 2006 he moved to fellow league side RCD Mallorca on a two-year contract,^[2] where he managed 29 league appearances in his second year, retiring after helping the Balearic Islands team to a final seventh place.

Héctor returned again to his region in the 2009 off-season, taking charge of CD Roquetas' youth academy.^[3] In 2011–12 he had his first senior coaching experience, starting the division three season with local Polideportivo Ejido, with the club folding after a couple of months.^[4]

Honours

Sevilla

Segunda División: 2000–01

Deportivo

Copa del Rey: 2001–02

References

^ Tablas en el retorno a Primera (Tie in return to Primera); Mundo Deportivo, 23 August 1999 (in Spanish)
^ Héctor pasa el reconocimiento médico y firma por dos temporadas (Héctor has successful medical and signs for two seasons); Info Balear, 3 August 2006 (in Spanish)
^ Héctor acaba su ciclo en las bases rojillas (Héctor finishes his spell in red youths); Diario de Almería, 17 June 2010 (in Spanish)
^ El Poli Ejido afronta una cuestión de fe en el Carranza (Poli Ejido take on question of faith at the Carranza); Ideal, 7 January 2012 (in Spanish)

External links

Héctor at BDFutbol
Deportivo archives
Héctor at Soccerway

[1] Tablas en el retorno a Primera (Tie in return to Primera); Mundo Deportivo, 23 August 1999 (in Spanish)

[2] Héctor pasa el reconocimiento médico y firma por dos temporadas (Héctor has successful medical and signs for two seasons); Info Balear, 3 August 2006 (in Spanish)

[3] Héctor acaba su ciclo en las bases rojillas (Héctor finishes his spell in red youths); Diario de Almería, 17 June 2010 (in Spanish)

[4] El Poli Ejido afronta una cuestión de fe en el Carranza (Poli Ejido take on question of faith at the Carranza); Ideal, 7 January 2012 (in Spanish)

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