Tony Franco
Venezuelan football manager
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Antonio "Tony" Franco López (born 28 August 1981) is a Venezuelan football manager, currently in charge of Marítimo de La Guaira.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Franco López | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marítimo de La Guaira (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2013–2015 | Mineros (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Mineros | ||
| 2015 | Carabobo | ||
| 2016 | Caracas | ||
| 2017 | Aragua | ||
| 2018 | Atlético Venezuela | ||
| 2019 | Izarra (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Izarra (interim) | ||
| 2020 | Carabobo | ||
| 2020–2021 | Izarra (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Izarra (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Yaracuyanos | ||
| 2022 | Carabobo | ||
| 2023 | Mineros | ||
| 2023 | Monagas | ||
| 2024– | Marítimo de La Guaira | ||
Career
Born in Caracas, Franco was an assistant of Richard Páez and Marcos Mathías at Mineros de Guayana before being appointed manager of the club in March 2015.[1] In October of that year, he replaced Jhonny Ferreira at the helm of Carabobo.[2]
On 28 November 2015, Franco was announced as manager of Caracas for the 2016 campaign.[3] Sacked on 25 November,[4] he was named at the helm of Aragua on 5 December.[5]
On 25 March 2018, Franco was appointed manager of Atlético Venezuela, after agreeing to a contract until December 2019.[6] He left the club on 5 November,[7] and subsequently moved to Europe to study.
In July 2019, Franco joined Spanish club CD Izarra's coaching staff as an assistant of Unai Jáuregui.[8] He was an interim manager for one match after Jáuregui left in October, but left the club on 14 December;[9] the following day, he was appointed in charge of Carabobo back in his home country.[10]
Franco left Carabobo on 29 October 2020,[11] and subsequently returned to Izarra, again as an assistant. He was the latter's interim manager the following January,[12] but left in April.[13]
On 20 May 2021, Franco was appointed manager of Yaracuyanos,[14] but resigned on 23 September.[15] He returned to Carabobo on 4 July 2022, in the place of Kike García,[16] but was himself dismissed on 7 October.[17]
On 27 January 2023, Franco returned to Mineros,[18] but left on a mutual agreement on 13 April.[19] On 10 July, he was named manager of Monagas after Jhonny Ferreira was appointed the club's sporting director,[20] leaving on 19 October as his contract would not be renewed.[21]