Alberto Jiménez Monteagudo (born 27 September 1974) is a retired Spanishfootballer who played as adefensive midfielder, and is a manager.

He amassedSegunda División totals of 197 matches and seven goals over the course of ten seasons, representing seven different clubs, aside from nine appearances inLa Liga withAlbacete.

Born inValdeganga,Albacete,Castile-La Mancha, Monteagudo was anAlbacete Balompié youth graduate. On 22 October 1992, aged just 18, he made his first-team debut by coming on as a half-timesubstitute forJuan Antonio Chesa in a 5–1 home routing ofUtebo FC, forthe season'sCopa del Rey.

Monteagudo made hisLa Liga debut on 16 October 1994, starting in a 2–3 away loss againstSporting de Gijón. In January 1995, after being rarely used, he moved toSegunda División B sideCD Corralejo on loan until June.

Upon returning, Monteagudo again featured sparingly before signing a permanent contract withCE L'Hospitalet in January 1996, with the side also in the third division. He subsequently representedCD Manchego andRecreativo de Huelva in the same level, achieving promotion toSegunda División with the latter in1998.

Monteagudo scored his first professional goal on 30 January 1999, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw againstSD Compostela for the second division championship. In July, he moved to fellow league teamCP Mérida, appearing sparingly during his one-season spell and leaving the club the following summer as it folded.

Monteagudo subsequently resumed his career in the second level, representingReal Murcia,UD Las Palmas (two stints),^[1][2]Algeciras CF,Xerez CD andCD Numancia. On 31 January 2008, aged already 33, he moved toUD Vecindario in the third tier,^[3] featuring regularly before moving to fellow league sideLucena CF in July,^[4] and retiring the following March.^[5]

Immediately after retiring Monteagudo was named manager of Lucena, for the final eight matches ofthe season.^[5] He managed to avoid relegation by achieving nine points out of 24, and took the club to a sixth position in2009–10.^[6]

On 5 July 2010, Monteagudo was named manager ofCultural y Deportiva Leonesa, also in the third division.^[7] Roughly one year later, aftersuffering administrative relegation, he left the club.^[8]

Monteagudo was hired byCD Badajoz on 10 April 2012,^[9] but left in July after suffering another drop. On 18 July, he was named at the helm ofCádiz CF,^[10] but was sacked on 19 November after gaining 16 points from the first 13 games of the season.^[11]

On 4 June 2013, Monteagudo took overLa Roda CF still in the third level,^[12] being relieved from his duties the following 25 March, after winning only eight of 31 matches.^[13] On 3 February 2016, after more than two years without a club, he was namedFC Cartagena manager.^[14]

On 28 April 2016, Monteagudo renewed his contract for a further campaign.^[15] In2017–18, he led the club tothe play-offs but missed out promotion, and subsequently terminated his contract on 3 July 2018.^[16]

On 10 September 2018, Monteagudo moved abroad for the first time in his career, after being appointed manager ofSuperleague Greece sideApollon Smyrni FC,^[17] but was dismissed the following 2 October.^[18] Late in the month, he replaced sackedJavi López at the helm of second division sideCD Lugo,^[19] but was himself dismissed the following 20 April.^[20]

On 1 July 2019, Monteagudo was hired for two seasons atRecreativo de Huelva in the third tier.^[21] The following 11 February he was dismissed, with the team in 13th and closer in points to the relegation zone than the promotion play-offs.^[22]

As of match played 5 May 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Lucena		22 April 2009	6 July 2010	46	16	16	14	71	49	+22	034.78	[23]
Cultural Leonesa		6 July 2010	17 July 2011	38	9	16	13	42	48	−6	023.68	[24]
Badajoz		10 April 2012	13 July 2012	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	075.00	[25]
Cádiz		13 July 2012	19 November 2012	15	5	4	6	21	19	+2	033.33	[26]
La Roda		4 June 2013	25 March 2014	31	8	8	15	33	38	−5	025.81	[27]
Cartagena		3 February 2016	3 July 2018	107	51	34	22	131	93	+38	047.66	[28]
Apollon Smyrni		10 September 2018	2 October 2018	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	000.00
Lugo		28 October 2018	20 April 2019	26	5	11	10	26	34	−8	019.23	[29]
Recreativo		1 July 2019	11 February 2020	27	8	9	10	30	31	−1	029.63	[30]
Linense		20 February 2022	16 October 2022	22	5	7	10	21	29	−8	022.73	[31]
UCAM Murcia		14 February 2024	4 June 2024	12	5	3	4	20	12	+8	041.67	[32]
Career Total				332	115	108	109	408	365	+43	034.64	—

• Alberto Monteagudo at BDFutbol
• Alberto Monteagudo manager profile at BDFutbol

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