Alejandro Menéndez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is García.
Alejandro Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Menéndez García
Date of birth (1966-07-12) 12 July 1966
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Teams managed
Years Team
2002–2005 Sporting Gijón (youth)
2005–2007 Real Madrid (youth)
2007–2008 Celta B
2008 Celta
2008–2009 Celta B
2009–2011 Real Madrid B
2013 Racing Santander
2013–2014 Buriram United
2014–2015 Shaanxi Wuzhou

Alejandro Menéndez García (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish football manager.

Career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Menéndez started his managerial career at Sporting de Gijón's youth setup. After winning the 2004 Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol and being a runner-up in 2005 Copa del Rey Juvenil, he moved to Real Madrid as a manager of the Juvenil squad.

In July 2007, Menéndez was named Celta de Vigo B manager, with the side in Segunda División B. On 13 May 2008 he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, replacing fired Antonio Lopez,[1] and subsequently avoided relegation with the club.

Menéndez subsequently returned to Celta's B-team and, in 2009, was appointed at another reserve team, Real Madrid Castilla also in the third tier. On 4 January 2011, he was relieved from his duties.[2]

On 5 March 2013, Menéndez was appointed manager of Racing de Santander as a replacement to dismissed José Aurelio Gay.[3] However, he could not avoid the club's relegation to the third level, and subsequently left the club.

In September 2013 Menéndez moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Buriram United F.C. manager in Thailand.[4] With the side he achieved immediate success, winning a domestic treble (Thai Premier League, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup) during his first season in charge.

Menéndez resigned on 11 April 2014, after winning the Toyota Premier Cup and the Kor Royal Cup.[5] On 28 December of that year, he was named as the new manager of China League One side Shaanxi Wuzhou,[6] but left the side one month later due to its bureaucratic problems.[7]

Honours

Buriram United

References

  1. ↑ "El técnico gijonés Alejandro Menéndez se hace cargo del Celta" [Gijonés manager Alejandro Menéndez takes the reigns of Celta] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "El Madrid cesa a Menéndez como técnico del Castilla" [Madrid sacks Menéndez as Castilla manager] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alejandro Menéndez sustituye a José Aurelio Gay como técnico" [Alejandro Menéndez replaces José Aurelio Gay as manager] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tailandia, nuevo reto de Alejandro Menéndez" [Thailand, new goal of Alejandro Menéndez] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Menéndez deja el Burinam tras ganar cinco títulos" [Menéndez leaves Buriram after winning fifve titles] (in Spanish). La nueva España. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "新陕足教头起底：穆里尼奥好友 曾执教武里南联" (in Chinese). Sohu. 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Menéndez ve frustrada su aventura en China" [Menéndez sees his Chinese adventure frustrated] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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