 Abel as a coach atAtlético Madrid | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abel Resino Gómez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-02-02)2 February 1960 (age 65)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Velada, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Toledo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Toledo | ||
| 1980–1982 | Ciempozuelos | ||
| 1982–1986 | Atlético Madrid B | 42 | (0) |
| 1986–1995 | Atlético Madrid | 243 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Rayo Vallecano | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 306 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ciudad Murcia | ||
| 2007 | Levante | ||
| 2008–2009 | Castellón | ||
| 2009 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 2010–2011 | Valladolid | ||
| 2012 | Granada | ||
| 2013 | Celta | ||
| 2015 | Granada | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Abel Resino Gómez (born 2 February 1960), known simply asAbel as a player, is a Spanish former professionalfootballgoalkeeper andmanager.
NicknamedEl Gato (The Cat) due to his reflexes, he spent most of his career atAtlético Madrid.[2] For roughly one year, starting in early 2009, he also coached the club, helping it qualify for theChampions League.
Over ten seasons, nine of those with Atlético, Abel appeared in 264La Liga matches.
Born inVelada,Province of Toledo, Abel arrived atAtlético Madrid in 1982 from lowlyCD Ciempozuelos after also having represented localCD Toledo, but would have to wait five years (four of those spent with thereserve side, only managing to be first-choice in histhird season) to become a starter.[2] He went on to make 303 competitive appearances for the club, winning back-to-backCopa del Rey trophies.[3]
Abel held the record for the longest streak withoutconceding a goal inLa Liga at 1,275 minutes, finally being beaten byLuis Enrique ofSporting de Gijón on 19 March 1991. This record was also the European one in a single season until 2009, whenEdwin van Der Sar fromManchester United broke it againstFulham.[4][3]
Leaving Atlético precisely before the team'sdouble conquest in1995–96, Abel closed out his career at the age of 36 after one season withMadrid neighboursRayo Vallecano, helping them retain their top-division status.[5] He played two 1991friendlies forSpain, the first being on 27 March in a 4–2 defeat toHungary[6] and the second withRomania the following month.[7]
After retiring, Resino returned to Atlético in different periods and capacities (goalkeeper coach,sporting director).[2] He started his head coaching career in 2005, withSegunda División'sCiudad de Murcia, nearly overseeing a top-flight promtion after afourth-place finish.[8]
Resino's next stop wasLevante UD.[9] After taking charge midway throughthe campaign, replacingJuan Ramón López Caro, he helped them to avoid relegation and had his contract renewed;[10] seven games and six losses into thefollowing season, however, he was sacked.[11]
After one and a half solid seasons in the second tier withCD Castellón, Resino returned to Atlético in February 2009, replacing releasedJavier Aguirre[12] and leading the side to thesame place as the previous year thus againqualifying for theUEFA Champions League, and he subsequently agreed to an extension.[13] On 23 October, he was fired following a poor string of results – only one win inthe league from seven matches, the culmination being a 4–0 group stage defeat atChelsea in theChampions League.[14][15]
In early December 2010, Abel was appointed head coach ofReal Valladolid in the second division, replacing the dismissedAntonio Gómez.[16] His first game in charge produced nine goals, a 4–5 home loss againstCD Numancia.[17]
Resino was appointed atGranada CF on 22 January 2012, taking over fromFabri González after a 3–0 defeat away toRCD Espanyol, fired even though the club was still out of the relegation zone.[18] On 18 February of the following year he returned to active and the top flight, taking the place ofPaco Herrera atrelegation-threatened sideRC Celta de Vigo.[19]
Resino returned to Granada on 19 January 2015, replacing the dismissedJoaquín Caparrós at the helm of the bottom-placed team.[20] He was relieved of his duties on 1 May, after only being able toclimb one position in the table.[21]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Ciudad Murcia |  | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2006 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 047.73 | [22] |
| Levante | | 16 January 2007 | 7 October 2007 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 022.22 | [23] |
| Castellón | | 30 June 2008 | 1 February 2009 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 038.46 | [24] |
| Atlético Madrid | | 3 February 2009 | 23 October 2009 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 045.16 | [25] |
| Valladolid | | 6 December 2010 | 17 June 2011 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 048.28 | [26] |
| Granada | | 23 January 2012 | 6 June 2012 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 036.84 | [27] |
| Celta | | 18 February 2013 | 8 June 2013 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 035.71 | [28] |
| Granada | | 19 January 2015 | 1 May 2015 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 013.33 | [29] |
| Total | 205 | 79 | 51 | 75 | 038.54 | — | |||
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