Dani Vidal (football manager)
Spanish football manager
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Daniel "Dani" Vidal González (born 14 June 1992) is a Spanish football manager.
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Vidal in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Vidal González | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tarragona, Spain | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2005–2013 | Gimnàstic | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2017 | Gimnàstic (youth) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Pobla Mafumet (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Gimnàstic (youth) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Pobla Mafumet | ||
| 2021–2023 | Gimnàstic (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2025 | Gimnàstic | ||
| 2025–2026 | Avilés Industrial | ||
Career
Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Vidal played for hometown side Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a youth before retiring at the age of 20, and immediately starting to coach the club's Infantil B squad.[1] He then progressed through the club's youth categories, before being named an assistant of Juan Manuel Pavón at the farm team CF Pobla de Mafumet on 25 October 2017.[2]
Vidal returned to the structure of Nàstic for the 2018–19 season, being named manager of the Juvenil B squad. On 15 December 2020, after being in charge of the Juvenil A team, he was appointed at the helm of Pobla.[3]
On 16 June 2021, Vidal was named Raül Agné's assistant in the first team of Gimnàstic.[4] On 27 February 2023, he was appointed manager of the club after the dismissal of Iñaki Alonso,[5] and became the first manager of the club's history to manage them in all categories (youth, reserve and senior).[6]
Vidal made his debut as manager of Nàstic on 5 March 2023, in a 1–0 Primera Federación home win over Real Sociedad B which ended the club's four-match winless run.[7] On 9 June, after six wins and four draws in 13 matches, he renewed his contract with the club for a further two years.[8]
On 11 May 2025, Vidal was sacked from his position as manager. He left the club after 14 seasons in all categories, with 94 official matches in charge of the main squad.[9]
On 18 August 2025, Vidal was appointed manager of third division newcomers Real Avilés Industrial CF.[10] He was sacked the following 23 March, after a nine-match winless run which had seen the side slip just two points above the relegation zone.[11]
Managerial statistics
- As of 22 March 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Pobla de Mafumet |  |
15 December 2020 | 16 June 2021 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 43.48 | [12] |
| Gimnàstic | |
27 February 2023 | 11 May 2025 | 94 | 43 | 27 | 24 | 118 | 82 | +36 | 45.74 | [13] |
| Avilés Industrial | |
17 August 2025 | 23 March 2026 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 30.00 | [14] |
| Career total | 147 | 62 | 43 | 42 | 198 | 155 | +43 | 42.18 | — | |||