 Jémez in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Jémez Martín | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-04-18)18 April 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Córdoba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Córdoba | 81 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Murcia | 35 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | Deportivo La Coruña | 94 | (1) |
| 1998–2004 | Zaragoza | 168 | (1) |
| 2004 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | (0) |
| 2005 | Lugo | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 433 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Spain | 21 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Alcalá | ||
| 2007–2008 | Córdoba | ||
| 2009 | Cartagena | ||
| 2010–2011 | Las Palmas | ||
| 2011–2012 | Córdoba | ||
| 2012–2016 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2016 | Granada | ||
| 2016–2017 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 2017–2018 | Las Palmas | ||
| 2019–2020 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2021–2022 | Ibiza | ||
| 2022–2024 | Tractor | ||
| 2024–2025 | Ibiza | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco "Paco"Jémez Martín (born 18 April 1970) is a Spanishfootballmanager and former player who played as acentral defender.
Over 11 seasons, he played 269La Liga matches in representation of three teams, mainlyDeportivo andZaragoza. He appeared forSpain atEuro 2000.
Jémez started working as a manager in 2007, going on to work with several clubs.
Jémez was born inLas Palmas,Canary Islands. During his career, he played forCórdoba CF,Real Murcia CF,Rayo Vallecano (first appearing inLa Liga and playing all 38 matches ofthe season),Deportivo de La Coruña (only totalling ten games in his first two seasons as the club achieved two consecutive runner-up spots, being more used afterwards) andReal Zaragoza,[1] which he helped to victory in the2000–01 edition of theCopa del Rey.[2] In January 2004 he returned to Rayo, now in theSegunda División.[1]
After one year out of football, Jémez returned to active withCD Lugo –Tercera División – and retired shortly after at the age of 35.[3]
Over almost three years, Jémez played 21 times for theSpain national team. His debut was on 23 September 1998 in afriendly againstRussia inGranada,[4] and he was a participant atUEFA Euro 2000, taking part in three matches in an eventual quarter-final exit.[5][6][7]
Jémez took up coaching in 2007, first with lowlyRSD Alcalá. He moved to the second division thefollowing campaign, with Córdoba, being sacked with 11 matches to go.[8]
In early 2009, Jémez signed withFC Cartagena,[9] ultimately being the coach that earned theMurcia club a first everpromotion to the second tier.[10] He left in July.
On 12 April 2010, followingSergije Krešić's dismissal, Jémez was appointed coach at strugglingUD Las Palmas in division two.[11] He eventually led his hometown side safe from the relegation zone in a17th-place finish,[12] being fired on 27 February 2011.[13]
After taking Córdoba to thefirst round in the second division promotion playoffs,[14] Jémez was appointed at former club Rayo on 22 June 2012.[15] After leading the team to their best-ever ranking in the top flight,eighth, he renewed his contract until June 2015.[16]
On 26 May 2016, after Rayo'stop-tier relegation, Jémez failed to agree new terms[17] and was appointed manager atGranada CF on 20 June.[18] However, on 28 September, he was dismissed after only six games in charge, no wins and a club-worst start to a season in more than 70 years.[19]
On 28 November 2016, Jémez was named head coach ofCruz Azul in the MexicanLiga MX.[20] He led the team to their first playoff appearance in three years. The following 27 November, he decided not renew his contract and left.[21]
Jémez returned to Las Palmas on 21 December 2017, becoming the third permanent manager in charge of the club duringthe campaign.[22] He rejoined Rayo Vallecano in late March 2019, replacingMíchel who had been dismissed two days earlier after losing seven league games in a row, which left the team at risk of top-flight relegation, and agreeing to a deal until June 2020.[23]
On 26 December 2021, after more than a year of inactivity, Jémez took over second-division newcomersUD Ibiza until the end ofthe season.[24] He managed to avoid relegation, but still left as his contract expired on 31 May.[25]
In December 2022, Jémez went back abroad, being appointed atTractor S.C. in thePersian Gulf Pro League.[26] He returned to both Spain and Ibiza on 12 November 2024, with the team now in thePrimera Federación.[27]
Jémez was sacked by Ibiza on 21 October 2025, after a poor start tothe season.[28]
Jémez's father, Francisco Crespo Aguilar (known professionally as Lucas de Écija (1929–2018)), was aflamenco singer who released two records.[29][1] He himself nearly embraced the sport ofgolf, having a 1.4handicap.[1]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Alcalá | 25 March 2007 | 28 June 2007 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 041.67 | [30] |
| Córdoba | 28 June 2007 | 31 March 2008 | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 021.88 | [31] |
| Cartagena | 3 February 2009 | 1 July 2009 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 047.37 | [32] |
| Las Palmas | 12 April 2010 | 27 February 2011 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 024.32 | [33] |
| Córdoba | 8 June 2011 | 13 June 2012 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 046.00 | [34] |
| Rayo Vallecano | 22 June 2012 | 26 May 2016 | 164 | 55 | 29 | 80 | 206 | 303 | −97 | 033.54 | [35] |
| Granada | 20 June 2016 | 28 September 2016 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 000.00 | [36] |
| Cruz Azul | 28 November 2016 | 27 November 2017 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 035.42 | [37] |
| Las Palmas | 21 December 2017 | 25 May 2018 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 41 | −29 | 008.70 | [38] |
| Rayo Vallecano | 20 March 2019 | 31 July 2020 | 56 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 76 | 73 | +3 | 030.36 | [39] |
| Ibiza | 26 December 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 033.33 | [40] |
| Tractor | 6 December 2022 | 15 April 2024 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 053.33 | [26] |
| Ibiza | 12 November 2024 | 21 October 2025 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 047.22 | [41] |
| Total | 549 | 192 | 153 | 204 | 713 | 799 | −86 | 034.97 | — | ||
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