Pablo Amo

Pablo Amo Aguado (born 15 January 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the manager of the Spanish under-18 team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Amo and the second or maternal family name is Aguado.
Pablo Amo
Personal information
Full name Pablo Amo Aguado
Date of birth (1978-01-15) 15 January 1978
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Spain U18 (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Moscardó 16 (0)
1997–2000 Sporting Gijón B 76 (3)
1999–2002 Sporting Gijón 85 (4)
2002–2009 Deportivo La Coruña 40 (4)
2006 → Valladolid (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Recreativo (loan) 18 (1)
2009–2010 Zaragoza 9 (0)
2010–2011 Panserraikos 19 (0)
2011–2012 Olympiakos Nicosia 6 (0)
Total 269 (12)
Teams managed
2016 ATK (assistant)
2017–2018 Atlético San Luis (assistant)
2019– Spain U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In a career undermined by injuries, he amassed La Liga totals of 67 matches and five goals over eight seasons, mainly with Deportivo de La Coruña. He started playing professionally with Sporting de Gijón.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Amo started playing professional football with Sporting de Gijón, representing the Asturians during three Segunda División seasons. Joining Deportivo de La Coruña in 2002–03[1] he went very much unnoticed until the 2007–08 campaign (serving two loans in the process), when he excelled in a five-man defence devised by coach Miguel Ángel Lotina.

On 13 January 2008, in his first match for Depor in three years, Amo scored and was sent off in a 3–4 away loss against Villarreal CF,[2] also managing to find the net in a 2–0 home win over FC Barcelona three months later.[3] However, he spent the following season on the sidelines, bothered by an Achilles tendon ailment.[4]

On 3 August 2009, Amo was deemed surplus to requirements at Deportivo and moved to Real Zaragoza on a two-year deal.[5] His first season was again severely hindered by constant physical problems,[6][7] but his team retained their La Liga status.

On 21 July 2010, aged 32, Amo moved abroad for the first time, signing with Panserraikos F.C. in Greece for one year.[7] In the summer of 2011 he joined Cypriot First Division club Olympiakos Nicosia but, again plagued by injuries, was released in the following transfer window.

Coaching career

After retiring, Amo worked as José Molina's assistant coach for the Association of Spanish Footballers. The duo worked to form a team with players unemployed of La Liga in a tour made in China and in Spain during august-September 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Amo was a coach at Evergrande Football School in China.[8][9] Amo was responsible for developing, training and coaching players and trainer/coaches, and also head coach of the schools U10s and U17s. In the summer 2014, Amo moved to Sydney, Australia, where he worked as a youth coach.[10] Amo's idea was to open an academy with an Australian friend.[11]

In the summer 2016, Amo returned working together with José Molina. He was appointed Molina's assistant coach at Indian club ATK.[12] The duo won the Indian Super League in their first season at the Indian club. Amo left ATK alongside Molina at the end of 2016.

On 14 November of the following year, he was appointed Molinas assistant coach at Ascenso MX club Atlético San Luis ahead of the Clausura tournament;[13] Molina and his staff, including Amo, was relieved of their duties by the latter on 18 February 2018 after just two wins in 11 matches in all competitions, with their side in last position in the league.[14] In October 2018 he was once again hired as Molinas assistant, this time at the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Molina had been appointed sporting director and Amo was set to support him.[15]

On 19 December 2019, Amo was appointed head coach of the Spanish U18 national team.[16]

References
  1. Pablo Amo fills Depor gap; UEFA, 3 September 2002
  2. Villarreal 4–3 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN Soccernet, 13 January 2008
  3. Depor give Barça cause for concern; UEFA, 26 April 2008
  4. Depor's Amo rocked by injury setback; UEFA, 30 October 2008
  5. Pablo Amo presentado como jugador del RZ (Pablo Amo presented as new RZ player) Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Real Zaragoza, 3 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. Pablo Amo se encuentra ya disponible (Pablo Amo is already available); El Periódico de Aragón, 1 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. Pablo Amo: "Sabía que en el Zaragoza no iba a tener oportunidades" (Pablo Amo: "I knew I would not have a chance at Zaragoza"); El Periódico de Aragón, 29 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. Cuatro ex del Sporting en la Selección Española, lavozdeasturias.es, 24 October 2018
  9. China takes bold steps towards a dream of World Cup glory, itv.com, 24 June 2014
  10. La nueva vida de Pablo Amo en Australia, marca.com, 25 November 2014
  11. Pablo Amo: "Sydney Wanderers es el Atleti del fútbol australiano", as.com, 12 December 2014
  12. ISL 2016: Atletico de Kolkata coach Jose Molina suspended by ISL Disciplinary Committee, in.news.yahoo.com, 26 October 2016
  13. Águila, Juan Pablo (14 November 2017). "San Luis presenta técnico" [San Luis present coach] (in Spanish). Ascenso MX. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  14. Benavente, Paulina (18 February 2018). "José Francisco Molina es cesado del Atlético San Luis" [José Francisco Molina is sacked from Atlético San Luis]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  15. Cuatro ex del Sporting en la Selección Española, lavozdeasturias.es, 24 October 2018
  16. Pablo Amo, new Spanish sub 18 coach, archyde.com, 19 December 2019
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