Sergio Lobera

Sergio Lobera Rodríguez (born 16 January 1977) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Indian club Mumbai City FC.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lobera and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Sergio Lobera
Personal information
Full name Sergio Lobera Rodríguez
Date of birth (1977-01-16) 16 January 1977
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City (manager)
Teams managed
Dosa Salesians
Jàbac Terrassa
1997–2006 Barcelona (youth)
2006–2007 Barcelona C
2008–2009 Terrassa
2010–2011 San Roque
2011–2012 Ceuta
2012 Barcelona (assistant)
2012–2014 Las Palmas
2014–2017 Moghreb Tétouan
2017–2020 Goa
2020– Mumbai City

Football career

Lobera was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After impressing with Dosa Salesians and UFB Jàbac Terrassa he signed with FC Barcelona in 1997,[1] going through its youth system and being manager of the C-team in 2006–07, in Tercera División. He was appointed sporting director at Terrassa FC in June 2007,[2] also being their coach for the last seven games of the season.[3]

In May 2010, Lobera was appointed CD San Roque de Lepe manager, agreeing to a three-year deal.[4] The following campaign, he was in charge of AD Ceuta also in Segunda División B.[5]

On 11 May 2012, Lobera was named FC Barcelona's assistant manager behind Tito Vilanova.[6] However, roughly a month later, he signed as head coach of Segunda División side UD Las Palmas.[7][8]

Lobera finished his first season in charge of a professional club in sixth position, being defeated in the play-offs by eventually promoted UD Almería.[9] He renewed with the Canarians on 18 June 2013,[10] but was relieved of his duties on 26 May of the following year.[11]

On 24 December 2014, Lobera was appointed at Botola's Moghreb Tétouan until the end of the season.[12] On 6 June 2017 he moved countries again, joining FC Goa from the Indian Super League on a two-year contract.[13]

On 17 November 2018, Lobera renewed his link at the Fatorda Stadium until 2020.[14] Five months later, he led his team to the conquest of the Indian Super Cup;[15] on 31 January 2020, however, he was dismissed despite being top of the table after several run-ins with the board of directors.[16][17]

Lobera continued in the Indian top flight in March 2020, signing with Mumbai City FC.[18]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 29 January 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Barcelona C 1 July 2006 30 May 2007 38 10 15 13 45 52 −7 026.32 [19]
Terrassa 31 March 2008 26 May 2009 47 15 10 22 53 73 −20 031.91 [20]
San Roque 20 May 2010 16 May 2011 38 18 9 11 42 35 +7 047.37 [21]
Ceuta 18 May 2011 13 May 2012 39 13 10 16 47 52 −5 033.33 [22]
Las Palmas 17 June 2012 26 May 2014 94 40 25 29 126 112 +14 042.55 [23]
Moghreb Tétouan 24 December 2014 31 May 2017 93 35 22 36 105 119 −14 037.63 [24]
Goa 7 June 2017 31 January 2020 60 33 11 16 128 79 +49 055.00 [25]
Total 409 164 102 143 546 522 +24 040.10 —

Honours

Goa

References
  1. El buen ojo de Sergio Lobera (Sergio Lobera's good eye); La Provincia, 13 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. Sergi Lobera es nuevo director deportivo (Sergi Lobera is the new director of sports); Mundo Deportivo, 16 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. "Rojo dimite en Terrassa y Lobera toma el mando" [Rojo resigns at Terrassa and Lobera takes over] (in Spanish). Sport. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. El San Roque ficha a Sergio Lobera por tres campañas (San Roque sign Sergio Lobera for three seasons); Gesticulando, 20 May 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. Sergio Lobera afronta un "gran reto" con la AD Ceuta (Sergio Lobera faces a "big challenge" in AD Ceuta); El Faro de Ceuta, 8 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. Sergio Lobera, técnico del Ceuta, será el ayudante de Vilanova (Sergio Lobera, manager of Ceuta, will be Vilanova's assistant); Marca, 11 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. Sergio Lobera, nuevo técnico de Las Palmas (Sergio Lobera, new manager of Las Palmas); Marca, 17 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. Ruiz, Diego (18 January 2013). "Sergio Lobera, un joven entrenador al que apodaron 'ganalotodo'" [Sergio Lobera, a young coach that was dubbed 'winsitall'] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. El sueño de la UD tendrá que esperar (2–1) (UD's dream will have to wait (2–1)); Canarias 7, 16 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. Sergio Lobera renueva un año y apunta a Primera división (Sergio Lobera renews for a year and aims for Primera); Marca, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  11. Las Palmas destituye a Sergio Lobera a falta de dos partidos (Las Palmas sack Sergio Lobera with two matches remaining); Marca, 26 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. El Moghreb Atlético de Tetuán apuesta por Sergio Lobera (Moghreb Athletic Tetouan bet on Sergio Lobera); Sport, 24 December 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. "Sergio Lobera Rodriguez replaces Zico as FC Goa's new head coach". Indian Super League. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. "Sergio Lobera, FC Goa agree to one year contract extension". FC Goa. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  15. Das Sharma, Amitabha (14 April 2019). "FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  16. Kundu, Sagnik (31 January 2020). "ISL 2019–20 BREAKING: FC Goa sack head coach Sergio Lobera". The Bridge. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  17. Nakashe, Mrunal (1 February 2020). "Revealed: Why and how FC Goa sacked Sergio Lobera". Khel Now. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  18. Muralidharan, Ashwin (28 March 2020). "In Sergio Lobera, Mumbai City FC have gone for the very coach who has been their Achilles' heel!". Goal. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  19. "Tercera División (Grupo 5) 2006–07" [Third Division (Group 5) 2006–07] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  20. "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
    "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  21. "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  22. "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  23. "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
    "Lobera: Sergio Lobera Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  24. "Moghreb Tétouan: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  25. "FC Goa: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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