Eduardo Macía

Eduardo Macià (born 7 May 1974) is a Spanish football Technical Director. A retired player, as a scout he has previously worked for Valencia CF and Liverpool F.C., in liaison with manager Rafael Benítez. On 28 April 2011 Olympiacos F.C. announced that Eduardo Macía has been appointed as their new Technical Director. On 17 November 2011 he become a talent scout of ACF Fiorentina.He signed with Real Betis in March 2015.

Valencia CF

Macià spent two decades at Valencia CF as player, technical advisor, and as the personal assistant to the club's president, Juan Soler. He had previously worked with Rafael Benítez at Valencia CF, working with the younger players. When he was Sporting Director at Valencia CF, Maciá had a big part in bringing Brazilian midfielder Edu on a Bosman ruling transfer.[1]

After losing his role as sporting director to Amedeo Carboni, Macía was offered another role on the club's board but he opted to seek a new challenge. "It's a professional decision," he said. "I think my job here has come to an end and I cannot give more than I have given." Benitez considered making a move for Maciá when the latter rejected a new contract offer from Valencia.[2] Former Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri was also interested in tempting Maciá to join him, but Liverpool seem a more interesting option for Maciá.[3]

Liverpool F.C.

Macía's appointment as Chief Scout was announced on 15 June 2006.[4][5]

One of Maciá's earliest contribution was the discovery of Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, who was offered a trial by Liverpool. Lazaros was discovered while playing for PAOK.[6][7][8] Lazaros did not travel with the Salonika squad pre-season tour of France, but instead went to Melwood to attend the Liverpool trial.

Maciá then worked in partnership with academy manager Frank McParland, who became joint-scout. In 2010, after Roy Hodgson's appointment as manager, rumours stated that Macía had significant control over Liverpool's transfers, which he denied.[9] Macía left his role at Liverpool on 30 December 2010 by mutual agreement.

Olympiacos F.C.

Olympiacos F.C. board and Maciá first met in August 2010, through transfer negotiations between Olympiacos F.C. and former Maciá's club Liverpool F.C.. After his spell at Liverpool ended by mutual agreement on December 2010, Olympiacos F.C. approached Macía and after a long 4 months negotiations about his role in the club, they finally came to an agreement. On 28 April 2011 Maciá became the Technical Director of Olympiacos F.C.[10]

ACF Fiorentina

On 17 November 2011 he become a talent scout of Fiorentina alongside Pantaleo Corvino.[11]

On 26 May 2012 Maciá was promoted to Technical Director of Fiorentina, alongside new Sporting Director Daniele Prade.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Valencia claim they have agreed a deal with Arsenal Football Club midfielder Edu". Fans FC. 30 March 2005. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ↑ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=369340&cc=5739
  3. ↑ Acedo, Francisco (5 June 2006). "Ranieri in demand". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/reds-appoint-new-joint-chief-scout
  5. ↑ "Macia arrives at Anfield". Liverpool Daily Post. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Reds sign striker". Liverpool F.C. South African Supporters. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Voinkas, Fotis (24 July 2006). "Reds look at Greek ace". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  8. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070312114828/http://www.teamtalk.com:80/football/story/0,16368,1765_1360629,00.html. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Macia denies Liverpool influence". sports.yahoo.com. 25 May 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.olympiacos.org/en/article/2597/announcement-appointment-mr-eduardo-macia
  11. ↑ "Un collaboratore per il Ds Pantaleo Corvino, arriva Eduardo Macia". Fiorentina. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  12. ↑ Alla mia sinistra Eduardo Macia, che sarà il direttore tecnico. firenzeviola.it

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