Guille Abascal

Guillermo "Guille" Abascal Pérez (born 13 April 1989) is a Spanish football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He most recently worked as the manager of Italian club Ascoli.

Guille Abascal
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Abascal Pérez
Date of birth (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Heliópolis
2001–2004 Barcelona
2004–2008 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Abre
2010–2011 Aboño
Teams managed
2016–2017 Sevilla (youth)
2017–2018 Chiasso
2018 Lugano
2020 Ascoli (caretaker)
2020 Ascoli
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Abascal joined Barcelona's La Masia in 2001, from hometown amateurs AD Heliópolis CF.[1] He left the club in 2004, and finished his formation with Sevilla FC.[2]

Abascal retired from professional football at the age of 18, and started studying at the Pablo de Olavide University in his hometown,[3] while still representing amateurs UDE Abre and CD Aboño. He also spent a year at the University of Algarve, and returned to Sevilla in 2013 as a youth fitness coach.

Abascal's first managerial experience came in 2016, when he took over Sevilla's Infantil B squad.[4] On 12 June 2017, he moved abroad, being appointed manager of Swiss Challenge League side FC Chiasso.[5]

Abascal was sacked on 4 April 2018, after suffering six defeats in his last eight matches.[6] Six days later, he was named at the helm of FC Lugano in the Swiss Super League until the end of the season;[7] with the club placed ninth and threatened with relegation, he led the club to the eight position, three points shy of the European qualification places.

In the summer 2019, Abascal was hired as manager for the Primavera squad (U19) of Italian club Ascoli.[8] On 27 January 2020, Paolo Zanetti was dismissed as the head coach of the senior squad, and Abascal was appointed as caretaker manager.[9] On 2 February 2020, Roberto Stellone was hired as new Ascoli manager, Ascoli won their only game under Abascal's helm 3–0 against Livorno.

Following Roberto Stellone's appointment as new head coach, Abascal returned to his previous role as youth coach. On 16 April, after Stellone was dismissed from his role after two months in charge, Abascal was appointed as new first team head coach.[10] Following two defeats in two games in charge by the time the league season was resumed after the COVID-19 forced break, he was dismissed himself on 22 June.[11]

References
  1. "Guillermo Abascal, un juego de niños" [Guillermo Abascal, kid's play] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. "Guillermo Abascal, el entrenador que cambió la cantera sevillista por Suiza" [Guillermo Abascal, the manager who changed the sevillista youth setup for Switzerland] (in Spanish). Digital Football Community. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "'Guille' Abascal, un sevillano que empieza a brillar en los banquillos suizos" ['Guille' Abascal, a sevillano who starts to shine in the Swiss bench] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. "Del infantil B del Sevilla a la segunda división suiza" [From the infantil B of Sevilla to the Swiss second division] (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "Guillermo Abascal Perez è il nuovo allenatore del Chiasso" [Guillermo Abascal Perez is the new manager of Chiasso] (in Italian). FC Chiasso. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. "Il Chiasso silura Guillermo Abascal" [Chiasso sack Guillermo Abascal] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. "Guillermo Abascal alla guida del FC Lugano" [Guillermo Abascal at the helm of FC Lugano]. www.fclugano.com (in Italian). FC Lugano. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. Ascoli, settore giovanile: da Lugano arriva Perez, ha lavorato nel Barcellona, cronachepicene.it, 7 July 2019
  9. "Comunicato: esonero per Paolo Zanetti" (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli. 27 January 2020.
  10. "Guillermo Abascal nuovo tecnico della prima squadra". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  11. "Abascal non e' piu' allenatore dell'Ascoli". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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