Guille Abascal

Guillermo "Guille" Abascal Pérez (born 13 April 1989) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who currently manages Russian club Spartak Moscow.

Guille Abascal
Abascal as manager of Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Abascal Pérez
Date of birth (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow (head coach)
Youth career
Heliópolis
2001–2004 Barcelona
2004–2008 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Abre 2 (0)
2010–2011 Aboño 0 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Sevilla (youth)
2017–2018 Chiasso
2018 Lugano
2020 Ascoli (caretaker)
2020 Ascoli
2021 Volos
2022 Basel
2022– Spartak Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Having ended his professional career at 19 after being on the books of Barcelona and Sevilla, he began managing aged 28 with Chiasso in the Swiss Challenge League, and leading Lugano and Basel in the Swiss Super League. He also managed Ascoli in Serie B, Volos in the Super League Greece and Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Club career

Early career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Abascal joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2001, from hometown amateurs AD Heliópolis CF.[1] He left the club in 2004, and finished his formation with Sevilla FC.[2]

Abascal retired from professional football at the age of 18, and started studying at the Pablo de Olavide University in his hometown,[3] while still representing amateurs UDE Abre and CD Aboño. He also spent a year at the University of Algarve, and returned to Sevilla in 2013 as a youth fitness coach. His first managerial experience came in 2016, when he took over Sevilla's Infantil B squad.[4]

FC Chiasso

On 12 June 2017, Abascal moved abroad, being appointed manager of Swiss Challenge League side FC Chiasso.[5] He made his professional debut ten days later in a 2–2 draw at Servette FC on the opening day of the season.[6] Abascal was sacked on 4 April 2018, after suffering six defeats in his last eight matches.[7]

Six days later, he was named at the helm of Ticino neighbours FC Lugano in the Swiss Super League until the end of the season;[8] he drew 1–1 at home to FC Thun in his first top-flight game.[9] From being placed ninth and threatened with relegation, he led the club to eighth position, three points shy of the European qualification places.

Ascoli

In July 2019, Abascal was hired as manager for the Primavera squad (U19) of Italian club Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC.[10] The following 27 January, Paolo Zanetti was dismissed as the head coach of the senior squad, and Abascal was appointed as caretaker manager.[11] He won 3–0 in Serie B in his only game away to U.S. Livorno 1915 on 1 February.[12] The next day, Roberto Stellone was hired and Abascal returned to his previous role; he came back to the first team on 16 April, after Stellone was dismissed.[13] Following two defeats in two games in charge by the time the league season was resumed after the COVID-19 forced break, he was dismissed on 22 June.[14]

Volos

In June 2021, Abascal was appointed at Super League Greece club Volos FC.[15] He won four of his first five games, but was dismissed in December after six consecutive defeats.[16]

FC Basel

Abascal came back to Switzerland's top flight at FC Basel on 21 February 2022, following the termination of Patrick Rahmen's contract.[17] Despite coming second to FC Zürich in his interim spell, he was replaced by club icon Alexander Frei in May.[18]

Spartak Moscow

On 10 June 2022, Abascal signed with Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow.[19] He beat eight other candidates to the two-year contract. The current Russian Cup holders were due to play in the UEFA Europa League but were barred due to the FIFA and UEFA response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20]

His debut was on 9 July in a 4–0 Super Cup loss to Zenit St Petersburg. His first league game was a 1–1 away draw against Akhmat Grozny on 16 July.[21] Abascal won his first match next week, on 23 July, in a 1–4 victory over FC Krasnodar. Spartak won their next three games and took the league lead after 5 games played on 14 August 2022.[22] By the season's winter break in November, Spartak was second in the league table. By the end of the season, however, they finished third.

