Martí Cifuentes

Martí Cifuentes Corvillo (born 7 July 1982) is a Spanish football coach who is currently head coach at Danish Superliga club AaB.

Martí Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name Martí Cifuentes Corvillo
Date of birth (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982[1]
Place of birth Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Club information
Current team
 AaB (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2014 UE Sant Andreu
2015–2016 CE L'Hospitalet
2018–2020 Sandefjord
2021– AaB

Career

Early career

Cifuentes had short spells coaching in the youth departments of Ajax and Millwall.[2] He began his managerial career in Segunda División B club UE Sant Andreu in 2014, He went on to fellow Segunda División B club CE L'Hospitalet ahead of the 2015–16 season. In 2018, Cifuentes moved to Sweden to be in charge of AIK's reserve team and academy.[3]

Sandefjord

On 31 May 2018, Cifuentes was announced as Sandefjord's new head coach on a contract that will keep him at the club till the end of the 2020 season.[4][3] He took over mid-season a team that had gained only five points in their first 12 games in the 2019 season. The results improved during the rest of the season, but Sandefjord was relegated on 11 November with one game to spare although they lost only six of 18 games after Cifuentes appeared.[5] In the following 2020 season, Cifuentes' first full season in charge, Sandefjord finished the 2019 1. divisjon in second place and were promoted back to Eliteserien.[6]

AaB

On 28 December 2020, Cifuentes was announced as AaB's new head coach from 1 January 2021 on a contract that will keep him at the club till Summer 2023.[7]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 7 February 2021[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
UE Sant Andreu 12 February 2014 30 June 2014 11 5 2 4 045.45
CE L'Hospitalet 1 July 2015 29 March 2016 31 9 7 15 029.03
Sandefjord 31 May 2018 28 December 2020 81 33 26 22 040.74
AaB 1 January 2021 Present 2 0 1 1 000.00
Total 125 47 36 42 037.60

References
  1. "Martí Cifuentes profile" (in Norwegian). Sandefjord Fotball. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Intervju med Martí Cifuentes". AIK Fotboll. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "Spanjol blir ny Sandefjord-trener" (in Norwegian). TV2. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. "Spanske Cifuentes er Sandefjords nye trener" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. "Alt håp ute for Sandefjord. Rykket ned til OBOS-ligaen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. "Sandefjord rykker opp til Eliteserien" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  7. "Officielt: AaB ansætter spansk træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. Martí Cifuentes at Soccerway
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