José Manuel Aira

José Manuel Aira Lindoso (born 14 March 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, and the manager of Marbella FC.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aira and the second or maternal family name is Lindoso.
José Manuel Aira
Aira with Sochaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Aira Lindoso
Date of birth (1976-03-14) 14 March 1976
Place of birth Ponferrada, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Marbella (manager)
Youth career
1989–1991 CD Fuentesnuevas
1991–1995 Ponferradina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Deportivo B 147 (7)
1996–2002 Deportivo La Coruña 2 (0)
1999–2000 → Tenerife (loan) 23 (0)
2000–2001 → Racing Ferrol (loan) 41 (2)
2001–2002 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 22 (1)
2002–2005 Poli Ejido 68 (4)
2005–2006 Racing Ferrol 28 (1)
2006–2010 Lugo 136 (6)
2010–2011 Racing Ferrol 36 (6)
Total 503 (27)
Teams managed
2011–2014 Racing Ferrol
2014–2016 Murcia
2016–2017 Albacete
2018 Rudeš
2018 Sochaux
2018–2020 Cultural Leonesa
2020– Marbella
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Ponferrada, Castile and León, Aira arrived at Deportivo de La Coruña from local SD Ponferradina aged 19, but never broke into the first-team setup during his stay, only appearing twice in La Liga.[1][2] With more individual success, he resumed his career in the second division for the following seven seasons, with CD Tenerife,[3] Racing de Ferrol (twice),[4][5] Sporting de Gijón[6] and Polideportivo Ejido.[7]

Aira returned to Galicia in the summer of 2006, moving to CD Lugo which had just returned to the third level after a three-year absence. He continued to be a defensive mainstay in the subsequent four years after which he returned to Ferrol, now in division four.[8]

Coaching career

Aira retired in 2011, being immediately named manager of his last club Racing.[9] He was subsequently in charge of Real Murcia[10] and Albacete Balompié,[11] leading the latter in their promotion to the second tier in 2017.[12] He was dismissed on 2 October that year, with the team second from bottom.[13]

On 13 March 2018, Aira moved abroad for the first time to NK Rudeš of Croatia, who had also had compatriot Iñaki Alonso in charge at the start of the season.[14] His time there was brief, as by 23 May he was in charge of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard of France's Ligue 2.[15] Having won one of nine games with the side in 18th on 25 November, he was sacked.[16]

Aira took over at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on 18 December 2018 until the end of the third-division campaign, with an extra year in the case of promotion.[17] The team eventually missed the playoffs and his contract expired, though a deal on the same terms was agreed the following 20 June.[18]

Managerial statistics
As of 16 February 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Racing Ferrol 14 October 2011 10 July 2014 109 62 25 22 204 93 +111 056.88 [19]
Murcia 10 July 2014 8 May 2016 79 42 15 22 103 60 +43 053.16 [20]
Albacete 9 June 2016 1 October 2017 55 25 14 16 80 59 +21 045.45 [21]
Rudeš 12 March 2018 22 May 2018 12 7 3 2 19 13 +6 058.33
Sochaux 22 May 2018 25 November 2018 17 5 3 9 17 25 −8 029.41
Cultural Leonesa 18 December 2018 Present 50 25 16 9 78 42 +36 050.00 [22]
Career total 322 166 76 80 501 292 +209 051.55 —

Honours

Manager

Racing Ferrol

Albacete

References
  1. Sanchis, Alberto (27 May 1996). "Fiesta Bebeto, golazo de Pep" [Bebeto party, Pep wonder goal]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. Alvarado, Arturo (15 February 1998). "Dan la cara" [They put up a fight]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. Castañeda, A. (19 July 1999). "El Tenerife contrata a Aira y negocia el traspaso de Bassir" [Tenerife hire Aira and negotiate transfer of Bassir]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. García Solano, Manuel (22 July 2000). "Villa y Aira, cedidos al Racing" [Villa and Aira, loaned to Racing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. García Solano, Manuel (14 June 2005). "Aira ('Poli' Ejido), primer fichaje de los gallegos" [Aira ('Poli' Ejido), first Galician signing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  6. Calleja, José Luis (30 July 2001). "Llega cedido el deportivista Aira" [Deportivo man Aira arrives on loan]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  7. "El central Aira (Deportivo) ficha por dos años" [Stopper Aira (Deportivo) signs for two years]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  8. "El Racing de Ferrol cierra el fichaje del central Aira" [Racing de Ferrol complete signing of stopper Aira]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  9. Alonso, Paulo (14 October 2011). "Aira pasa de la zaga al banquillo" [Aira goes from the back sector to the bench]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  10. "Aira dice que no merecía "este final" tras dos años dirigiendo al Real Murcia" [Aira says he did not deserve "this ending" after two years in charge of Real Murcia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  11. "José Manuel Aira, nuevo entrenador del Albacete" [José Manuel Aira, new manager Albacete]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  12. Galicia, Samuel (25 June 2017). "El Albacete tira de renta para volver a Segunda división un año después" [Albacete rely on maths to return to Second division one year later]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  13. Villaescusa, Paco (2 October 2017). "El Albacete destituye a Aira" [Albacete dismiss Aira]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. Sevilla, Juanma (13 March 2018). "José Manuel Aira se marcha a entrenar a un equipo de Croacia" [José Manuel Aira goes to manage a Croatian team] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  15. "Aira se convierte en el entrenador del Sochaux francés" [Aira becomes the manager of France's Sochaux]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  16. "Ligue 2: Sochaux limoge son entraîneur José Manuel Aira" [Ligue 2: Sochaux sack their manager José Manuel Aira]. L'Équipe (in French). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  17. González, Dani (18 December 2018). "Ya es oficial: Aira ya es entrenador de la Cultural y dirigirá hoy su primer entrenamiento" [It is now official: Aira is now manager of Cultural and will lead his first training session today] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  18. González, Dani (20 June 2019). "La Cultural hace oficial el regreso de José Manuel Aira" [Cultural confirm the return of José Manuel Aira] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2012–13" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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  21. "José Manuel Aira dirigirá al Albacete en Segunda B" [José Manuel Aira will coach Albacete in Segunda B]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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