Javier "Javi" Medina Morales (born 31 January 1994) is a Spanish football manager, who is currently in charge of Antequera.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Medina Morales | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | El Garrobo, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Antequera (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2019–2022 | Betis B (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Antequera (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Antequera | ||
Career
editBorn in El Garrobo, Seville, Andalusia, Medina worked as a coach at CMD San Juan, UD Pilas and CD Gerena before joining Manuel Ruano's staff at Betis Deportivo Balompié initially as a technical assistant; he later became an assistant after Pablo del Pino became a manager of the B's.[1][2][3] He left the latter in 2022, and became an assistant of Abel Segovia at Antequera CF in July of that year.[4]
On 6 June 2023, after Segovia failed to agree new terms with the club, Medina was named manager of Antequera in Primera Federación;[5][6] aged 29, he became the youngest manager in the top three divisions of Spanish football.[7] He made his senior debut as a manager on 26 August, in a 2–0 away loss to Atlético Madrid B.[8]
On 28 December 2023, Medina renewed his contract with Antequera until 2025.[9]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 4 October 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Antequera | 
|
6 June 2023 | present | 45 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 42.22 | [10] |
| Total | 45 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 42.22 | — | |||
References
edit- ^ "Javi Medina: "Nuestro método es exigirnos mucho y jugar bien al fútbol"" [Javi Medina: "Our method is to demand a lot of ourselves and to play football well"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Plantilla Betis Deportivo" [Betis Deportivo squad] (in Spanish). Real Betis. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Javier Medina: entrenar al Antequera en Primera RFEF a los 29 años" [Javier Medina: managing Antequera in Primera RFEF at the age of 29] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "#Deportes #Fútbol ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina y Ernesto Mancebo se suman al cuerpo técnico del Antequera CF encabezado por Abel Segovia. El primero ejercerá las funciones de 2º entrenador y el otro las de preparador de porteros" [#Sports #Football ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina and Ernesto Mancebo join the technical staff of Antequera CF headed by Abel Segovia. The former will work as an assistant manager and the other one will be a goalkeeping coach.]. 101tv Antequera (in Spanish). Facebook. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Javier Medina" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Javier Medina] (in Spanish). Antequera CF. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Javier Medina es el nuevo entrenador del Antequera" [Javier Medina is the new manager of Antequera] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "El complicado inicio del Antequera de Javi Medina, el benjamín de 1ª RFEF" [The tough start of Javi Medina's Antequera, the benjamín of 1ª RFEF] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Debut amargo en Primera Federación del Antequera CF con el Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)" [Bittersweet debut of Antequera CF in Primera Federación with Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)] (in Spanish). 101tv Antequera. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Javier Medina, entrenador del Antequera hasta 2025" [Javier Medina, Antequera manager until 2025] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Matches Javi Medina, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
"Matches Javi Medina, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
External links
edit- Javi Medina manager profile at BDFutbol
- Javi Medina at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Javi Medina coach profile at Soccerway