Javier Rabanal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Rabanal Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | La Laguna, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente del Valle (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Maspalomas | |||
| Regla | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Regla (women) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Regla (youth) | ||
| 2000–2002 | San Gerardo (youth) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Laguna (youth) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Esperanza (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Atlético Pinar (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Candela (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Las Zocas (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Los Llanos de Aridane (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Atlético Victoria (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Restinga | ||
| 2012–2014 | Laguna (youth) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Esperanza | ||
| 2018–2020 | Willem II U21 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Willem II U19 | ||
| 2022–2023 | PSV Eindhoven (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Independiente Juniors | ||
| 2025– | Independiente del Valle | ||
Javier Rabanal Hernández (born 19 April 1979) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle.
Career
[edit]Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Rabanal played for CD Maspalomas and CF Regla as a youth before switching to managerial roles in 1998, after taking over the latter's women's team.[1] He would later work at local sides San Gerardo CF, CD Laguna de Tenerife, UD Esperanza, Atlético Pinar CF, CD Candela, UD Las Zocas, UD Los Llanos de Aridane and CA Victoria, either as a youth manager or as an assistant.[2]
Rabanal's first managerial experience occurred in 2011, after taking over Atlético Restinga in the Primera Interinsular Tenerife.[3] After avoiding relegation with the side, he returned to Laguna in the following year, after being appointed manager of the Juvenil squad in the División de Honor Juvenil.
In 2014, Rabanal returned to Esperanza, with the club now named CD Zamorano Esperanza, as their first team manager also in the sixth tier. He led the side to a promotion in his first year,[1] and left in 2016 to work in Canada and China, at Futuro Soccer Academy and Leyi Academy, respectively.[4]
In 2018, Rabanal moved to the Netherlands to join Willem II; initially as an under-19 manager, he also managed the reserve team in the Beloften Eredivisie.[5] On 10 February 2022, he agreed to join PSV Eindhoven for the upcoming season, as an assistant of Ruud van Nistelrooy at Jong PSV;[5] Willem II announced the move on 3 March.[6]
On 30 March 2022, however, PSV announced that van Nistelrooy would become the manager of the first team for the 2022–23 season, with Rabanal as his assistant.[7] He left after van Nistelrooy resigned, and moved to Ecuador on 15 January 2024, to take over Independiente del Valle's reserve side Independiente Juniors in the Serie B.[8]
Rabanal led Independiente Juniors to a fourth position in the 2024 Serie B, before being appointed at the helm of the first team on 21 December.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Javier Rabanal: "Nos gustaría ser el Cruz Santa, pero tenemos que ser realistas"" [Javier Rabanal: "We would like to be Cruz Santa, but we have to be realists"] (in Spanish). Diario de Avisos. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Un tinerfeño a la vanguardia de la cantera" [A tinerfeño at the forefront of the youth academy] (in Spanish). El Día. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "El Esperanza le ganó ayer al Restinga" [Esperanza defeated Restinga yesterday] (in Spanish). El Día. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Javier, el tinerfeño al que su pasión por el fútbol lo llevó a Tilburgo" [Javier, the tinerfeño whom his passion for football led him to Tilburg] (in Spanish). Diario de Avisos. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Van Nistelrooy krijgt nieuwe rechterhand bij Jong PSV" [Van Nistelrooy gets new assistant at Jong PSV] (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Javier Rabanal aan de slag bij Jong PSV" [Javier Rabanal joins Jong PSV] (in Dutch). Willem II. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "From our Man: Ruud van Nistelrooij to be head coach of PSV from summer". PSV Eindhoven. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "JERARQUÍA PURA – Independiente Junior tiene nuevo DT: el español Javier Rabanal. Llega de ser segundo entrenador del PSV Eindhoven" [PURE HIERARCHY – Independiente Juniors have a new manager: the Spaniard Javier Rabanal. He comes from being the assistant of PSV Eindhoven] (in Spanish). KCH FM. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Un hombre de la casa: Independiente del Valle confirmó a su nuevo entrenador" [A man of the house: Independiente del Valle confirmed their new manager] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Javier Rabanal coach profile at Soccerway
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Spanish football managers
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol managers
- Willem II Tilburg non-playing staff
- PSV Eindhoven non-playing staff
- Independiente del Valle managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador