Carlos Sánchez (football manager)
Spanish football manager
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Carlos Sánchez Ruiz (born 16 January 1989) is a Spanish football psychologist, coach and scout.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Sánchez Ruiz | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2011–2012 | Xerez (youth) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Xerez B (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Sevilla C (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Xerez (youth) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Sevilla (youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sevilla C (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Ibiza (caretaker) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Alcorcón (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Eldense (assistant) | ||
Career
Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia,[1] Sánchez started his career with Xerez CD in 2011, as a sporting psychologist of the youth setup, while also being an assistant coach of the Juvenil B squad. He was an assistant of the reserves during the 2012–13 season, before joining Sevilla FC as an assistant of the C-team.[2]
On 17 July 2014, Sánchez returned to Xerez after being appointed manager of the Juvenil side.[3] He returned to Sevilla in the following year, being again an assistant of Paco Peña in the youth categories.[4]
Sánchez was also an assistant of Peña back at the C-team during the 2018–19 season, before joining Real Valladolid on 15 June 2019, for their scouting team.[5] On 11 January 2022, he was announced as the new technical analyst for Sergio at Cádiz CF.[6]
In July 2022, Sánchez joined Segunda División side UD Ibiza as a technical secretary.[7] On 26 November, he was named interim manager of the first team after Juan Antonio Anquela was sacked,[8] and was in charge of the club in a 1–0 home loss against FC Andorra two days later;[9] he then returned to his previous role after the appointment of Lucas Alcaraz as manager.
On 15 July 2023, Sánchez was announced as Fran Fernández's assistant at AD Alcorcón.[10]