Alfredo Santaelena

Born in Madrid, Alfredo's career professional career began with hometown's Getafe CF in 1988, and he moved the following year to La Liga with neighbours Atlético Madrid; he was personally signed by chairman Jesús Gil after a friendly, going on to experience some of his best years whilst with the team.^[1][2]

On 29 June 1991, Alfredo scored the game's only goal against RCD Mallorca in the final of the Copa del Rey,^[3][4] also appearing in the following year's decisive match, a 2–0 win over Real Madrid.^[5] He joined Deportivo de La Coruña in 1993 alongside teammate Donato, and produced roughly the same numbers, although he would be used more regularly.^[1]

Brought from the bench in the 1995 domestic cup final against Valencia CF, diminutive Alfredo scored with his head for the final 2–1 victory.^[6] He left for Sevilla FC two years later, being rarely used over a three-and-a-half-year spell and finishing his career aged 35, with his first and second clubs.^[1]

Santaelena took up coaching immediately after retiring, mainly in the lower leagues. In 2007, he led CD Cobeña – also in Madrid – to Segunda División B for the first time ever, but the club folded soon after.^[7][1]

Starting in 2012, Santaelena spent several years in charge of Atlético's reserve teams. On 10 February 2014, following a third-division loss at CD Sariñena which left the B side in the relegation zone, he was fired, being replaced by Oscar Mena who had also played for them in the 90s.^[8]

In November 2016, Santaelena took over UD San Sebastián de los Reyes also in the third tier. He was dismissed on 21 January 2018,^[9] and spent more than a year without a club before being appointed at Internacional de Madrid of the same league on 2 July 2020.^[10]

Santaelena continued to work in the third division (renamed Primera División RFEF in 2021) in the following years, being in charge of CF Rayo Majadahonda and San Fernando CD.^[11] On 29 April 2024, he was sacked by the latter as they were seriously threatened with relegation,^[12][13] and in July he dropped down two levels after taking over Tercera Federación's CD Toledo.^[14]

As of 2 March 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Tres Cantos Pegaso		1 July 2003	30 June 2006	118	51	42	25	043.22	[15]
Cobeña		1 July 2006	30 June 2007	38	10	9	19	026.32	[16]
Ciempozuelos		1 July 2007	30 June 2008	44	25	11	8	056.82	[17]
Eivissa-Ibiza		12 January 2009	30 June 2009	18	3	5	10	016.67	[18]
Marbella		18 January 2010	6 July 2010	17	2	4	11	011.76	[19]
Alcobendas Sport		6 July 2010	30 June 2011	44	23	9	12	052.27	[20]
Atlético Madrid C		1 July 2011	30 June 2012	38	12	12	14	031.58	[21]
Atlético Madrid B		1 July 2012	10 February 2014	63	22	15	26	034.92	[22]
SS Reyes		17 November 2016	21 January 2018	53	18	17	18	033.96	[23]
Alcobendas Sport		16 January 2020	2 July 2020	8	4	2	2	050.00
Internacional Madrid		2 July 2020	30 June 2022	64	21	19	24	032.81	[24]
Rayo Majadahonda		4 October 2022	11 June 2023	33	12	8	13	036.36	[25]
San Fernando		16 October 2023	29 April 2024	26	7	7	12	026.92	[26]
Toledo		28 June 2024	Present	26	14	4	8	053.85
Career total				590	224	164	202	037.97	—