José Iñaki Alonso Rodríguez (born 7 August 1968) is a Spanish football manager, who is currently in charge of Andorran side UE Santa Coloma.
Manager career Born in Durango, Biscay, Basque Country, Alonso began his managerial career at local SCD Durango, and subsequently managed neighbours SD Eibar B, in Tercera División. In 2004, he was appointed SD Lemona manager, always achieving mid-table positions in his three-year spell.
On 19 July 2007 Alonso was appointed at the helm of Real Unión.Iñaki Alonso entrenará al Real Unión (Iñaki Alonso will manage Real Unión); El Mundo Deportivo, 19 July 2007 In the 2008–09 campaign, after knocking out Real Madrid in Copa del Rey,Iñaki Alonso, técnico del Real Unión: "Es un sueño" (Iñaki Alonso, manager of Real Unión: "It is a dream"); Diario AS, 11 November 2008 he led the Txuri-beltz back to Segunda División after a 44-year absence.
On 17 July 2010, after suffering relegation back with Real Unión, Alonso joined Real Murcia.Iñaki Alonso entrenará al Real Murcia (Iñaki Alonso will train Real Murcia); El Mundo Deportivo, 18 July 2010 He renewed with the club on 21 June of the following year, after returning to the second level at first attempt.El Real Murcia renueva a Iñaki Alonso por dos temporadas (Murcia renews Iñaki Alonso for two seasons); Marca, 21 June 2011
On 19 June 2012, after being relegated, Alonso was sacked.El Murcia anuncia la salida de Iñaki Alonso como entrenador (Murcia announces Iñaki Alonso's exit); Diario AS, 19 June 2012 On 7 July of the following year he was appointed Huracán Valencia CF manager.Iñaki Alonso, al Huracán (Iñaki Alonso, to Huracán) ; La Verdad, 7 July 2013
On 16 June 2014 Alonso was appointed at SD Compostela in the third level,Iñaki Alonso, nuevo entrenador del Compos (Iñaki Alonso, new manager of Compos); La Voz de Galicia, 16 June 2014 being relieved from his duties on 16 November 2015.El Compostela despide a Iñaki Alonso (The Compostela fires Iñaki Alonso); sd-compostela.blogspot, 16 November 2015 On 4 July 2016 he was appointed at Lorca FC,Inaki Alonso entrenará a La Hoya Lorca (Iñaki Alonso will train to the Hoya Lorca);[cadenaser, 4 July 2016 but only lasted six matchdays.
On 10 June 2017, Alonso became the head coach of Croatian First Football League team NK Rudeš, but left in December and returned to his home country with Deportivo Alavés' Juvenil A squad the following 4 January. On 4 March 2019, he took over the B-team in the fourth tier, and led the side back to division three months later.
Alonso renewed his contract until 2021 on 12 July 2019, but left the Miniglorias on a mutual agreement on 5 February 2021. On 10 November, Alonso was named in charge of Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa, but was sacked on 7 April 2022.
Alonso returned to Spain on 17 January 2023, after being named in charge of Gimnàstic de Tarragona in Primera Federación. On 26 February, after one win in just six matches, he was dismissed.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Durango 20022003 Eibar B200330 June 2004Lemona1 July 2004 19 July 2007Real Unión19 July 200717 July 2010 Murcia17 July 201019 June 2012Huracán7 July 201316 June 2014Compostela16 June 201416 November 2015Lorca4 July 201612 September 2016Rudeš 10 June 2017 27 December 2017 Alavés B4 March 20195 February 2021 Saprissa10 November 20217 April 2022 Gimnàstic17 January 202326 February 2023 Badajoz18 October 20233 March 2024Santa Coloma24 May 2025PresentTotal —
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