David Vidal

David Vidal

Personal information
Full name	David Vidal Tomé
Date of birth	2 August 1950
Place of birth	Porto do Son, Spain
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Guadalajara (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Fabril
1972–1973	Lleida	33	(4)
1973–1974	Deportivo La Coruña	9	(2)
1974–1975	Cádiz	6	(0)
1975–1976	Villarreal
1976–1977	Jerez
	Gimnàstico Melilla
	Cartagena
	Logroñés
	Jerez Industrial
	AgD Ceuta
Teams managed
1986	Cádiz
1987	Cádiz
1988–1990	Cádiz
1990–1993	Logroñés
1994	Rayo Vallecano
1995–1996	Villarreal
1997–1998	Hércules
1999–2000	Compostela
2002–2003	Murcia
2003–2004	Las Palmas
2005–2006	Lleida
2007–2008	Elche
2010	Albacete
2011	Albacete
2013	Xerez
2016–	Guadalajara
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

David Vidal Tomé (born 2 August 1950) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of CD Guadalajara.

Football career

Vidal was born in Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia. After an unassuming playing career (the central defender never played in La Liga and appeared in only 15 second division games) he took up coaching in 1982, first with Cádiz CF in his adopted city, where he had hung up his boots.

Vidal began with the Andalusians' youth sides, then moved to assistant manager, being finally appointed head coach for the 1988–89 season after a brief interim spell in 1987. It was during that time he managed arguably the club's best ever player, Mágico González, of whom he once said: "Technically he was better than Maradona".^[1]

After two 1/2 additional years in the top flight with modest CD Logroñés, which always maintained its status, Vidal resumed his career mainly in the second level. On 12 January 2007 he was appointed manager of Elche CF, following the sacking of Luis García.^[2] On 12 October of the following year, following a draw at Celta de Vigo which meant Elche only managed two points from seven games, the manager was sacked, following a meeting with the club's directors; his assistant, former Spain and Deportivo de La Coruña player Claudio Barragán was temporarily placed in charge of the team.^[3]

On 17 March 2010 the board of directors of Albacete Balompié announced that Vidal would replace Julián Rubio as manager of the division two outfit, until the end of the campaign.^[4] After helping the Castile-La Mancha side avoid relegation, as 15th, he was released.

Vidal returned to Albacete midway through the 2010–11 season, replacing fired Antonio Calderón. He was also sacked after only one 1/2 months in charge, as the team was eventually relegated to the third division after 21 years.

References

1. "El fútbol sería distinto sin David Vidal" [Football would be different without David Vidal] (in Spanish). El Día de Córdoba. 30 November 2007.
2. "David Vidal dirigirá al Elche" [David Vidal will manage Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 January 2007.
3. "Claudio Barragán entrenará al Elche" [Claudio Barragán will coach Elche] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
4. "David Vidal, nuevo entrenador del Albacete hasta final de temporada" [David Vidal, new Albacete manager until the end of the season] (in Spanish). ABC. 17 March 2010.

External links

• David Vidal profile at BDFutbol
• David Vidal manager profile at BDFutbol