Juan Carlos Amorós

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amorós and the second or maternal family name is López.
Juan Carlos Amorós
Amorós in 2023
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Amorós López[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team
 NJ/NY Gotham FC (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2011–2020 Tottenham Hotspur (women)
2021–2022 Betis (women)
2022 Houston Dash (interim)
2023– NJ/NY Gotham FC

Juan Carlos Amorós López (born 3 June 1984) is a Spanish football manager who is currently the head coach of NJ/NY Gotham FC of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).[2] He previously managed NWSL club Houston Dash,[3] Spanish club Real Betis,[4] and English club Tottenham Hotspur.[5]

Managerial career

Tottenham Hotspur

Amorós began his coaching career at Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women in 2011, as co-manager with Karen Hills. Following the club's promotion to the top-flight Women's Super League after the 2018–19 season, Hills and Amorós signed two-year deals to continue in their roles.[6] However, they were both fired seven matches into the 2019–20 season[7] and replaced with England women's national football team assistant Rehanne Skinner.[8]

Real Betis

On 16 January 2021, Primera Iberdrola club Real Betis Féminas signed Amorós to a contract until 30 June 2021, with an option to extend by one year.[9] However, Amorós and the club mutually ended the contract in May 2022 following a 9th-place finish in the 2021-22 season.[10]

Houston Dash

See also: 2021 NWSL abuse scandal

Following the suspension of head coach and general manager James Clarkson, the Houston Dash appointed assistant coach Sarah Lowdon as acting head coach. On 15 June 2022, the Dash appointed Amorós as the club's new interim head coach pending visa approval.[11] Amorós would not join the team until 12 July while waiting for his visa.[12][13] In his first match managing the Dash on 16 July, with newly acquired striker Ebony Salmon scoring a hat-trick, the Dash defeated the Chicago Red Stars 4–1.[14]

Gotham FC

After leading Houston Dash to their first-ever NWSL Playoffs appearance as interim head coach in 2022, Amorós signed on as fellow NWSL club NJ/NY Gotham FC's permanent head coach on a three-year contract in November 2022.[2][15] With Amorós at the helm, Gotham finished the 2023 regular season with an 8-7-7 record and the team led the NWSL in possessions won (1,544) and shots faced (205).[16] After taking Gotham from last place with the worst record in the league to the NWSL Championship, Amorós was named the 2023 National Women's Soccer League Coach of the Year.[17][18]

Honours

NJ/NY Gotham FC

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Juan Carlos Amorós López". BDFutbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b FC, Gotham (November 1, 2022). "NJ/NY Gotham FC Names Juan Carlos Amorós Head Coach". NJ/NY Gotham FC.
  3. ^ "Houston Dash name Juan Carlos Amorós as interim head coach" (Press release). Houston Dynamo. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Juan Carlos Amorós, nuevo entrenador del Real Betis Féminas" (Press release). Real Betis. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Karen Hills and Juan Amoros leave Club" (Press release). Tottenham Hotspur. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur Women: Joint bosses Karen Hills and Juan Amoros sign new deals". BBC Sport. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Tottenham fire co-head coaches Karen Hills and Juan Amoros". Eurosport. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ McElwee, Molly (19 November 2020). "Rehanne Skinner named new Tottenham manager after Karen Hills and Juan Amoros sacked". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ Frith, Wilf (16 January 2021). "Former Spurs Women's coach takes charge at Real Betis Féminas". She Kicks. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Juan Carlos Amorós: "Desde el inicio todo lo que ha podido ir mal ha ido mal"" (in Spanish). OneFootball. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ Lerner, Danielle (15 June 2022). "Dash appoint Juan Carlos Amorós as interim head coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ Lloyd-Hughes, Theo (16 July 2022). "Intensity, energy and counter-pressing: Amoros' first week as Dash boss". The Striker. Retrieved 3 August 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ Roesch, Louis (11 July 2022). "Juan Carlos Amoros to take the Houston Dash interim head coaching duties on Tuesday". Orange in the Oven. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. ^ Dean, Richard (16 July 2022). "Ebony Salmon scores hat trick to send Dash past Red Stars in coach Juan Carlos Amorós' debut". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  15. ^ "MLS, NWSL, USL, College, Youth and much more. | The Striker, soccer news". TheStriker.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  16. ^ Staff, Steph Yang and The Athletic. "Gotham FC's Juan Carlos Amorós named NWSL Coach of the Year". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  17. ^ Tonelli, Jenna (2023-11-07). "'We want to build something special': Juan Carlos Amorós on turning around Gotham FC – Equalizer Soccer". Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  18. ^ a b "NJ/NY Gotham FC's Juan Carlos Amorós Named 2023 NWSL Coach of the Year". National Women's Soccer League. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.


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