Igor Oca
Spanish football manager
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Igor Oca Pulido (born 7 May 1981) is a Spanish football manager, currently the manager of CD Leganés.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Oca Pulido | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Basauri, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leganés (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2011–2016 | Levante (youth) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Atlético Madrid (youth) | ||
| 2017 | Alavés (youth) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Alavés B | ||
| 2019–2020 | Atlético San Luis (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Sestao | ||
| 2021–2022 | Emelec (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Independiente Juniors (caretaker) | ||
| 2023 | Universidad Católica del Ecuador | ||
| 2024 | Deportivo Cuenca | ||
| 2024 | Huachipato | ||
| 2025 | Sestao | ||
| 2025 | Leganés B | ||
| 2025– | Leganés | ||
Career
Born in Basauri, Biscay, Basque Country, Oca began his managerial career with Levante UD's Juvenil D side in 2011, after previously working as a fitness coach for the youth teams of Villarreal CF, Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. On 5 June 2014, he was named in charge of the Juvenil A squad of the former.[1]
On 8 July 2016, Oca was appointed manager of Atlético Madrid's Juvenil División de Honor team.[2] Ahead of the 2017–18 season, he initially took over Deportivo Alavés' Juvenil A squad,[3] before replacing Aitor Orueta at the helm of the reserves on 3 October 2017.[4]
Oca was dismissed by the Miniglorias on 4 March 2019, being replaced by Iñaki Alonso.[5] On 30 May, he moved abroad after being named assistant manager of Mexican club Atlético San Luis, being also in charge of their under-20 team.[6]
Oca returned to his home country on 8 December 2020, after being appointed in charge of Tercera División side Sestao River Club.[7] The following 15 June, after achieving promotion to Segunda División RFEF, he left the club.[8]
On 25 August 2021, Oca moved to Ecuador and joined Ismael Rescalvo's staff at Emelec, as his assistant.[9] On 24 March of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Independiente del Valle, as the new Head of Youth Football.[10] He was also a caretaker coach of the reserve team for three months in that year.[11]
On 28 November 2022, Oca returned to managerial duties after being named manager of Universidad Católica del Ecuador.[12] Despite qualifying the club to the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, he left on 5 December 2023 as his contract was not renewed.[13]
On 22 April 2024, Oca was named manager of Deportivo Cuenca, also in the Ecuadorian top tier.[14] On 18 July, he left the club by mutual consent,[15] and took over Huachipato in the Chilean Primera División seven days later.[16] On 14 November 2024, Oca left Huachipato following the expiration of his contract.[17]
On 6 March 2025, Oca returned to Sestao for a second spell in charge, with the side now in the Primera Federación; he replaced the sacked Ángel Viadero.[18] He left on 4 June, as his contract was due to expire,[19] and took over CD Leganés' reserves sixteen days later.[20]
On 5 December 2025, Oca was named caretaker manager of Lega, after Paco López was sacked.[21] On 24 December, he was confirmed as manager of the side for the remainder of the season.[22]
Managerial statistics
- As of 5 April 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Alavés B |  |
3 October 2017 | 4 March 2019 | 65 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 106 | 63 | +43 | 46.15 | [23] |
| Sestao River | |
7 December 2020 | 15 June 2021 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 72.73 | [24] |
| Independiente Juniors (interim) |  |
1 March 2022 | 11 June 2022 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 41.18 | [25] |
| Universidad Católica del Ecuador | |
28 November 2022 | 5 December 2023 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 37.50 | [26] |
| Deportivo Cuenca | |
22 April 2024 | 18 July 2024 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 50.00 | [27] |
| Huachipato |  |
25 July 2024 | 14 November 2024 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 36.36 | [28] |
| Sestao River | |
6 March 2025 | 4 June 2025 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | +0 | 33.33 | [29] |
| Leganés B | |
20 June 2025 | 5 December 2025 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 50.00 | [30] |
| Leganés | |
5 December 2025 | Present | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 27.78 | [31] |
| Total | 206 | 91 | 59 | 56 | 315 | 215 | +100 | 44.17 | — | |||