Juan Manuel Pavón

Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Pavón Domínguez (born 15 February 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of Gibraltar Football League club Lincoln Red Imps.

Club career Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Pavón finished his formation at Recreativo de Huelva, and made his senior debuts while on loan at Ayamonte CF in 1995. He was promoted to the main squad in Segunda División B in the following year by manager Joaquín Caparrós, appearing regularly.

In the 1998 summer Pavón was loaned to AD Ceuta, also in the third level. He returned to Recre after the expiry of his loan, and despite appearing sparingly for the former, was included in the first team and made his debut as a professional on 7 November 1999, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against Levante UD in the Segunda División.

On 8 November 2001 Pavón scored the first ever goal of Estadio Nuevo Colombino, and also netted the second in a 3–0 win against Newcastle United. Two months later, however, he moved to third level's Algeciras CF, alleging lack of match experience.

Pavón subsequently resumed his career in the third division but also in Tercera División, representing CD Badajoz, CD Alcalá, Racing Club Portuense and Ayamonte. He retired with the latter in 2009, aged 33.

Post-playing career After his retirement Pavón became Carlos Ríos' assistant at Recreativo de Huelva B. In 2012, he was appointed manager of the club's Juvenil squad.

On 10 February 2015, Pavón was named manager of the main squad, replacing fired José Luis Oltra. On 24 March, despite only suffering one defeat in six games, he was replaced by José Dominguez but remained in the first team, being appointed assistant manager.

Subsequently, Pavón was in charge of the reserves until October 2016, as he was appointed manager of the first team.

On 25 October 2017, Pavón was named CF Pobla de Mafumet manager.

On 19 May 2026, Pavón was appointed head coach of Gibraltar Football League champions Lincoln Red Imps.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNat.FromToRecord Recreativo10 February 201524 March 2015 Recreativo B1 July 201525 October 2016 Recreativo25 October 201612 July 2017 —