Héctor Berenguel

Héctor Berenguel del Pino (born 11 October 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right-back or a central defender, currently manager.

Héctor Berenguel
Personal information
Full name Héctor Berenguel del Pino
Date of birth (1974-10-11) 11 October 1974
Place of birth Almería, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Poli Almería
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Poli Almería 34 (3)
1995–1998 Elche 107 (2)
1998–2001 Sevilla 103 (8)
2001–2006 Deportivo La Coruña 81 (0)
2006–2008 Mallorca 50 (0)
Total 375 (13)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Poli Ejido
2013–2016 Comarca del Mármol
2019–2020 Alcorcón (assistant)
2020 Tenerife (assistant)
2021–2023 Alcorcón (assistant)
2023 San Fernando
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Berenguel appeared in 162 La Liga matches in a 16-year professional career, mainly in representation of Deportivo (five seasons). He added 111 games and nine goals in the Segunda División.

Playing career

Known as just Héctor as a player, Berenguel was born in Almería, Andalusia, and started playing with local Polideportivo Almería in the Segunda División B. In 1995 he signed with another side in that tier, Elche CF, achieving promotion to Segunda División two years later.

After Elche got relegated the immediate season after, Berenguel returned to his native region and joined Sevilla FC. An everpresent fixture during his three-year tenure he won two promotions to La Liga, scoring a career-high five goals in 2000–01 but also experiencing relegation the previous campaign; his first match in the competition came on 22 August 1999, in a 2–2 home draw against Real Sociedad.[1]

Free agent Berenguel signed for Deportivo de La Coruña after the Galicians' league conquest, and proceeded to be relatively used, helping them to the 2002 edition of the Copa del Rey. In summer 2006 he moved to RCD Mallorca in the same league on a two-year contract,[2] where he managed 29 league appearances in his second year, retiring after helping the Balearic Islands team to a final seventh place.

Managerial career

Berenguel returned again to his region in the 2009 off-season, taking charge of CD Roquetas' youth academy.[3] In 2011–12 he had his first senior coaching experience, starting the division three season with local Polideportivo Ejido, with the club folding after a couple of months.[4]

Berenguel spent three seasons in charge of CD Comarca del Mármol, helping in their promotion to Tercera División in his first season. In 2019, after three years without a club, he became Fran Fernández's assistant AD Alcorcón, and followed Fernández to CD Tenerife and back to Alcorcón, always under the same role.

On 3 July 2023, Berenguel returned to managerial duties after being named San Fernando CD manager.[5] On 16 October, after just eight matches, he was sacked.[6]

Honours

Sevilla

Deportivo

References
  1. Tablas en el retorno a Primera (Tie in return to Primera); Mundo Deportivo, 23 August 1999 (in Spanish)
  2. Héctor pasa el reconocimiento médico y firma por dos temporadas (Héctor has successful medical and signs for two seasons); Info Balear, 3 August 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. Héctor acaba su ciclo en las bases rojillas (Héctor finishes his spell in red youths); Diario de Almería, 17 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. El Poli Ejido afronta una cuestión de fe en el Carranza (Poli Ejido take on question of faith at the Carranza); Ideal, 7 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. "El almeriense Héctor Berenguel, nuevo entrenador del San Fernando" [The almeriense Héctor Berenguel, new manager of San Fernando] (in Spanish). Diario de Almería. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. "Comunicado oficial: Héctor Berenguel" [Official announcement: Héctor Berenguel] (in Spanish). San Fernando CD. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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