Asier Santana

Asier Santana

Personal information
Full name	Asier Santana Clavo
Date of birth	(1979-02-03) 3 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Idiazabal, Spain
Managerial career
Years	Team
2006–2008	Real Sociedad (youth)
2008–2013	Real Sociedad B (assistant)
2013–2014	Real Sociedad B
2014	Real Sociedad (interim)
2014–2016	Real Sociedad (assistant)
2016–2017	Real Unión
2020	UCAM Murcia
2021	Portugalete

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santana and the second or maternal family name is Clavo.

Asier Santana Clavo (born 3 February 1979) is a Spanish football manager.

Manager career

Born in Idiazabal, Goierri, Gipuzkoa, Santana joined Real Sociedad in 2006, being appointed manager of the youth setup. In 2008, he moved to the reserve squad, being Imanol Idiakez and Meho Kodro's assistant.

On 17 June 2013, Santana was named manager of the B-team, signing a two-year deal.[1] On 5 November of the following year, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, as an interim, replacing fired Jagoba Arrasate.[2]

Santana appeared in his first professional match on 9 November 2014, a 2–1 home win against Atlético Madrid.[3] He was subsequently named David Moyes' assistant, remaining in the first team.[4]

In June 2016, Santana was hired by third-tier Real Unión but still on the payroll of Sociedad, who were helping out with the Irun-based club's financial problems.[5] He was dismissed on 27 November 2017 due to a poor run of results, with the severance payment being again the responsibility of the larger club.[6]

Santana returned to the game on 29 January 2020, taking over at UCAM Murcia until the end of the season.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 7 April 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Real Sociedad B		17 June 2013	16 November 2014	50	18	15	17	63	54	+9	036.00	[8]
Real Sociedad (interim)		5 November 2014	10 November 2014	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[9]
Real Unión		1 July 2016	27 November 2017	64	24	19	21	61	66	−5	037.50	[10]
UCAM Murcia		29 January 2020	30 June 2020	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	050.00	[11]
Portugalete		20 January 2021	30 June 2021	17	5	4	8	14	17	−3	029.41	[12]
Total				138	51	39	48	147	144	+3	036.96	—

References

1. Comunicado oficial: Asier Santana, nuevo entrenador del Sanse (Official announcement: Asier Santana, new manager of Sanse); Real Sociedad's official website, 17 June 2013 (in Spanish)
2. Asier Santana e Imanol Alguacil dirigirán al equipo el domingo en Anoeta (Asier Santana and Imanol Alguacil will manage the team on Sunday at Anoeta); Real Sociedad's official website, 5 November 2014 (in Spanish)
3. Agirretxe castiga la falta de ambición del Atlético (Agirretxe punishes Atlético's lack of desire); Marca, 9 November 2014 (in Spanish)
4. Moyes se queda con Santana (Moyes remains with Santana) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 25 November 2014 (in Spanish)
5. Ramajo, Roberto (8 June 2016). "Santana entrenará al Real Unión y Zulaika será el ayudante del Sanse" [Santana will manage Real Unión and Zulaika will be Sanse assistant] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
6. "La Real Sociedad pagará el despido de Santana en el Real Unión" [Real Sociedad will pay Santana's sacking from Real Unión] (in Spanish). La Segunda B. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
7. "Asier Santana, nuevo entrenador del UCAM CF" [Asier Santana, new manager of UCAM CF] (in Spanish). Onda Regional. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
8. "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2013–14". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
   "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
9. "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
10. "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
    "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
11. "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
12. "Asier Santana: Asier Santana Calvo: Matches 2020–21". BDFutbol. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links

• Asier Santana manager profile at BDFutbol
• Asier Santana coach profile at Soccerway