Francisco Noguerol
![]() Noguerol lining up for Celta in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Cea, Spain | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Albacete B (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Celta | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Celta B | 52 | (1) |
1997–1998 | → Pontevedra (loan) | 34 | (0) |
1998–2000 | → Racing Ferrol (loan) | 77 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Celta | 4 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Elche (loan) | 40 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Salamanca | 70 | (1) |
2004–2006 | Elche | 68 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Albacete | 80 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Celta | 52 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Girona | 19 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Albacete | 108 | (0) |
Total | 604 | (3) | |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2016 | Albacete B | ||
2016–2018 | Albacete (assistant) | ||
2018– | Albacete B | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo (born 9 July 1976 in San Cristovo de Cea, Ourense, Galicia) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current coach of Atlético Albacete.
He totalled 341 matches and two goals in Segunda División during 11 seasons, representing five teams in the competition. In La Liga, he appeared for Celta.
Football career
After emerging through local giants Celta de Vigo's youth ranks, Noguerol made his professional debuts also in Galicia, loaned in the lower leagues. He returned to Celta in the 2000–01 season but only appeared in four La Liga games,[1][2][3][4] after which he returned to the second division, going on to have a steady career in that tier (for instance, from 2006 to 2008, at Albacete Balompié, he played in 80 out of 82 possible league matches).
For the 2008–09 campaign, 32-year-old Noguerol returned to Celta, still in the division two, for a third spell. He was relatively used in his two-year stay as the Vigo side constantly battled with relegation, eventually managing to stay afloat.
On 7 June 2015, after five seasons combined with Girona FC and Albacete, competing in both the second and third levels, Noguerol announced his retirement at the age of 38,[5] being immediately appointed manager of his last club's B-team. In 2016 he became an assistant of the main squad, only to return to his previous role on 27 June 2018.[6]
References
- ↑ "Al Celta le valieron diez buenos minutos para ganar" [Celta only needed ten good minutes to win]. El País (in Spanish). 5 November 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "El Celta pierde crédito en Balaídos" [Celta lose credit at Balaídos]. El País (in Spanish). 20 November 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Djalminha, providencial en el duelo regional gallego" [Djalminha, key in the Galician regional duel]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 November 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Mostovoi empató en la prolongación y cuando el Celta jugaba con diez" [Mostovoi drew in injury time and when Celta played with ten]. ABC (in Spanish). 5 February 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Fran Noguerol se despide del fútbol tras 613 partidos y 19 temporadas" [Fran Noguerol says goodbye to football after 613 games and 19 seasons]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). 7 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ "El filial del Albacete Balompié volverá a ser dirigido por Fran Noguerol" [Albacete's reserves will be managed again by Fran Noguerol] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Albacete. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
External links
- Francisco Noguerol at BDFutbol
- Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)
- Francisco Noguerol at Soccerway