José Aurelio Gay
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Aurelio Gay López[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1965-12-10) 10 December 1965 (age 58)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Madrid | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1988 | Real Madrid B | 109 | (14) |
1988–1991 | Español | 80 | (12) |
1991–1996 | Zaragoza | 114 | (20) |
1996–1997 | Oviedo | 13 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Toledo | 30 | (2) |
Total | 346 | (48) | |
International career | |||
1983 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U21 | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2001 | Toledo | ||
2001–2002 | Real Madrid C | ||
2002–2005 | Pontevedra | ||
2005–2006 | Jaén | ||
2006 | Lorca Deportiva | ||
2008 | Fuenlabrada | ||
2009 | Pontevedra | ||
2009 | Zaragoza B | ||
2009–2010 | Zaragoza | ||
2012–2013 | Racing Santander | ||
2013–2015 | Real Madrid C | ||
2016 | Palencia | ||
2019–2021 | Espanyol B | ||
2023 | Vaca Díez | ||
2023 | Guabirá | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Aurelio Gay López (born 10 December 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.
He was associated with Zaragoza throughout his career, serving the club as both a player and manager.[2] He amassed La Liga totals of 180 matches and 27 goals over eight seasons, starting out at Castilla.
After starting working in that capacity in 2001, Gay went on to coach a host of clubs in the Segunda División and Segunda División B.
Playing career
Born in Madrid, Gay began playing football with Real Madrid, eventually progressing to the reserves, Castilla CF.[3] While at the club he was a member of the Spain under-20 side that finished runners-up at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, starting in five of six games and appearing as a substitute in the other.[4]
After four seasons in the Segunda División, Gay moved up to La Liga with RCD Español in summer 1988. He scored twice in 17 matches in his debut season, in which the Catalans were relegated, but eventually established himself in the starting XI, spending one season in the second tier and another in the first; in 1990–91, his last year, he was the team's second-highest league scorer with five goals – only behind German Wolfram Wuttke – as he helped them to narrowly retain their top-flight status.[5][6][7]
Gay signed for Real Zaragoza on 4 July 1991.[8] In consecutive seasons he helped the Aragonese to the 1994 Copa del Rey and the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, although he was seriously injured during the latter campaign. He featured sparingly afterwards, and left the club in June 1996.[9]
Gay's final three seasons were spent at Real Oviedo[10] and CD Toledo, totalling only 43 league appearances for both clubs and retiring in 1999 at age 33.[11]
Coaching career
After his retirement, Gay managed numerous teams in both the second division and the Segunda División B, starting at his last club Toledo. Real Madrid C, Pontevedra CF, Real Jaén, Lorca Deportiva CF,[12] CF Fuenlabrada and Deportivo Aragón followed;[13] he took the reins of the latter's first team following the dismissal of Marcelino García Toral on 12 December 2009.[14]
Gay's first game in charge of Zaragoza saw them lose 6–0 away against Real Madrid, a result that led to rumours that he would be replaced by Víctor Muñoz;[15] the reports, however, proved to be unfounded and he was offered the job until June 2010.[2] After bringing in several new players in the January transfer window, the side's fortunes began to turn as he led them out of the relegation zone by mid-February,[16] eventually finishing in 14th position with 41 points.[17]
In mid-November 2010, with Zaragoza ranking last in the league (eventually managing to avoid relegation), Gay was sacked.[18] On 12 December 2012, after more than two years out of work, he replaced the fired Fabri at the helm of Racing de Santander,[19] lasting until March in a season that saw the Cantabrians relegated to the third division.[20][21]
Gay returned to Real Madrid C in November 2013.[22] He led the team to a top-half finish, but they were relegated to Tercera División due to the fate of Castilla[23] and disbanded in 2015.[24]
In August 2016, Gay ran training sessions for CD Palencia Balompié but did not manage the club in an official match.[25][26] He signed a one-year deal with the option of a second at third-tier RCD Espanyol B in June 2019.[27]
Gay later worked in the Bolivian Primera División, with C.D. Vaca Díez (resigning shortly after being appointed due to his father's ill health)[28] and Club Deportivo Guabirá.[29]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 22 December 2019
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
Toledo | ![]() | 12 February 2001 | 26 June 2001 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 057.89 | [30] |
Real Madrid C | ![]() | 26 June 2001 | 22 May 2002 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 040.00 | |
Pontevedra | ![]() | 23 September 2002 | 24 January 2005 | 110 | 47 | 29 | 34 | 042.73 | |
Jaén | ![]() | 21 November 2005 | 30 May 2006 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 040.00 | [31] |
Lorca Deportiva | ![]() | 29 June 2006 | 18 December 2006 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 022.22 | [32] |
Fuenlabrada | ![]() | 14 January 2008 | 19 May 2008 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 016.67 | [33] |
Pontevedra | ![]() | 9 February 2009 | 12 May 2009 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 042.86 | [34] |
Zaragoza B | ![]() | 1 July 2009 | 13 December 2009 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 086.67 | |
Zaragoza | ![]() | 13 December 2009 | 18 November 2010 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 024.32 | [35] |
Racing Santander | ![]() | 12 December 2012 | 5 March 2013 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 036.36 | [36] |
Real Madrid C | ![]() | 20 November 2013 | 29 May 2015 | 62 | 27 | 12 | 23 | 043.55 | |
Palencia | ![]() | 4 August 2016 | 10 August 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
