Hernán Pérez (footballer, born 1981)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Cuesta.
Hernán Pérez
Personal information
Full name Hernán Pérez Cuesta
Date of birth (1981-10-02) 2 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Spain U17 (manager)
Youth career
Oviedo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Lealtad 27 (2)
2001–2002 Universidad Oviedo 31 (1)
2002–2003 Oviedo B 34 (2)
2003–2004 Lealtad 22 (0)
2004 Avilés 14 (0)
2004–2005 Oviedo ACF 29 (0)
2005–2007 Lealtad 62 (2)
2007–2008 Caudal 30 (4)
2008–2011 Covadonga 80 (1)
Total 317 (12)
Managerial career
San Claudio (youth)
Grujoan (youth)
2010–2012 Covadonga (youth)
2012–2014 Lealtad (assistant)
2014–2015 Oviedo (youth)
2015–2019 Langreo
2019–2020 Barakaldo
2020–2021 Unionistas
2021–2022 Real Madrid (youth)
2022 Lugo
2023– Spain U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hernán Pérez Cuesta (born 2 October 1981) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, who is currently in charge of the Spain national under-17 team.

Playing career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Pérez was a Real Oviedo youth graduate, but made his senior debut with Tercera División side CD Lealtad in the 2000–01 season. He moved to Segunda División B side CD Universidad de Oviedo in 2001, suffering relegation and subsequently returning to Oviedo to play for the reserves in the fourth tier.

In 2003, after the relegation of Oviedo's first team to the fourth division, the B-side disappeared and Pérez returned to Lealtad. In January of the following year, he signed for third tier side Real Avilés CF, again suffering relegation at the end of the season.

In 2005, after one season at fourth division side Oviedo ACF, Pérez rejoined Lealtad for a third spell. He left the club in August 2007 to join Caudal Deportivo also in division four,[1] before moving to CD Covadonga in the same category in July 2008.[2]

Pérez suffered relegation to the regional leagues with Covadonga in 2010, and retired in the following year at the age of just 30, as the club immediately returned to the fourth level.

Coaching career

During his last season at Covadonga, Pérez was already managing the youth sides of the club; he had previously worked at hometown sides UD San Claudio and CD Grujoan.[3] In July 2012, he returned to his former side Lealtad as an assistant manager.[4]

In July 2014, Pérez rejoined another club he represented as a player, Oviedo, to work as a manager of the Juvenil squad.[5] He left the side on 12 June 2015, after being named in charge of UP Langreo in the fourth division.[6]

Pérez achieved promotion to the third division with the side in the 2017–18 campaign, and was appointed Barakaldo CF manager on 12 July 2019.[7] He left the latter side on 14 May 2020, after both parties agreed to not renew his contract,[8] and was named in charge of Unionistas de Salamanca CF also in the third level on 5 June.[9]

Pérez departed Unionistas on 14 June 2021, after qualifying the team to the new third level called Primera División RFEF,[10] and joined Real Madrid's structure on 1 July, after being named manager of the Juvenil side.[11] He left the latter in June 2022, after winning the year's Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol.[12]

On 16 June 2022, Pérez was appointed manager of Segunda División side CD Lugo.[13] On 21 November, after being knocked out in the first stage of the Copa del Rey, he was sacked.[14]

On 13 July 2023, Pérez replaced Julen Guerrero at the helm of the Spain national under-17 team.[15]

Personal life

Pérez's younger brother Michu was also a footballer. A forward, he too was groomed at Oviedo;[11] both worked together at Langreo in 2015–16.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Langreo Spain 12 June 2015 30 May 2019 171 97 38 36 336 145 +191 056.73 [16]
Barakaldo Spain 12 July 2019 14 May 2020 30 9 6 15 33 44 −11 030.00 [17]
Unionistas Spain 5 June 2020 14 June 2021 26 12 7 7 27 19 +8 046.15 [18]
Lugo Spain 16 June 2022 21 November 2022 17 3 5 9 15 24 −9 017.65 [19]
Spain U17 Spain 13 July 2023 Present 6 4 0 2 21 10 +11 066.67
Career total 250 125 56 69 432 242 +190 050.00 —

Honours

Manager

Real Madrid (youth)

References

  1. ^ "Movimiento en Tercera" [Movements in Tercera] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "El Covadonga ficha al defensa del Caudal Helio" [Covadonga sign Caudal defender Helio] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Hernán trabajará en la fábrica del R. Madrid en Valdebebas" [Hernán will work at R. Madrid's factory in Valdebebas] (in Spanish). CD Covadonga. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Hernán y Rozada comprometidos con el Lealtad" [Hernán and Rozada committed to Lealtad] (in Spanish). CD Covadonga. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ ""El reto del División de Honor es apasionante"" ["The goal of División de Honor is exciting"] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Hernán Pérez será el nuevo entrenador del Langreo" [Hernán Pérez will be the new manager of Langreo] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Hernán Pérez toma las riendas del Barakaldo" [Hernán Pérez takes the reins of Barakaldo] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Hernán Pérez no continúa en el Barakaldo CF" [Hernán Pérez does not continue at Barakaldo CF] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Hernán Pérez, nuevo entrenador de Unionistas de Salamanca CF" [Hernán Pérez, new manager of Unionistas de Salamanca CF] (in Spanish). Unionistas de Salamanca CF. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Hernán Perez confirma en su despedida de Unionistas que tiene una oferta y que no ha pagado indemnización" [Hernán Pérez confirms on his farewell from Unionistas that he has an offer and that he did not pay an indemnisation] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  11. ^ a b "El Madrid ficha para dirigir el Juvenil al hermano de Michu" [Madrid sign the brother of Michu to manage the Juvenil] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Hernán Pérez, en MARCA: "Un año en el Juvenil A del Real Madrid equivale a tres en cualquier otro equipo"" [Hernán Pérez, at MARCA: "A year in the Juvenil A of Real Madrid is equivalent to three in any other team"] (in Spanish). Marca. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Hernán Pérez, nuevo entrenador del CD Lugo" [Hernán Pérez, new manager of CD Lugo] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ^ "El CD Lugo determina el cese de Hernán Pérez como entrenador del primer equipo de la entidad" [Lugo set the sacking of Hernán Pérez as manager of the first team of the club] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Hernán Pérez, hermano de Michu, nuevo seleccionador Sub-17" [Hernán Pérez, brother of Michu, new head coach of the under-17s] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  16. ^ "UP Langreo" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
    "UP Langreo" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
    "UP Langreo" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
    "Matches Hernán Pérez, 2018–19 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Matches Hernán Pérez, 2019–20 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Matches Hernán Pérez, 2020–21 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Matches Hernán Pérez, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 June 2022.