José Luis Capdevila

José Luis Capdevila
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Sánchez Capdevila
Date of birth	12 February 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Leganés B (manager)
Youth career
	Santo Domingo Juventud
1995–2000	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Real Madrid C
2001–2002	Real Madrid B
2001–2002	→ Alcorcón (loan)
2003	Hércules
2003–2005	Pontevedra
2005–2008	Valladolid
2008–2010	Murcia
2010–2012	Xerez
2012–2013	Huracán
2013–2017	Bolívar
2017–2018	Sport Boys
2019–2020	Unión Adarve
Total
International career
1997	Spain U16
Managerial career
2019–2020	Unión Adarve (youth)
2020–2021	Alcorcón (youth)
2021–2023	Alcorcón B
2023–	Leganés B
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Sánchez Capdevila (born 12 February 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of CD Leganés B.

Playing career

Capdevila was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After playing three seasons in the Segunda División B (one each with AD Alcorcón, Real Madrid Castilla and Hércules CF) he signed with Pontevedra CF, where his career-best nine goals were not enough to prevent a relegation from Segunda División in 2005.^[1]

Capdevila subsequently moved to Real Valladolid, being an instrumental figure in the side's 2007 promotion to La Liga, scoring four goals in 35 games.^[2]^[1] However, he would feature sparingly in the 2007–08 campaign,^[3] making his competition debut on 15 September 2007 in a 2–1 away loss against Valencia CF.^[4]^[5]

In September 2008, Capdevila joined Real Murcia CF, recently relegated to division two.^[6] Two seasons later, as his team dropped down another level, the 29-year-old signed with another club in that tier, Xerez CD.^[7]

Capdevila then spent five years in the Bolivian Primera División, with Club Bolívar^[8]^[9] and Sport Boys Warnes,^[10] winning the national championship with the former in 2014–15.^[11] He retired in 2020 aged 39, with Spanish amateurs AD Unión Adarve.^[12]

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring, Capdevila returned to Alcorcón and was named manager of the Cadete A squad, while also being an assistant of the Juvenil A side. Ahead of the 2021–22 campaign, he took over the Juvenil B before being named manager of the reserves on 23 September 2021, after Jorge Romero was appointed at the first team.^[13]

Capdevila led Alcorcón B to a first-ever promotion to Segunda Federación in 2022,^[14] but suffered immediate relegation. On 28 June 2023, he was named manager of another reserve team, CD Leganés B also in the Tercera Federación.^[15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 28 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record								Ref
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref
Alcorcón B	23 September 2021	1 March 2023	62	26	17	19	87	68	+19	041.94	^[16]
Leganés B	28 June 2023	Present	8	6	2	0	17	4	+13	075.00	^[17]
Total			70	32	19	19	104	72	+32	045.71	—

Honours

Pontevedra

Segunda División B: 2003–04

Valladolid

Segunda División: 2006–07^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Rascado, Tino (28 December 2007). "El Valladolid adeuda al Pontevedra la cláusula del ascenso por Capdevila" [Valladolid owe Pontevedra promotion clause for Capdevila]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b García Encinas, Antonio (7 November 2018). "Crónica del mendilismo ilustrado" [Chronicle of illustrated mendilismo]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Capdevila quiere que el club facilite su salida o cumplirá la temporada que le queda" [Capdevila wants that club makes it easy for him to leave or he will see his contract through]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ Estepa, Javier (15 September 2007). "Tres puntos...y pitada para el Valencia" [Three points...and boos for Valencia]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "José Luis Capdevila, el profeta de los sueños cumplidos" [José Luis Capdevila, the prophet of fulfilled dreams] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ García Granero, César (2 September 2008). "El Murcia ficha a Capdevila en el último minuto" [Murcia sign Capdevila in the last minute]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Capdevila firma por dos temporadas" [Capdevila signs for two seasons]. Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). 9 August 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "El volante español José Capdevila se incorpora a Bolívar" [Spanish midfielder José Capdevila joins Bolívar]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 14 July 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "El español Sánchez Capdevila deja el Bolívar tras casi cuatro años" [Spain's Sánchez Capdevila leaves Bolívar after almost four years]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ Avendaño Murillo, Marcelo Esteban (27 June 2024). "Sánchez Capdevila: 'Como técnico se sufre mucho más'" [Sánchez Capdevila: 'As a manager one suffers much more'] (in Spanish). Visión 360. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Bolívar se consagró campeón del Torneo Clausura boliviano" [Bolívar crowned champions of the Bolivian Clausura Tournament]. Infobae (in Spanish). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "José Luis Sánchez Capdevila ficha por el Unión Adarve" [José Luis Sánchez Capdevila signs for Unión Adarve] (in Spanish). Pucela Fichajes. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "José Luis Sánchez Capdevila se hace cargo del Alcorcón B" [José Luis Sánchez Capdevila takes over Alcorcón B] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ Jiménez, Raquel (12 July 2023). "El Talavera ante sus primeros amistosos" [Talavera faces their first friendlies]. La Tribuna de Talavera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "José Luis Sánchez Capdevila, nuevo entrenador del C.D. Leganés 'B'" [José Luis Sánchez Capdevila, new manager of C.D. Leganés 'B'] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "Alcorcón B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
"Matches José Luis Capdevila, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol.
^ "Leganés B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 5 October 2023.