Francisco "Fran" Escribá Segura (born 3 May 1965) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a left winger. He is the current head coach of Segunda División club Real Valladolid.
Playing career Born in Valencia, Escribá played youth football with Valencia, but never competed in higher than Segunda División B as a senior. He represented Mestalla, Nules, Andorra, Catarroja, Torrent, Eldense, Novelda, Villena and Pinoso.
In 2002, after a year in charge of Buñol, Escribá returned to Valencia, taking care of the youth sides.
Coaching career In 2004, Escribá started an association with Quique Sánchez Flores that would last several seasons, always as assistant. He started with Getafe, subsequently moving to Benfica and Atlético Madrid; the pair went their separate ways at the end of 2010–11, because the former wanted to have a go at head coaching.
Escribá was appointed at Segunda División club Elche on 12 June 2012. In his first year he led the Valencians to La Liga after an absence of 24 years and, on 28 May 2013, renewed his contract for two more seasons.
On 26 June 2015, following Elche's administrative relegation, Escribá was named Getafe manager. On 11 April of the following year, with the team seriously threatened with relegation, he was sacked.
On 11 August 2016, Escribá replaced Marcelino García Toral at the helm of Villarreal. He led the side to the fifth position in his first season, with the subsequent qualification for the UEFA Europa League.
On 25 September 2017, in spite of many injuries to the squad, and following a 4–0 away loss against former club Getafe, Escribá was fired. He returned to work on 3 March 2019, becoming Celta de Vigo's third coach of the campaign after Miguel Cardoso's dismissal.
Escribá was relieved of his duties on 3 November 2019, with the team sitting in the relegation zone. He returned to Elche in February 2021, avoiding relegation in the last matchday at the expense of Huesca after a 2–0 home win over Athletic Bilbao.
On 21 November 2021, following a 0–3 home loss to Real Betis which saw the side move into the relegation zone, Escribá was dismissed. Eleven months later, he took over Real Zaragoza in the second division.
Escribá was sacked on 20 November 2023, after an eight-match winless run. On 23 September 2024, he was appointed at fellow second-tier Granada, being shown the door on 14 May of the following year even though the team still had a chance of achieving promotion via the playoffs, eventually falling short by four points.
On 16 February 2026, Escribá became the head coach of Real Valladolid in the same league, on a contract until June 2027; he was their third manager of the season, with the team placed 19th.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamFromToRecord Elche12 June 201226 June 2015Getafe26 June 201511 April 2016Villarreal11 August 201625 September 2017Celta3 March 20193 November 2019Elche14 February 202121 November 2021Zaragoza7 November 202220 November 2023Granada23 September 202414 May 2025Valladolid16 February 2026PresentTotal—
Honours Elche Segunda División: 2012–13
Individual Miguel Muñoz Trophy (Segunda División): 2012–13
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