Tomás Hervás

Tomás Alberto Hervás Girón (born 25 November 1970), known simply as Tomás as a player, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently assistant manager of Sporting de Gijón.

Playing career Born in Ponferrada, Region of León, Tomás graduated from Sporting de Gijón's youth academy, and made his senior debut with the reserves, playing several seasons with them in the Segunda División B. On 1 September 1991, he appeared in his first competitive match with the main squad – and in La Liga – starting a 1–0 away win against Real Valladolid.

Tomás signed for RC Celta de Vigo in summer 1998, remaining in the top division. He appeared regularly for the Galicians, and won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000.

After one and a half seasons at Sevilla FC with 24 total games, He suffered relegation with the Canarians in his second year, and left at the end of the 2004–05 campaign.

Tomás moved to AD Universidad de Oviedo in the 2005 off-season, being promoted to the third tier at the first attempt. He was relegated in the following season and announced his retirement, but returned to the team in January 2008.

Coaching career In July 2009, Hervás was appointed Abelardo Fernández's assistant manager at Sporting de Gijón B. He occupied that role in the first team for one year, then coached the reserves in the last match of 2013–14, against Burgos CF.

On 16 June 2014, Hervás signed a permanent one-year contract at the helm of the B side. He was dismissed on 6 April 2016.

Hervás again reunited with Abelardo in December 2019, being named his assistant at RCD Espanyol.

Personal life Hervás' younger brother Aitor (born 1982) was also a footballer and a midfielder. He spent his entire career in the lower leagues, and they were teammates at Universidad Oviedo.

Managerial statistics

TeamNatFromToRecord Sporting Gijón B 9 May 20146 April 2016 Total

Honours Celta UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000