Diego Martínez Penas

Diego Martínez Penas (born 16 December 1980) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Granada CF.

Diego Martínez
Personal information
Full name Diego Martínez Penas
Date of birth (1980-12-16) 16 December 1980
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Granada (manager)
Youth career
1990–1999 Celta
1999–2000 Cádiz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Imperio Albolote
Teams managed
Imperio Albolote (youth)
2004–2005 Arenas Armilla (youth)
2005–2006 Arenas Armilla (assistant)
2006–2007 Arenas Armilla
2007–2009 Motril
2010–2011 Sevilla C
2011–2012 Sevilla (youth)
2012–2014 Sevilla (assistant)
2014–2017 Sevilla B
2017–2018 Osasuna
2018– Granada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Penas.

Football career

Born in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Martínez was a full back capable of playing on either side.[1] He spent his youth career at Celta de Vigo and Cádiz CF, representing the former for nine years.[2]

Martínez retired from professional football at the age of 20, and started his coaching career with CD Imperio de Albolote's youth categories, while also playing for their first team.[3] In 2004, he moved to Arenas CD, being initially in charge of the youth setup.[4]

An assistant manager in the 2005–06 campaign, Martínez was appointed manager of the first team in July 2006, in Tercera División. The following year he was named Motril CF manager, and remained in charge for two years.[5]

In October 2009 Martínez moved to Sevilla FC, immediately joining the backroom staff.[6] He was in charge of the club's C-team the following season, and subsequently managed the Juvenil squad.[2]

On 22 May 2012, Martínez was named assistant at the first team, replacing Javi Navarro.[7] On 13 June 2014, he was appointed at the helm of the reserves in Segunda División B,[8] and managed to achieve promotion to Segunda División in 2016.[9]

After avoiding relegation with the reserve side, Martínez opted not to renew his contract, and was appointed in charge of CA Osasuna on 14 June 2017.[10] The following 7 June, he left the club after failing to qualify for the play-offs.[11]

On 14 June 2018, Martínez was named Granada CF manager,[12] and achieved promotion to La Liga at the end of the season. The youngest manager of the 2019–20 campaign, his side enjoyed their best-ever league start after achieving 20 points in ten matches, bringing the Nazaríes to the top of the tournament for two weeks.[13] As a result, he was rewarded with a one-year contract extension through 2021 on 14 November 2019.[14]

On 16 December 2019, Martínez was awarded with the Miguel Muñoz Trophy (shared with José Bordalás) by Marca for his efforts in the previous campaign.[15] With a 7th-place finish in his debut top-flight campaign, he qualified the team for the first time to the UEFA Europa League.[16]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 6 February 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Arenas Armilla 1 July 2006 30 June 2007 38 20 6 12 56 26 +30 052.63 [17]
Motril 1 July 2007 30 June 2009 80 39 20 21 134 103 +31 048.75 [18]
Sevilla C 1 July 2010 30 June 2011 38 12 15 11 42 40 +2 031.58 [19]
Sevilla B 13 June 2014 14 June 2017 124 43 47 34 146 124 +22 034.68 [20]
Osasuna 14 June 2017 7 June 2018 44 17 16 11 47 37 +10 038.64 [21]
Granada 14 June 2018 Present 124 62 29 33 175 130 +45 050.00 [22]
Total 448 193 133 122 600 460 +140 043.08 —

Honours

Granada

Individual

References
  1. "Diego Martínez: Inquieto, seguro de sí mismo y versátil" [Diego Martínez: Restless, self-assured and versatile] (in Spanish). Ideal. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. "El secreto gallego del éxito del Sevilla" [The Galician secret of Sevilla's success] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. "Diego Martínez llega al rescate" [Diego Martínez arrives to the rescue] (in Spanish). Granada Hoy. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. "Las manos viguesas que abrazan la Europa" [The hands viguesas who hold the Europa] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. "Entrevista a Diego Martínez Penas, entrenador del Sevilla Atlético" [Interview with Diego Martínez Penas, manager of Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). Underground Football. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  6. "Diego Martínez ficha por el cuadro técnico del Sevilla" [Diego Martínez signs for Sevilla's backroom staff] (in Spanish). Ideal. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. "Javi Navarro abandona el club" [Javi Navarro leaves the club] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. "Diego Martínez toma las riendas del Sevilla Atlético" [Diego Martínez takes the reins of Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). ABC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. "Diego Martínez: "Ya estamos en la historia del Sevilla"" [Diego Martínez: "We already are in Sevilla's history"] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. "Diego Martínez, nuevo entrenador de Osasuna" [Diego Martínez, new manager of Osasuna] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  11. "Diego Martínez no continuará en Osasuna la próxima temporada" [Diego Martínez will not continue at Osasuna the next season] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. "Comunicado | Diego Martínez, nuevo entrenador del Granada CF" [Announcement | Diego Martínez, new manager of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  13. "El fabuloso liderato del Granada" [The fabulous leadership of Granada] (in Spanish). El País. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  14. "Official: Diego Martinez renews his Granada contract until 2021". Marca. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  15. "The MARCA 2019 football awards: Messi collects sixth Pichichi". Marca. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  16. Lowe, Sid (20 July 2020). "Silence, solitude and sadness for Leganés after desperate La Liga finale". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  17. "Tercera División (Grupo 9) 2006–07" [Tercera División (Group 9) 2006–07] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  18. "Tercera División (Grupo 9) 2007–08" [Tercera División (Group 9) 2007–08] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 9) 2008–09" [Tercera División (Group 9) 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2008–09" [Phase Of Promotion to Segunda División B 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  19. "Tercera División (Grupo 10) 2010–11" [Tercera División (Group 10) 2010–11] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  20. "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
    "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2015–16". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
    "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  21. "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  22. "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
    "Diego Martínez: Diego Martínez Penas: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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