Quique Medina

Quique Medina
Personal information
Full name Enrique Juan Medina Rodríguez
Date of birth (1967-09-25) 25 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1991 Tenerife 182 (3)
1991–1992 Sabadell 15 (0)
1992–1993 Granada 7 (1)
1993–1995 Hércules 49 (2)
1995–1997 Atlético Marbella 18 (1)
Total 271 (7)
International career
1985 Spain U18 3 (0)
Managerial career
2000–2002 Hércules (assistant)
2001 Hércules (interim)
2003 Hércules B
2003–2004 Laguna
2005–2006 Tenerife (assistant)
2005 Tenerife (interim)
2010–2011 Tenerife (assistant)
2011–2012 Tenerife B
2012 Tenerife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Enrique "Quique" Juan Medina Rodríguez (born 25 September 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and is a current coach.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Medina was promoted to CD Tenerife's main squad in 1984, aged only 16. He made his professional debut on 9 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña in the Segunda División.[1]

Medina scored his first goal on 13 October 1985, netting the first in a 1–1 home draw against Deportivo Aragón.[2] He was also an undisputed starter during the 1988–89 campaign, appearing in 35 matches and scoring once as his side returned to La Liga after a 29-year absence.

Medina made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 3 September 1989, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Sevilla FC.[3] After appearing sparingly in 1990–91, he left the Blanquiazules and joined CE Sabadell FC in the second level.

In 1993, after a single season at Granada CF of the Segunda División B, Medina moved to Hércules CF in the second division. After two campaigns appearing regularly he signed for fellow league team CA Marbella; he subsequently retired with the latter in 1997, after suffering relegation in the previous year.[4]

Coaching career

In 2000 Medina returned to Hércules, being appointed assistant manager.[5] In March 2002, he was appointed interim manager of the club, being in charge for one match and subsequently returning to his previous duties.

In 2003 Medina was also manager of the Valencians' reserve team, being later appointed at the helm of AD Laguna. In 2005, he returned to his first club Tenerife as an assistant manager, but in November 2005 was named again interim.

Medina left the club in 2006, and was a director of football at Laguna during the 2008–09 campaign. On 28 June 2011 he was named CD Tenerife B manager,[6] being appointed at the helm of the main squad on 9 April of the following year, replacing fired Andrés García Tébar.[7]

After missing out promotion in the play-offs, Medina was named director of football of the club.[8] On 9 June 2014, he rescinded his contract,[9] but returned to the club on 14 August 2019.[10]

References

  1. ^ Coruña, 2 – Tenerife, 2; El Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 1–1: Lluvia de botes contra el árbitro en Tenerife (1–1: Rain of boats against the referee in Tenerife); El Mundo Deportivo, 13 October 1985 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ 1–0: El Sevilla sudó la victoria (1–0: Sevilla sweats victory); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 September 1989 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Quique Medina se desvincula del CD Tenerife (Quique Medina leaves Tenerife); Ideal, 10 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Quique Medina ejerce de segundo en el Hércules (Quique Medina works as the second man at Hércules) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; Diario de Avisos, 5 August 2001 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Quique Medina, nuevo entrenador del CD Tenerife B (Quique Medina, new manager of CD Tenerife B) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; CD Tenerife, 28 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Quique Medina 'vuelve' como primer entrenador por segunda vez en su trayectoria en la entidad (Quique Medina 'returns' as first team manager for the second time in his career at the club) Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine; Depor Press, 9 April 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Quique Medina, nuevo director deportivo del CD Tenerife (Quique Medina, new director of football of CD Tenerife) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; CD Tenerife, 30 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Quique Medina se desvincula del CD Tenerife (Quique Medina leaves CD Tenerife) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; CD Tenerife, 9 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "Quique Medina regresa al CD Tenerife" [Quique Medina returns to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.