Voro (footballer)
Spanish footballer
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Salvador González Marco (born 9 October 1963), known as Voro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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Voro with Valencia in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salvador González Marco[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1963[1] | ||
| Place of birth | L'Alcúdia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | Valencia B | ||
| 1984–1993 | Valencia | 245 | (10) |
| 1984–1985 | → Tenerife (loan) | 43 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Deportivo La Coruña | 102 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | Logroñés | 45 | (1) |
| Total | 435 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Spain | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Valencia B | ||
| 2008 | Valencia (interim) | ||
| 2012 | Valencia (caretaker) | ||
| 2015 | Valencia (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Valencia (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Valencia | ||
| 2017–2020 | Valencia (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Valencia (interim) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Valencia (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Valencia (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Valencia (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During his career, he played mostly for Valencia and Deportivo (a total of 11 La Liga seasons, 318 matches), also coaching the former club on several occasions.[2]
Voro represented Spain at the 1994 World Cup. After retiring as a player, he held several stints managing Valencia.
Club career
Born in L'Alcúdia, Valencian Community,[3] Voro graduated from hometown Valencia's youth academy, going on to represent their reserves in his first two years as a senior. A one-and-a-half-year loan with Tenerife in the Segunda División notwithstanding as he was performing his conscription in the city,[4] he played eight seasons – seven in La Liga – with the Che's first team, which included 37 games with two goals in 1989–90 as they finished second.[5]
Subsequently, Voro joined Deportivo de La Coruña, being an instrumental part in the rise of Super Depor during the early to mid-1990s.[6][7] Having started the 1996–97 campaign with the Galicians he finished it with Logroñés, retiring in the second tier in 1999.[8]
International career
Voro earned nine caps for the Spain national team in two years,[2] and was part of the squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[9] His debut came on 13 October 1993, in a decisive World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Lansdowne Road, Dublin (90 minutes played, 3–1 win).[10]
Managerial career
On 21 April 2008, after several years working with Valencia as match delegate, Voro became manager of his former club following the sacking of Ronald Koeman.[11] After saving the team from relegation with four wins in five matches, he was replaced by Unai Emery for 2008–09 and reinstated in his previous post.[12][13]
Voro was appointed interim manager of Valencia on 30 November 2015 following the departure of Nuno Espírito Santo,[14] before the position was filled by Gary Neville two days later.[15] He led the side to a 1–1 draw against Barcelona at the Mestalla Stadium, in his only game in charge.[16]
On 20 September 2016, Voro took the interim post for a fourth time after the dismissal of Pako Ayestarán.[17] The same befell him on the penultimate day of the year, following Cesare Prandelli's resignation.[18]
Voro was confirmed as manager 10 January 2017, until the end of the season.[19] He returned for a sixth interim spell on 29 June 2020, when Albert Celades was fired with six matches to go.[20] Only 11 months later, he was back in charge following the dismissal of Javi Gracia.[21]
On 30 January 2023, Voro replaced Gennaro Gattuso as Valencia stood 14th in the table, again on an interim basis.[22][23] After three losses in as many matches, he was replaced by former club player Rubén Baraja.[24]
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 February 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Valencia B |  |
1 July 2002 | 16 February 2004 | 63 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 80 | 91 | −11 | 36.51 | [25] |
| Valencia (interim) | |
21 April 2008 | 22 May 2008 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 80.00 | [26] |
| Valencia (caretaker) | |
1 December 2012 | 6 December 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | [27] |
| Valencia (caretaker) | |
30 November 2015 | 6 December 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 | [28] |
| Valencia (caretaker) | |
20 September 2016 | 3 October 2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 66.67 | [29] |
| Valencia | |
30 December 2016 | 21 May 2017 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 40.00 | [29] |
| Valencia (interim) | |
29 June 2020 | 19 July 2020 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 33.33 | [30] |
| Valencia (interim) | |
3 May 2021 | 22 May 2021 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 50.00 | [31] |
| Valencia (interim) | |
30 January 2023 | 14 February 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 | [32] |
| Career total | 112 | 45 | 20 | 47 | 151 | 161 | −10 | 40.18 | — | |||
Honours
Valencia
Deportivo