Oriol Alsina

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

Oriol Alsina
Personal information
Full name Josep Oriol Alsina García
Date of birth (1967-08-21) 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
1997–2000 Llagostera
2002–2004 Cassà B
2004–2013 Llagostera
2015–2017 Llagostera
2018– Llagostera
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alsina and the second or maternal family name is García.

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] and he remained in charge for the remainder of the campaign, which ended in relegation.

On 10 May 2017, Alsina announced that he would be stepping down from his manager role.[11] On 8 July of the following year, after the club suffered another drop, he was again appointed manager.[12]

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.
  11. "Oriol Alsina anuncia que deja de ser entrenador del Llagostera" [Oriol Alsina announces that he leaves Llagostera's manager post] (in Spanish). Sport. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  12. "Oriol Alsina, el retorn més esperat" [Oriol Alsina, the most awaited return] (in Catalan). UE Llagostera. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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