| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Rabanal Hernández | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (age 45)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | La Laguna, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente del Valle (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Maspalomas | |||
| Regla | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Regla (women) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Regla (youth) | ||
| 2000–2002 | San Gerardo (youth) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Laguna (youth) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Esperanza (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Atlético Pinar (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Candela (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Las Zocas (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Los Llanos de Aridane (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Atlético Victoria [es] (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Restinga | ||
| 2012–2014 | Laguna (youth) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Esperanza | ||
| 2018–2020 | Willem II U21 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Willem II U19 | ||
| 2022–2023 | PSV Eindhoven (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Independiente Juniors | ||
| 2025– | Independiente del Valle | ||
Javier Rabanal Hernández (born 19 April 1979) is a Spanishfootballmanager, currently in charge of Ecuadorian clubIndependiente del Valle.
Born inSan Cristóbal de La Laguna,Santa Cruz de Tenerife,Canary Islands, Rabanal played forCD Maspalomas and CF Regla as a youth before switching to managerial roles in 1998, after taking over the latter's women's team.[1] He would later work at local sides San Gerardo CF,CD Laguna de Tenerife, UD Esperanza, Atlético Pinar CF, CD Candela,UD Las Zocas,UD Los Llanos de Aridane andCA Victoria [es], either as a youth manager or as an assistant.[2]
Rabanal's first managerial experience occurred in 2011, after taking over Atlético Restinga in thePrimera Interinsular Tenerife.[3] After avoiding relegation with the side, he returned to Laguna in the following year, after being appointed manager of theJuvenil squad in theDivisión de Honor Juvenil.
In 2014, Rabanal returned to Esperanza, with the club now named CD Zamorano Esperanza, as their first team manager also in the sixth tier. He led the side to a promotion in his first year,[1] and left in 2016 to work in Canada and China, at Futuro Soccer Academy and Leyi Academy, respectively.[4]
In 2018, Rabanal moved to the Netherlands to joinWillem II; initially as an under-19 manager, he also managed thereserve team in theBeloften Eredivisie.[5] On 10 February 2022, he agreed to joinPSV Eindhoven for the upcoming season, as an assistant ofRuud van Nistelrooy atJong PSV;[5] Willem II announced the move on 3 March.[6]
On 30 March 2022, however, PSV announced that van Nistelrooy would become the manager of the first team for the 2022–23 season, with Rabanal as his assistant.[7] He left after van Nistelrooy resigned, and moved to Ecuador on 15 January 2024, to take overIndependiente del Valle's reserve sideIndependiente Juniors in theSerie B.[8]
Rabanal led Independiente Juniors to a fourth position in the2024 Serie B, before being appointed at the helm of the first team on 21 December.[9]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Independiente del Valle |  | 21 December 2024 | present | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 028.57 |
| Career total | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 028.57 | |||