Mario Simón Matías

Mario Simón Matías (born 7 January 1981) is a Spanish football manager.

Manager career Born in Madrid, Simón began his managerial career at Club San Vicente de Albacete in 1998, taking care of the youth setup. In 2006, he was promoted to the main squad, being promoted with the side in his first campaign.

On 23 July 2009, after a short period at UD Villamalea, Simón was appointed Albacete Balompié B manager. On 24 March 2011 he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, replacing fired David Vidal.

Simón remained in charge of Alba for the remaining 12 matches, suffering relegation and leaving the club in June 2011. He subsequently was named UD Almansa manager in the following month.

Simón left the club in June 2012, returning to his duties in May 2013. On 12 June 2014, after missing out promotion in the play-offs with Almansa, he signed for La Roda CF.

On 10 October 2019, Atlético Albacete announced Simón as a head coach. On 7 June 2021, he was confirmed at the helm of Real Murcia CF in Segunda División RFEF.

Simón led Murcia to a promotion to Primera Federación in his first season, but left on 2 June 2023, after finishing his second one position shy of the play-offs. On 20 November 2024, after more than a year without a club, he took over fellow third division side CF Intercity, but was sacked the following 27 January.

On 17 September 2025, Simón was announced as manager of Unionistas de Salamanca CF also in division three, replacing departing Oriol Riera. On 25 May of the following year, after again narrowly missing out a play-off spot, he left.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord San Vicente 1 July 200630 June 2008 Villamalea30 June 200823 July 2009 —