Espanyol B | ![]() | 8 June 2019 | Present | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 050.00 | [37] |
Total | 389 | 160 | 96 | 133 | 041.13 | — |
Honours
Player
Zaragoza
- Copa del Rey: 1993–94[9]
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 1985[4]
Manager
Pontevedra
References
- ^ a b c d José Aurelio Gay at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Gay to stay at Zaragoza until end of season". ESPN Soccernet. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Matchday 15 opponent: Real Zaragoza". Real Madrid CF. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ a b Díez, Óscar (1 November 2014). "España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985" [Spain in the under’20 World Cups: USSR 1985] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "José Aurelio GAY" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Oliván, Santi (24 July 2017). "Tres temporadas, un descenso y un ascenso" [Three seasons, a promotion and a relegation] (in Spanish). Diario La Grada. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Molero, Iván (7 April 2020). "29 años de la tarde loca de Wuttke en Sarrià ante el Madrid de Antic" [29th anniversary of Wuttke's crazy afternoon at Sarrià against Antic's Madrid]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Andrés, Mariano (5 July 1991). "El Zaragoza presenta a Aurelio Gay" [Zaragoza present Aurelio Gay] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ a b Roy Martínez, J. (16 March 2015). "José Aurelio Gay: "Ni al Bayern ni al Barça, si pudiera volvería a entrenar al Zaragoza"" [José Aurelio Gay: "Forget about Bayern or Barça, I if could I would coach Zaragoza again"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Martínez, M. (30 May 1996). "Gay es el segundo refuerzo del club" [Gay is the second addition of the club] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Giménez, Paco (10 May 2020). "¿Qué fue de ellos? Los caminos vitales de los héroes de París en un cuarto de siglo" [What happened to them? The life paths of the Paris heroes in a quarter of a century]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "José Aurelio Gay ya es el nuevo entrenador del Lorca" [José Aurelio Gay is already the new manager of Lorca]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 June 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Jose Aurelio Gay, entrenador del Zaragoza B, a cargo del primer equipo" [Jose Aurelio Gay, Zaragoza B's manager, in charge of first team] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ "José Aurelio Gay dirige su primer entrenamiento" [José Aurelio Gay's first practice]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 December 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ Malek, Cyrus C. (23 December 2009). "Real Zaragoza change coaches again; Victor Munoz to replace Jose Aurelio Gay". Goal. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Zaragoza vs Gijon preview". ESPN Star Sports. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ Ferrer, Pedro Luis (2 November 2010). "Gay: "Las únicas cuentas que me hago son ganar al Mallorca"" [Gay: "The only maths I'm engaging in are beating Mallorca"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "El Zaragoza destituye a José Aurelio Gay al que sustituirá el mexicano Javier Aguirre" [Zaragoza dismiss José Aurelio Gay and he will be replaced by Mexican Javier Aguirre]. El Economista (in Spanish). 17 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "José Aurelio Gay, nuevo entrenador del Racing" [José Aurelio Gay, new Racing manager] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ Fernández, Sergio (5 March 2013). "Alejandro Menéndez sustituye a José Aurelio Gay como técnico" [Alejandro Menéndez replaces José Aurelio Gay as manager]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Baena, Juancar (12 March 2017). "Descensos vertiginosos. Capítulo 3: Racing de Santander, el centenario más amargo" [Lightning relegations. Chapter 3: Racing de Santander, the most bitter centenary]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "José Aurelio Gay, nuevo entrenador del Real Madrid C" [José Aurelio Gay, new manager of Real Madrid C]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Jiménez, Rubén (23 September 2014). "Real Madrid C to be axed?". Marca. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Cerezo, Hugo (29 May 2015). "So long, Real Madrid C". Marca. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "José Aurelio Gay presentado como nuevo entrenador del Deportivo Palencia" [José Aurelio Gay presented as new manager of Deportivo Palencia] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Cardenal, Alejandro (17 March 2017). "El Palencia se carga el regreso de Óscar de Paula al Toralín" [Palencia call off the return of Óscar de Paula to Toralín]. La Nueva Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Requena, Roger (8 June 2019). "José Aurelio Gay, nou entrenador de l'Espanyol B" [José Aurelio Gay, new manager of Espanyol B]. Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Rivero de Ugarte, Pedro (2 May 2023). "José Aurelio Gay renunció a la dirección técnica de Vaca Díez" [José Aurelio Gay resigned as Vaca Díez manager]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Duran, Rainer (14 August 2023). "José Aurelio Gay dejó de ser DT de Guabirá" [José Aurelio Gay is no longer HC of Guabirá]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Gay: José Aurelio Gay López". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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"Gay: José Aurelio Gay López". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 June 2019. - ^ "Gay: José Aurelio Gay López". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Gay: José Aurelio Gay López". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Los gallegos vuelven a El Arcángel" [Galicians return to El Arcángel]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). 5 September 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
External links
- José Aurelio Gay at BDFutbol
- José Aurelio Gay manager profile at BDFutbol
- José Aurelio Gay – FIFA competition record (archived)