Iñaki Tejada
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Tejada Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Iturrigorri | |||
| 1979–1985 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Bilbao Athletic | 13 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Sestao (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | → Lemona (loan) | ||
| 1988–1989 | Marbella | ||
| 1989–1990 | Hospitalet | ||
| 1990–1991 | Gandía | ||
| 1991–1992 | Lugo | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 30 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1998 | Sporting Gijón (youth) | ||
| 1998–2003 | Sporting B (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2012 | Sporting Gijón (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| 2012–2014 | Sporting B (assistant) | ||
| 2014– | Sporting Gijón (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Iñaki Tejada Fernández (born 19 November 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current assistant manager of Sporting de Gijón.
Career
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Tejada joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 1979, aged 13, after starting it out at SD Iturrigorri.[1] Promoted to the reserves in 1985, he made his professional debut on 27 April of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Roberto Martínez in a 1–6 Segunda División home loss against CD Málaga.
After appearing sparingly, Tejada served loans at Sestao River Club and SD Lemona, suffering a severe knee injury while at the latter. He would subsequently represent CA Marbella, CE L'Hospitalet, CF Gandía and CD Lugo, the latter in Segunda División B.[2]
After retiring at the age of just 27 due to injuries, Tejada joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup as a coach. In 1998, he was appointed Marcelino García Toral's assistant at the club's reserve team, being also with the manager in the main squad.[3]
Tejada remained at Mareo after Marcelino's departure, being an assistant of both Ciriaco Cano and Manolo Preciado.[4] On 31 January 2012, after Preciado's dismissal, he was appointed manager of the first team.[5]
Tejada was in charge of the Asturians for two matches (a 1–1 draw against CA Osasuna and a 0–4 defeat against Valencia CF) before being replaced by Javier Clemente.[6]
Tejada was appointed Abelardo Fernández's assistant at Sporting B for the 2012–13 campaign. On 5 May 2014, after the manager's promotion to the first team, he remained as his second fiddle.[7]
References
- ↑ "Iñaki Tejada" (in Spanish). Iturrigorri's official website. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "Tejada triunfa en Gijón con la receta de Lezama" [Tejada triumphs in Gijón with Lezama's recipee] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "Un pedacito de Lezama en Mareo" [A little piece of Lezama in Mareo] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "La hora de Iñaki Tejada" [Iñaki Tejada's time] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ ""Lamento si hice algo mal, seré de este equipo siempre"" ["I'm sorry if i did something wrong, this will be my team for always"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "Javi Clemente piensa ya en sportinguista" [Javi Clemente already thinks as a sportinguista] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón's official website. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "Abelardo sustituye a Sandoval hasta final de temporada" [Abelardo replaces Sandoval until the end of the season] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Iñaki Tejada profile at BDFutbol
- Iñaki Tejada manager profile at BDFutbol
- Soccerway profile