Ferran Sibila

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Ferran Sibila
Personal information
Full name Ferran Sibila Pont [1]
Date of birth (1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Gironella, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Espanyol
Fundaciò Ferran Martorell
Manresa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2017 Atlètic Gironella
Managerial career
2020 IFK Göteborg (caretaker)
2024 HJK Helsinki (associate)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferran Sibila Font (born 13 July 1988) is a Spanish football coach.

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Coaching career

Sibila was an assistant coach of GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan during 2017–2018.

On 3 September 2020, after the then head coach Poya Asbaghi was sacked, Sibila was appointed caretaker head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. [2] after being an assistant since 2019. [3]

During the 2021–22 season, Sibila worked as an assistant coach of EFL Championship club Barnsley.

On 23 August 2022 he was hired as a development coach by Malmö FF, with a special focus on players who were out on loan. [4]

In the early November 2023, it was announced that Sibila will become the new manager of Finnish champions HJK Helsinki on a two-year deal, starting in 2024. [5] [6] [7] Later in January 2024, the club announced that due to his lack of the required UEFA Pro -coaching license, Sibila is not eligible to work as a manager in Veikkausliiga, and was named the associate coach of HJK with interim manager Ossi Virta, until he is able to attend the required coaching training class. [8] . Sibila was fired from HJK on 20 May 2024. [9]

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References

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  2. "Första träningen efter att kompisen fått sparken" (in Swedish). GT. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. "IFK Göteborg presenterar nytt samarbete" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. "Ferran Sibila till Malmö FF" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. Ferran Sibila HJK:n päävalmentajaksi kahden vuoden sopimuksella, HJK, 3 November 2023
  6. Hellanto, Riku (3 November 2023). "HJK julkisti uuden päävalmentajansa". mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  7. HJK:n tuleva päävalmentaja Ferran Sibila paalutti visionsa: ”Joukkueen pitää juosta paljon”, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 14 November 2023
  8. Ossi Virta: ”Valmennus on aina vahvasti tiimityötä – nyt oma roolini kasvaa”, hjk.fi, 15 January 2024
  9. https://www.is.fi/veikkausliiga/art-2000010438408.html