Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubén de la Barrera Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1985 | ||
Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vizela (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Ural | |||
Orillamar | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Victoria | |||
Managerial career | |||
2004–2006 | Ural (youth) | ||
2006–2007 | Arteixo (youth) | ||
2007–2009 | Montañeros (youth) | ||
2010–2012 | Villaralbo | ||
2013–2014 | Guijuelo | ||
2014–2015 | Valladolid B | ||
2015–2016 | Guijuelo | ||
2016–2018 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
2018 | Real Sociedad (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | Al Ahli | ||
2020 | Viitorul Constanța | ||
2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
2021–2022 | Albacete | ||
2023 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
2023 | El Salvador | ||
2023– | Vizela | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rubén Alfonso de la Barrera Fernández (born 18 January 1985) is a Spanish football manager who is the current head coach of Primeira Liga club Vizela.
Born in A Coruña, Galicia, de la Barrera started his managerial career with Ural CF's youth categories in 2004, having previously represented the club, Victoria CF and Orillamar SD as a player. [1] After being in charge of Atlético Arteixo and Montañeros CF's Juvenil squads, [2] he was named manager of Tercera División side GCE Villaralbo on 27 May 2010. [1]
De la Barrera took Villaralbo to two consecutive play-offs during his spell at the club, [3] but still left in June 2012. After one full season without a club, he was appointed CD Guijuelo manager on 18 July 2013. [4]
In his debut campaign in Segunda División B, de la Barrera again reached the play-offs, being knocked out by CD Leganés. On 30 June 2014, he was appointed at the helm of fellow third-tier club Real Valladolid B. [5]
On 1 July 2015, de la Barrera returned to Guijuelo, [6] but only finished the season in the sixth position. On 27 May of the following year he was appointed manager of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, [7] achieving promotion to Segunda División as champions in his first campaign. [8]
De la Barrera's first professional match occurred on 18 August 2017, a 2–0 away loss against Lorca FC. [9] On 8 June of the following year, after suffering relegation in the last round, he was named Asier Garitano's assistant at Real Sociedad. [10]
In December 2018, de la Barrera began his first job abroad, taking over on an 18-month contract at Al Ahli SC (Doha) who were 5th in the Qatar Stars League. [11] Shortly before completing a year in the position, he left the 7th-placed club by mutual agreement. [12]
On 7 August 2020, de la Barrera took over Romanian Liga I side FC Viitorul Constanța, [13] but left on 30 November by agreement with his employer. [14] The following 12 January, he replaced Fernando Vázquez at the helm of Deportivo de La Coruña, in his country's third division. [15]
On 2 June 2021, de la Barrera was named manager of Albacete Balompié, freshly relegated to Primera División RFEF. [16] He led the side back to the second level at first attempt, before leaving on a mutual agreement on 15 June 2022. [17]
On 20 September 2023, de La Barrera was named as the head coach of the El Salvador national team. [18] Three months later, he resigned, stating in a press conference that a first division club from an "important league" had contacted him and convinced him to join them. [19]
On 19 December 2023, de la Barrera was appointed as manager of Portuguese Primeira Liga club Vizela, signing a contract until June 2025. [20]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Villaralbo |
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27 May 2010 | 30 June 2012 | 82 | 48 | 18 | 16 | 140 | 85 | +55 | 58.54 | [21] |
Guijuelo |
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18 July 2013 | 30 June 2014 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 42.11 | [22] |
Valladolid B |
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30 June 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 54 | +0 | 36.84 | [23] |
Guijuelo |
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1 July 2015 | 27 May 2016 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 45.00 | [24] |
Cultural Leonesa |
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27 May 2016 | 8 June 2018 | 91 | 44 | 24 | 23 | 162 | 121 | +41 | 48.35 | [25] |
Al Ahli |
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14 December 2018 | 18 November 2019 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 41.67 | |
Viitorul Constanța |
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7 August 2020 | 30 November 2020 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 33.33 | |
Deportivo La Coruña |
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12 January 2021 | 26 May 2021 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 46.67 | [26] |
Albacete |
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2 June 2021 | 15 June 2022 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 52.38 | [27] |
Deportivo La Coruña |
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16 May 2023 | 14 June 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 50.00 | [28] |
El Salvador |
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19 September 2023 | 18 December 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Vizela |
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19 December 2023 | Present | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 18.18 | |
Total | 412 | 189 | 101 | 122 | 600 | 489 | +111 | 45.87 | — |