José Murcia

Pepe Murcia

Personal information
Full name	José Murcia González
Date of birth	3 December 1964
Place of birth	Córdoba, Spain
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1977–1980	CD Alcázar
1980–1982	Zoco CF
1982–1984	Córdoba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1985	Egabrense
1985–1986	Jaén
1986–1988	Córdoba
1988–1989	Valdepeñas
1989–1990	Córdoba
1990–1991	Plasencia
1991	Martos
1991–1992	Santaella
Teams managed
1992–1994	Alcázar (youth)
1994–1996	Séneca (youth)
1996–2000	Córdoba (youth)
2000–2001	Córdoba B
2001–2002	Córdoba
2002–2003	Cartagena
2003–2005	Atlético B
2005–2006	Atlético Madrid
2006–2007	Xerez
2007–2008	Castellón
2008–2009	Celta
2009	Albacete
2011	Salamanca
2011	Braşov
2014	Levski Sofia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José 'Pepe' Murcia González (born 3 December 1964) is a Spanish football coach.

Football career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Murcia never played in higher than Segunda División B, and retired in 1992 at the age of only 27 due to injury. He coached several local youth teams in his early years, including Córdoba CF. After a successful spell with the reserves (two consecutive promotions all the way to Tercera División), he was one of four managers for the main squad in the 2001–02 season, achieving four wins, two draws and two losses during his eight games in charge as the side eventually retained their Segunda División status.^[1]

Murcia then plied his trade in the third level, leading Atlético Madrid's B-team to the league championship in his first year, albeit with no playoff promotion. On 9 January 2006, following a 0–0 La Liga home draw against Valencia CF, he was appointed the Colchoneros' first team's manager, replacing sacked Carlos Bianchi; the club ranked 12th at that time, going on to finish the campaign in tenth position.^[2]

Murcia spent the following four years in the second level with as many teams, not managing to finish one single season but with none of the clubs eventually losing their league status. On 30 November 2009, following a 2–3 home loss against CD Numancia, he was fired at Albacete Balompié due to negative results, with the Castile-La Mancha side in 16th position at that time –^[3]eventually ranking 15th.

On 9 August 2011 Murcia signed a two-year contract with Romanian club FC Braşov,^[4] but resigned at the Liga I side after three matches, due to family reasons.^[5] In June 2014, after nearly three years out of football, he was appointed at PFC Levski Sofia in Bulgaria.^[6]

Murcia was fired on 4 August 2014, due to poor results.^[7]

Honours

Manager

Atlético Madrid B

• Segunda División B: 2003–04

References

1. "José Murcia, nuevo entrenador del Córdoba" [José Murcia, new Córdoba manager] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
2. "Bajan el telón con muy escaso brillo" [Curtain call with very little brilliance] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
3. "Pepe Murcia, destituido como entrenador del Albacete" [Pepe Murcia, fired as Albacete coach] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
4. "E oficial! Jose „Pepe” Murcia Gonzalez este noul antrenor al FC Braşov" [It's official! Jose "Pepe" Murcia new FC Brasov manager] (in Romanian). Adevărul. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
5. "FC Brașov a rămas fără antrenor" (in Romanian). Evenimentul Zilei. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
6. "Гонзо: Мурсия е сериозен човек, знае всичко за играчите ни" (in Bulgarian). Gong.bg. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
7. "Фаталното число 13 се стовари върху Мурсия" (in Bulgarian). Blitz. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

External links

• José Murcia manager profile at BDFutbol
• Levski official profile