.jpg) Unzué in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Unzué Labiano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-04-22)22 April 1967 (age 58)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Berriozar | |||
| Colegio San Agustín | |||
| 1982–1984 | Osasuna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Osasuna B | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1988 | Osasuna | 15 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Barcelona | 5 | (0) |
| 1990–1997 | Sevilla | 222 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Tenerife | 35 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Oviedo | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Osasuna | 41 | (0) |
| Total | 320 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 1985–1989 | Spain U21 | 16 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Barcelona (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Numancia | ||
| 2012 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2013–2014 | Celta (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Celta | ||
| 2019 | Girona | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Carlos Unzué Labiano (born 22 April 1967) is a Spanishfootball manager and former player who played as agoalkeeper.
As a player, he represented mostlySevilla, for which he appeared in nearly 300 official games. He also spent two years withBarcelona,[2] and played 318La Liga matches in 17 seasons.[3]
After retiring, Unzué went on to work extensively as a goalkeeper coach and a manager.
Born inPamplona, Unzué came through the ranks of hometown clubOsasuna, but could not break into the first team. More of the same happened after he signed withLa Liga giantsBarcelona in 1988, as he was barred byAndoni Zubizarreta.[2]
JoiningSevilla for1990–91, Unzué blossomed as a top-flight player, rarely missing a match in his first five years.[4] As theAndalusians were relegated at the end of the1996–97 campaign, he moved toTenerife for a further two seasons.[2]
After two years atReal Oviedo as backup to localEsteban, his input consisting of sevenCopa del Rey appearances, Unzué returned to his first club in summer 2001, being the starter in hisdebut season and second choice inthe second.[2] He retired from the game in June 2003 at age 36,[5] after having helped his team reach thesemi-finals of the domestic cup.[6]
Unzué returned to theCamp Nou immediately after retiring, asFrank Rijkaard's goalkeeping coach. After the Dutchman left, he retained his position underPep Guardiola.[7]
On 17 June 2010, after five years with Barcelona, Unzué had his first head coach experience, joiningSegunda División teamNumancia.[8] One year later, he returned to his previous position, replacingCarles Busquets.[9][10]
On 21 June 2012, Unzué was presented asRacing de Santander manager.[11] On 13 August, however, he was dismissed following disagreements with the board of directors over the duration of his contract,[12] and becameLuis Enrique's assistant atCelta de Vigo the following 13 June.[13]
Unzué returned to Barcelona on 15 July 2014, remaining as Luis Enrique's assistant.[14] On 28 May 2017, he returned to managerial duties after being appointed at the helm of Celta for two seasons.[15]
On 19 May 2018, after finishing in a disappointing13th position, Unzué leftBalaídos.[16] On 13 June 2019, after more than a year without a club, he signed withrecently relegated sideGirona,[17] being relieved of his duties on 21 October.[18]
Unzué's son, Jesús (born 1993), is also a footballer and a goalkeeper. He was a member of theBarcelona Juvenil squad which won theleague andcup in 2011, but was unable to make the breakthrough to the professional level and moved on to local clubs such asGavà andJúpiter.[19]
Unzué's older son, Aitor, played as amidfielder inTercera División (also with Gavà), and his nieceMarta representedBarcelona.[2] A keen cyclist in his spare time, he came from a family which was heavily involved in cycle racing: his brotherEusebio managed theMovistar Team, whilst his nephewEnrique Sanz was a racing cyclist.[20]
In February 2020, Unzué was diagnosed withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis. On 18 June, one day before the league game between Sevilla and Barcelona inSeville and three days ahead of the International ALS/MND day,[21] he made his condition public at a special press conference held at theCamp Nou.[22]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Numancia |  | 17 June 2010 | 23 June 2011 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 039.53 | [23] |
| Racing Santander | | 21 June 2012 | 13 August 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | [24] |
| Celta | | 28 May 2017 | 20 May 2018 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 035.71 | [25] |
| Girona | | 13 June 2019 | 21 October 2019 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 041.67 | [26] |
| Total | 97 | 37 | 18 | 42 | 143 | 147 | −4 | 038.14 | — | |||
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