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Juanjo Díaz

Juanjo Díaz

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Juan José "Juanjo" Díaz Galiana (8 January 1949 – 6 December 2017), sometimes known simply as Juanjo, was a Spanish football manager.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Galiana.

Career

RCD Espanyol appointed the little-known Diaz to replace Benito Joanet in January 1990.[1] Diaz would lead Espanyol to the 1989–90 Segunda División play-offs, where the club won promotion following a victory over CD Málaga. He left the club immediately after the play-offs.[2]

In June 2001 Juanjo was named as manager of second-division side CD Badajoz. That October, however, he was relieved of his duties after winning only two points out of a possible 27.[3]

He died in Terrassa, Catalonia, at the age of 68, following a long illness.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Juanjo: En entrenador con toda la barba" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 January 1990.
  2. [2]
    "Junajo: lágrimas de despedida" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 June 1990.
  3. [3]
    "El empresario portugués Antonio Barrada compra el CD Badajoz" [Portuguese businessman Antonio Barrada buys CD Badajoz]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 17 October 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    Torres, M. Carmen (6 December 2017). "Fallece Juanjo Díaz, extécnico del Espanyol" [Juanjo Díaz, ex-manager of Espanyol, dies]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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