Javi Medina

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Javi Medina
Personal information
Full name Javier Medina Morales
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth El Garrobo, Spain
Team information
Current team
Antequera (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2019–2022 Betis B (assistant)
2022–2023 Antequera (assistant)
2023– Antequera

Javier "Javi" Medina Morales (born 31 January 1994) is a Spanish football manager, who is currently in charge of Antequera.

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Career

Born in El Garrobo, Seville, Andalusia, Medina worked as a coach at CMD San Juan, UD Pilas and CD Gerena before joining Manuel Ruano's staff at Betis Deportivo Balompié initially as a technical assistant; he later became an assistant after Pablo del Pino became a manager of the B's. [1] [2] [3] He left the latter in 2022, and became an assistant of Abel Segovia at Antequera CF in July of that year. [4]

On 6 June 2023, after Segovia failed to agree new terms with the club, Medina was named manager of Antequera in Primera Federación; [5] [6] aged 29, he became the youngest manager in the top three divisions of Spanish football. [7] He made his senior debut as a manager on 26 August, in a 2–0 away loss to Atlético Madrid B. [8]

On 28 December 2023, Medina renewed his contract with Antequera until 2025. [9]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 October 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
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Total451911155653+3042.22

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References

  1. "Javi Medina: "Nuestro método es exigirnos mucho y jugar bien al fútbol"" [Javi Medina: "Our method is to demand a lot of ourselves and to play football well"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. "Plantilla Betis Deportivo" [Betis Deportivo squad] (in Spanish). Real Betis. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. "Javier Medina: entrenar al Antequera en Primera RFEF a los 29 años" [Javier Medina: managing Antequera in Primera RFEF at the age of 29] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. "#Deportes #Fútbol ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina y Ernesto Mancebo se suman al cuerpo técnico del Antequera CF encabezado por Abel Segovia. El primero ejercerá las funciones de 2º entrenador y el otro las de preparador de porteros" [#Sports #Football ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina and Ernesto Mancebo join the technical staff of Antequera CF headed by Abel Segovia. The former will work as an assistant manager and the other one will be a goalkeeping coach.]. 101tv Antequera (in Spanish). Facebook. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Javier Medina" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Javier Medina] (in Spanish). Antequera CF. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. "Javier Medina es el nuevo entrenador del Antequera" [Javier Medina is the new manager of Antequera] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. "El complicado inicio del Antequera de Javi Medina, el benjamín de 1ª RFEF" [The tough start of Javi Medina's Antequera, the benjamín of 1ª RFEF] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. "Debut amargo en Primera Federación del Antequera CF con el Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)" [Bittersweet debut of Antequera CF in Primera Federación with Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)] (in Spanish). 101tv Antequera. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. "Javier Medina, entrenador del Antequera hasta 2025" [Javier Medina, Antequera manager until 2025] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. "Matches Javi Medina, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    "Matches Javi Medina, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 October 2024.