Oriol Alsina

Oriol Alsina

Personal information
Full name	Josep Oriol Alsina García
Date of birth	21 August 1967
Place of birth	Arenys de Mar, Spain
Club information
Current team	Llagostera (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Arenys Mar
	Rubí
	Vilassar Mar
	Balaguer
	Vidreres
	Sils
	Arbúcies
–1996	Llagostera
Teams managed
1997–2002	Llagostera
2002–2004	Cassà B
2004–2013	Llagostera
2015–	Llagostera
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Josep Oriol Alsina García (born 21 August 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer, and the current manager of UE Llagostera.

Playing career

Born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Alsina only played regional football during his entire career, representing CF Arenys de Mar, UE Rubí, UE Vilassar de Mar, CF Vidreres, CF Sils, Arbúcies CF and UE Llagostera. He retired with the latter in 1996 at the age of 29, due to a knee injury.^[1]

Manager career

Alsina was appointed manager of his last club Llagostera in 1997, with the club in the ninth division. After two years at UD Cassà's reserves, he returned to the Blanquivermells in 2004.^[2]

Alsina was the manager during the club's impressive run, which consisted of six promotions in eight seasons.^[3] On 5 February 2013 he was replaced by Lluís Carrillo, after lacking the license to coach in Segunda División B,^[4] and was immediately named assistant and director of football.

On 6 June 2014 Alsina moved to neighbouring Girona FC along with Óscar Álvarez and Carrillo, after agreeing to a three-year deal.^[5] On 1 July, however, he left the club^[6] and subsequently returned to Llagostera.

On 21 October Carrillo and Alsina were named managers, after the dismissal of Santi Castillejo.^[7] After again not having the license, he was appointed assistant.^[8]

On 28 July 2015 Alsina was finally appointed at the helm of the main squad in Segunda División, after acquiring the license needed.^[9] His first professional match in charge occurred on 22 August, a 0–2 home loss against CA Osasuna.^[10]

References

1. "Oriol Alsina: «No cobro per entrenar el Llagostera»" [Oriol Alsina: "I do not charge for managing Llagostera"] (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. "Oriol Alsina: “Només hi ha 29 equips en el futbol espanyol per sobre nostre”" [Oriol Alsina: "There are no more than 29 teams in the Spanish football over us"] (in Spanish). El Kactus. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
3. "El milagro de Oriol Alsina" [Oriol Alsina's miracle] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
4. "El club fa oficial el seu tècnic oficial" [The club turns official their official manager] (PDF) (in Catalan). El Mundo Deportivo. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
5. "Oriol Alsina, Lluís Carrillo i Òscar Àlvarez deixen el Llagostera i s'incorporen al Girona FC" [Oriol Alsina, Lluís Carrillo and Òscar Àlvarez leave Llagostera and join Girona FC] (in Catalan). Ara. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
6. "Oriol Alsina deja el Girona porque se han ido las personas con las que llegó" [Oriol Alsina leaves Girona because the people who arrived with him already left] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
7. "Santi Castillejo, destituido como técnico del Llagostera" [Santi Castillejo, sacked as Llagostera's manager] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
8. "'Zinedine' Alsina" (in Spanish). Marca. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
9. "Alsina serà l'entrenador" [Alsina will be the manager] (in Catalan). L'Esportiu de Catalunya. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
10. "Reinado inicial de Osasuna" [Initial reign of Osasuna] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

External links

• Oriol Alsina manager profile at BDFutbol
• Galería del Fútbol Català profile (Catalan)
• Soccerway profile