José Aurelio Gay

José Aurelio Gay López (born 10 December 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gay and the second or maternal family name is López.

José Aurelio Gay
Personal information
Full name José Aurelio Gay López[1]
Date of birth (1965-12-10) 10 December 1965[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Real Madrid B 109 (14)
1988–1991 Español 80 (12)
1991–1996 Zaragoza 114 (20)
1996–1997 Oviedo 13 (0)
1997–1999 Toledo 30 (2)
Total 346 (48)
International career
1983 Spain U18 1 (0)
1985 Spain U19 1 (0)
1985 Spain U20 6 (0)
1985 Spain U21 2 (1)
Managerial career
2001 Toledo
2001–2002 Real Madrid C
2002–2005 Pontevedra
2005–2006 Jaén
2006 Lorca Deportiva
2008 Fuenlabrada
2009 Pontevedra
2009 Zaragoza B
2009–2010 Zaragoza
2012–2013 Racing Santander
2013–2015 Real Madrid C
2016 Palencia
2019–2021 Espanyol B
2023 Vaca Díez
2023 Guabirá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was associated with Zaragoza throughout his career, serving the club as both a player and manager.[2] He amassed La Liga totals of 180 matches and 27 goals over eight seasons, starting out at Castilla.

After starting working in that capacity in 2001, Gay went on to coach a host of clubs in the Segunda División and Segunda División B.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Gay began playing football with Real Madrid, eventually progressing to the reserves, Castilla CF.[3] While at the club he was a member of the Spain under-20 side that finished runners-up at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, starting in five of six games and appearing as a substitute in the other.[4]

After four seasons in the Segunda División, Gay moved up to La Liga with RCD Español in summer 1988. He scored twice in 17 matches in his debut season, in which the Catalans were relegated, but eventually established himself in the starting XI, spending one season in the second tier and another in the first; in 1990–91, his last year, he was the team's second-highest league scorer with five goals – only behind German Wolfram Wuttke – as he helped them to narrowly retain their top-flight status.[5][6][7]

Gay signed for Real Zaragoza on 4 July 1991.[8] In consecutive seasons he helped the Aragonese to the 1994 Copa del Rey and the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, although he was seriously injured during the latter campaign. He featured sparingly afterwards, and left the club in June 1996.[9]

Gay's final three seasons were spent at Real Oviedo[10] and CD Toledo, totalling only 43 league appearances for both clubs and retiring in 1999 at age 33.[11]

Coaching career

After his retirement, Gay managed numerous teams in both the second division and the Segunda División B, starting at his last club Toledo. Real Madrid C, Pontevedra CF, Real Jaén, Lorca Deportiva CF,[12] CF Fuenlabrada and Deportivo Aragón followed;[13] he took the reins of the latter's first team following the dismissal of Marcelino García Toral on 12 December 2009.[14]

Gay's first game in charge of Zaragoza saw them lose 6–0 away against Real Madrid, a result that led to rumours that he would be replaced by Víctor Muñoz;[15] the reports, however, proved to be unfounded and he was offered the job until June 2010.[2] After bringing in several new players in the January transfer window, the side's fortunes began to turn as he led them out of the relegation zone by mid-February,[16] eventually finishing in 14th position with 41 points.[17]

In mid-November 2010, with Zaragoza ranking last in the league (eventually managing to avoid relegation), Gay was sacked.[18] On 12 December 2012, after more than two years out of work, he replaced the fired Fabri at the helm of Racing de Santander,[19] lasting until March in a season that saw the Cantabrians relegated to the third division.[20][21]

Gay returned to Real Madrid C in November 2013.[22] He led the team to a top-half finish, but they were relegated to Tercera División due to the fate of Castilla[23] and disbanded in 2015.[24]

In August 2016, Gay ran training sessions for CD Palencia Balompié but did not manage the club in an official match.[25][26] He signed a one-year deal with the option of a second at third-tier RCD Espanyol B in June 2019.[27]