Under his leadership, Spartak began the 2023–24 season by winning five matches out of five, making it the most successful season start in the club's history.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 8 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Chiasso Switzerland July 2017 April 2018 28 8 6 14 028.57
Lugano Switzerland April 2018 October 2018 19 7 6 6 036.84
Ascoli Italy January 2020 February 2020 1 1 0 0 100.00
Ascoli Italy April 2020 June 2020 2 0 0 2 000.00
Volos Greece July 2021 November 2021 11 4 1 6 036.36
Basel Switzerland February 2022 June 2022 16 5 7 4 031.25
Spartak Moscow Russia June 2022 Present 55 29 12 14 052.73
Total 132 54 32 46 040.91 —

Personal life

On April 11, 2023, Abascal married Alejandra de Agora, the wedding took place in Moscow. In May, the couple had a son, Guillermo Nicolai.[23][24]

References
  1. "Guillermo Abascal, un juego de niños" [Guillermo Abascal, kid's play]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. "Guillermo Abascal, el entrenador que cambió la cantera sevillista por Suiza" [Guillermo Abascal, the manager who changed the sevillista youth setup for Switzerland] (in Spanish). Digital Football Community. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "'Guille' Abascal, un sevillano que empieza a brillar en los banquillos suizos" ['Guille' Abascal, a sevillano who starts to shine in the Swiss bench]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. "Del infantil B del Sevilla a la segunda división suiza" [From the infantil B of Sevilla to the Swiss second division]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "Guillermo Abascal Perez è il nuovo allenatore del Chiasso" [Guillermo Abascal Perez is the new manager of Chiasso] (in Italian). FC Chiasso. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. "Un punto all'esordio per il Chiasso" [An opening point for Chiasso] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. "Il Chiasso silura Guillermo Abascal" [Chiasso sack Guillermo Abascal] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. "Guillermo Abascal alla guida del FC Lugano" [Guillermo Abascal at the helm of FC Lugano] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  9. "Calcio: il Lugano pareggia con il Thun" [Football: Lugano draw with Thun] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  10. "Ascoli, settore giovanile: da Lugano arriva Perez, ha lavorato nel Barcellona" [Ascoli, youth sector: Pérez arrives from Lugano, he has worked for Barcelona]. Cronache Picene (in Italian). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. "Comunicato: esonero per Paolo Zanetti" [Press release: Paolo Zanetti dismissed.] (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. 27 January 2020.
  12. Perticari, Daniele (1 February 2020). "Livorno Ascoli, Abascal porta semplicità. E vince" [Livorno Ascoli, Abascal brings simplicity. And wins]. Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. "Guillermo Abascal nuovo tecnico della prima squadra" [Guillermo Abascal new manager of the first team] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  14. "Abascal non e' piu' allenatore dell'Ascoli" [Abascal is no longer manager of Ascoli]. Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. (in Italian). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  15. "Αμπασκάλ: "Θέλω να πετύχω κάτι σημαντικό με τον Βόλο"" [Abascal: "I want to achieve something important with Volos"] (in Greek). Sport FM. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  16. Mena, Adolfo (13 December 2021). "A Abascal le sale cruz en Grecia" [Time up for Abascal in Greece] (in Spanish). Entrenadores de Fútbol. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  17. "Der FCB trennt sich von Patrick Rahmen" [FCB parts ways with Patrick Rahmen] (in German). FC Basel. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  18. "Il Basilea riabbraccia Alex Frei" [Basel re-embrace Alex Frei] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  19. "Гильермо Абаскаль — новый главный тренер "Спартака"!" [Guillermo Abascal — new Spartak head coach!] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 10 June 2022.
  20. "El Spartak contrata a español Guillermo Abascal tras rechazar ocho candidatos" [Spartak sign Spaniard Abascal after turning down eight candidates]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  21. Buckingham, Philip (10 July 2022). "Isolated and in crisis – Russia's war in Ukraine has damaged football at home too". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  22. ""Спартак" выиграл у "Сочи" и возглавил таблицу Мир РПЛ" [Spartak won against Sochi and heads the RPL table] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  23. "Главный тренер футбольного "Спартака" женился". Sportrbc.ru (in Russian). 2023-04-11.
  24. "Тренер "Спартака" Абаскаль показал фото с новорождённым сыном". spartakworld.ru (in Russian). 2023-05-28.
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