Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo (born 9 July 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently assistant manager of Albacete.
 Noguerol lining up for Celta in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Cea, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albacete (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Celta B | 52 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | → Pontevedra (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | → Racing Ferrol (loan) | 77 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Celta | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Elche (loan) | 40 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Salamanca | 70 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Elche | 68 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Albacete | 80 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Celta | 52 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Girona | 19 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Albacete | 108 | (0) |
| Total | 604 | (3) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Albacete B | ||
| 2016–2018 | Albacete (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Albacete B | ||
| 2020– | Albacete (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Albacete (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He totalled 341 matches and two goals in Segunda División over 11 seasons, representing five teams in the competition. In La Liga, he appeared for Celta.
Club career edit
Noguerol was born in San Cristovo de Cea, Province of Ourense. After emerging through local giants Celta Vigo's youth ranks he made his professional debut also in Galicia, loaned in the lower leagues. He rejoined Celta in the 2000–01 season but only appeared in four La Liga games,[1][2][3][4] after which he returned to the second division, going on to have a steady career in that tier (for instance, from 2006 to 2008, at Albacete, he played 80 out of 82 possible league matches).[5]
For the 2008–09 campaign, 32-year-old Noguerol returned to Celta, still in division two, for a third spell. He was relatively used in his two-year stay as the Vigo side constantly battled with relegation, eventually managing to stay afloat.
On 7 June 2015, after five seasons between Girona and Albacete, competing in both the second and third tiers, Noguerol announced his retirement at the age of 38,[6] being immediately appointed manager of his last club's reserves. In 2016, he became an assistant to the first team, only to return to his previous role on 27 June 2018.[7]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of 30 May 2021
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Albacete B | 
|
7 June 2015 | 9 June 2016 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 26.32 | [8] |
| Albacete B |
|
27 June 2018 | 8 October 2019 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 36.96 | [9] |
| Albacete (interim) |
|
4 May 2021 | 2 June 2021 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 20.00 | [10] |
| Career total | 89 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 122 | 116 | +6 | 31.46 | — | |||
Honours edit
Celta
References edit
- ^ Campos, Pablo (5 November 2000). "Al Celta le valieron diez buenos minutos para ganar" [Celta only needed ten good minutes to win]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Campos, Pablo (20 November 2000). "El Celta pierde crédito en Balaídos" [Celta lose credit at Balaídos]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Djalminha, providencial en el duelo regional gallego" [Djalminha, key in the Galician regional duel]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 November 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Parrondo, Óscar (5 February 2001). "Mostovoi empató en la prolongación y cuando el Celta jugaba con diez" [Mostovoi drew in injury time and when Celta played with ten]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "La espina de Noguerol" [Noguerol's thorn]. Atlántico Diario (in Spanish). 18 August 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Carrizo, Juan (7 June 2015). "Fran Noguerol se despide del fútbol tras 613 partidos y 19 temporadas" [Fran Noguerol says goodbye to football after 613 matches and 19 seasons]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "El filial del Albacete Balompié volverá a ser dirigido por Fran Noguerol" [Albacete's reserves will be managed again by Fran Noguerol] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Albacete. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Atlético Albacete" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Atlético Albacete" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
"Atlético Albacete" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 10 October 2019. - ^ "Noguerol: Francisco Noguerol Freijedo". BDFutbol. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Zenit 2–2 Celta (Aggregate: 3–4)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links edit
- Francisco Noguerol at BDFutbol
- Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)
- Francisco Noguerol at Soccerway