Francisco Javier García Pimienta (born 3 August 1974), known as García Pimienta, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of La Liga club Sevilla.
.JPG) Pimienta with Barcelona youth in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier García Pimienta | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sevilla (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1992 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Barcelona C | 15 | (2) |
| 1995–1999 | Barcelona B | 68 | (11) |
| 1997 | Barcelona | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Extremadura (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Figueres (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 1999–2003 | Hospitalet | 78 | (12) |
| 2003–2004 | Sant Andreu | 22 | (3) |
| Total | 197 | (29) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Spain U16 | 4 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2021 | Barcelona B | ||
| 2022–2024 | Las Palmas | ||
| 2024– | Sevilla | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A left winger, García Pimienta made his senior debut with Barcelona's C-team, and later represented the reserves before making his first team debut in 1997. He featured in a further four La Liga matches with Extremadura, and subsequently went on to resume his career in the lower leagues. As a coach, he worked for Barça for twenty years, being named in charge of the B-side in 2018 but being dismissed in 2021.
Club career
editBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia, García Pimienta joined Barcelona's youth setup in 1986.[1] After making his senior debut for the C-side in Tercera División, he first played as a professional with the reserves in Segunda División.[2]
García Pimienta made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 May 1996, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[3] On 14 July, he was loaned to fellow top tier side Extremadura for one year,[4] but appeared rarely after suffering a serious injury which kept him out for the majority of the campaign.
Upon returning, García Pimienta was assigned back to the B-team, achieving promotion from Segunda División B. After a four-month loan at fellow league team Figueres, he moved to L'Hospitalet in a permanent basis.[5]
García Pimienta retired in 2004 at the age of 29, after playing for Sant Andreu.[6]
Managerial career
editIn 2001, while still a player, García Pimienta was the assistant of Álex García at Barcelona's Cadete squad. He left the club in 2003, only returning three years later now as manager of the very same category.
After progressing through the youth setup,[7] García Pimienta was named Gerard López's assistant at the B-side on 21 July 2015.[8] On 25 October 2017, he replaced Gabri at the helm of the Juvenil A squad.[9]
After winning the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League,[10] García Pimienta was appointed at the helm of the reserves on 25 April 2018, after the sacking of Gerard.[11] His debut in senior coaching was three days later, a 1–0 loss at Almería in the second division as his team ended the season relegated.[12]
In three full seasons in charge of Barcelona B in the third tier, García Pimienta made the playoffs in the latter two campaigns, losing the 2020 final 2–1 to neighbours Sabadell,[13] and the semi-final on penalties to Murcia a year later.[14] On 11 June 2021, following the latter defeat, he was dismissed after the club terminated his contract.[15]
On 24 January 2022, García Pimienta was named manager of Las Palmas in the second division, replacing Pepe Mel at a team in eighth place and three points off the playoffs. Having fallen to 14th after a poor start, he led them to an eleven-game unbeaten run with nine victories to reach fourth place and a post-season berth, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Canary Islands rivals Tenerife. By the anniversary of his appointment, he had taken 63% of the available points from 42 league games.[16] In the 2022/23 season, he led Las Palmas to promotion to the first division.
On 2 June 2024, García Pimienta was named the new head coach of fellow La Liga club Sevilla, signing on a two-year deal.[17]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 9 November 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Barcelona B | 
|
25 April 2018 | 11 June 2021 | 102 | 45 | 28 | 29 | 142 | 107 | +35 | 44.12 | [18] |
| Las Palmas |
|
24 January 2022 | 2 June 2024 | 105 | 41 | 34 | 30 | 114 | 99 | +15 | 39.05 | [19] |
| Sevilla |
|
2 June 2024 | Present | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 35.71 | [20] |
| Total | 221 | 91 | 65 | 65 | 271 | 224 | +47 | 41.18 | — | |||
Honours
editManager
edit- Barcelona
References
edit- ^ "García Pimienta, sangre azulgrana y 'fundador' de La Masia" [García Pimienta, red-and-blue blood and 'founder' of La Masia] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Los nuevos" [The new ones] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Guardiola: "Rexach se lo merece"" [Guardiola: "Rexach deserves it"] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 May 1996. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "García, Duré y Gluscevic, tres nuevos delanteros para el Extremadura" [García, Duré and Glusevic, three new forwards for Extremadura] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 July 1996. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Paulo Sergio se va al Bayern" [Paulo Sergio goes to Bayern] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1999. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Garcia Pimienta, nou entrenador del Barça B" [Garcia Pimienta, new manager of Barça B] (in Catalan). Betevé Web. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Former players on the FC Barcelona coaching team". FC Barcelona. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "García Pimienta, segundo de Gerard López" [García Pimienta, second of Gerard López] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Garcia Pimienta to be new Barça U19A coach". FC Barcelona. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Barcelona win their second UEFA Youth League". Marca. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Garcia Pimienta: 'I believe strongly in the Barça way of playing'". FC Barcelona. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ García, Nico (28 April 2018). "Fran Fernández lo vuelve a hacer" [Fran Fernández does it again]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Mainez, Rafa (26 July 2020). "El Sabadell vuelve a Segunda cinco años después tras remontar ante el Barça B" [Sabadell return to Segunda after five years following comeback against Barça B]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "El UCAM se lleva el frenético choque de subcampeones desde los once metros" [UCAM take the frenetic clash of runners-up from eleven metres] (in Spanish). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Termination of García Pimienta's contract". FC Barcelona. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Izquierdo, Jesús (24 January 2023). "García Pimienta ha instalado el estado de ilusión tras un año en Las Palmas" [García Pimienta has installed a state of excitement after a year at Las Palmas]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "García Pimienta appointed as new Head Coach". FC Sevilla. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
"García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
"García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
"García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2020–21". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 January 2022. - ^ "García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2021–22". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
"García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2022–23". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
"García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2023–24". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 May 2024. - ^ "García Pimienta: Francisco Javier García Pimienta: Matches 2024–25". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
External links
edit- García Pimienta at BDFutbol
- García Pimienta manager profile at BDFutbol
- García Pimienta coach profile at Soccerway