Francisco Noguerol

Francisco Antonio Noguerol Freijedo (born 9 July 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He is currently assistant manager of Segunda División club Albacete.

He totalled 341 matches and two goals in the Segunda División over 11 seasons, representing five teams in the competition. In La Liga, he appeared for Celta.

Club career Noguerol was born in San Cristovo de Cea, Province of Ourense. After emerging through local giants Celta de Vigo's youth ranks he made his professional debut also in Galicia, loaned in the lower leagues. He rejoined Celta for the 2000–01 season but only appeared in four La Liga games, following which he returned to Segunda División, going on to have a steady career in that tier (for instance, from 2006 to 2008, at Albacete, he played 80 out of 82 possible league matches).

For the 2008–09 campaign, the 32-year-old Noguerol returned to Celta, still in division two, for a third spell. He was relatively used in his two-year stay as the side constantly battled with relegation, eventually managing to stay afloat.

On 7 June 2015, after five seasons between Girona and Albacete, competing in both the second and third tiers, Noguerol announced his retirement at the age of 38, being immediately appointed manager of his last club's reserves. In 2016, he became an assistant to the first team, only to return to his previous role on 27 June 2018.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Albacete B 7 June 20159 June 2016 Albacete B 27 June 20188 October 2019 Albacete (interim) 4 May 20212 June 2021 Career total —

Honours Celta UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000