Gay later worked in the Bolivian Primera División, with C.D. Vaca Díez (resigning shortly after being appointed due to his father's ill health)[28] and Club Deportivo Guabirá.[29]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 22 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Toledo Spain 12 February 2001 26 June 2001 19 11 6 2 057.89 [30]
Real Madrid C Spain 26 June 2001 22 May 2002 40 16 8 16 040.00
Pontevedra Spain 23 September 2002 24 January 2005 110 47 29 34 042.73
Jaén Spain 21 November 2005 30 May 2006 25 10 6 9 040.00 [31]
Lorca Deportiva Spain 29 June 2006 18 December 2006 18 4 6 8 022.22 [32]
Fuenlabrada Spain 14 January 2008 19 May 2008 18 3 8 7 016.67 [33]
Pontevedra Spain 9 February 2009 12 May 2009 14 6 1 7 042.86 [34]
Zaragoza B Spain 1 July 2009 13 December 2009 15 13 1 1 086.67
Zaragoza Spain 13 December 2009 18 November 2010 37 9 12 16 024.32 [35]
Racing Santander Spain 12 December 2012 5 March 2013 11 4 1 6 036.36 [36]
Real Madrid C Spain 20 November 2013 29 May 2015 62 27 12 23 043.55
Palencia Spain 4 August 2016 10 August 2016 0 0 0 0 !—
Espanyol B Spain 8 June 2019 Present 20 10 6 4 050.00 [37]
Total 389 160 96 133 041.13 —

Honours

Player

Zaragoza

Spain U20

Manager

Pontevedra

References
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  3. "Matchday 15 opponent: Real Zaragoza". Real Madrid CF. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  4. Díez, Óscar (1 November 2014). "España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985" [Spain in the under’20 World Cups: USSR 1985] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. "José Aurelio GAY" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  6. Oliván, Santi (24 July 2017). "Tres temporadas, un descenso y un ascenso" [Three seasons, a promotion and a relegation] (in Spanish). Diario La Grada. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. Molero, Iván (7 April 2020). "29 años de la tarde loca de Wuttke en Sarrià ante el Madrid de Antic" [29th anniversary of Wuttke's crazy afternoon at Sarrià against Antic's Madrid]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. Andrés, Mariano (5 July 1991). "El Zaragoza presenta a Aurelio Gay" [Zaragoza present Aurelio Gay] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  9. Roy Martínez, J. (16 March 2015). "José Aurelio Gay: "Ni al Bayern ni al Barça, si pudiera volvería a entrenar al Zaragoza"" [José Aurelio Gay: "Forget about Bayern or Barça, I if could I would coach Zaragoza again"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  10. Martínez, M. (30 May 1996). "Gay es el segundo refuerzo del club" [Gay is the second addition of the club] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. Giménez, Paco (10 May 2020). "¿Qué fue de ellos? Los caminos vitales de los héroes de París en un cuarto de siglo" [What happened to them? The life paths of the Paris heroes in a quarter of a century]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. "José Aurelio Gay ya es el nuevo entrenador del Lorca" [José Aurelio Gay is already the new manager of Lorca]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 June 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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  17. Ferrer, Pedro Luis (2 November 2010). "Gay: "Las únicas cuentas que me hago son ganar al Mallorca"" [Gay: "The only maths I'm engaging in are beating Mallorca"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  18. "El Zaragoza destituye a José Aurelio Gay al que sustituirá el mexicano Javier Aguirre" [Zaragoza dismiss José Aurelio Gay and he will be replaced by Mexican Javier Aguirre]. El Economista (in Spanish). 17 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  19. "José Aurelio Gay, nuevo entrenador del Racing" [José Aurelio Gay, new Racing manager] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  20. Fernández, Sergio (5 March 2013). "Alejandro Menéndez sustituye a José Aurelio Gay como técnico" [Alejandro Menéndez replaces José Aurelio Gay as manager]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  21. Baena, Juancar (12 March 2017). "Descensos vertiginosos. Capítulo 3: Racing de Santander, el centenario más amargo" [Lightning relegations. Chapter 3: Racing de Santander, the most bitter centenary]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  22. "José Aurelio Gay, nuevo entrenador del Real Madrid C" [José Aurelio Gay, new manager of Real Madrid C]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  23. Jiménez, Rubén (23 September 2014). "Real Madrid C to be axed?". Marca. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  24. Cerezo, Hugo (29 May 2015). "So long, Real Madrid C". Marca. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  25. "José Aurelio Gay presentado como nuevo entrenador del Deportivo Palencia" [José Aurelio Gay presented as new manager of Deportivo Palencia] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  26. Cardenal, Alejandro (17 March 2017). "El Palencia se carga el regreso de Óscar de Paula al Toralín" [Palencia call off the return of Óscar de Paula to Toralín]. La Nueva Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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  28. Rivero de Ugarte, Pedro (2 May 2023). "José Aurelio Gay renunció a la dirección técnica de Vaca Díez" [José Aurelio Gay resigned as Vaca Díez manager]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  29. Duran, Rainer (14 August 2023). "José Aurelio Gay dejó de ser DT de Guabirá" [José Aurelio Gay is no longer HC of Guabirá]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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