Eduard 'Edu' Vílchez Ortiz (born 22 September 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and is a manager.
Club career Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Vílchez graduated from Real Madrid's youth setup. He made his professional debut on 9 September 1984, aged only 17, starting with the reserves in a 0–4 home loss against FC Barcelona B in the Segunda División championship.0–4: Otra campanada Blaugrana en el Bernabeu (0–4: Another Blaugrana routing in Bernabeu); El Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 In the 1989 summer, after appearing regularly with Castilla, he joined CD Logroñés in La Liga.
Vílchez made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 24 September 1989, starting in a 1–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao.1–0: Sarabia, verdugo del Athletic (1–0: Sarabia, Athletic's torturer); El Mundo Deportivo, 25 September 1989 He scored his first goal on 12 November, but in a 2–4 loss at FC Barcelona.El Barça tambien exhibe su pólvora (Barça also shows their power); El Mundo Deportivo, 13 November 1989
In September 1990 Vílchez moved to Real Valladolid, also in the top level. After appearing more regularly during the campaign, he signed for RCD Espanyol, but was used rarely by the latter.
In 1992 Vílchez joined Palamós CF, in the second level. He subsequently moved to Elche CF in Segunda División B in 1994, and resumed his career in the same division but also in Tercera División, representing Palamós, FC Palafrugell and CF Peralada; he retired with the latter in 2002, aged 35.
Manager career Vílchez began his managerial career at ACD San Marcial in 2002, narrowly avoiding relegation in his second season. On 27 July 2004 he was appointed Logroñés manager,El entrenador será Eduardo Vilchez (The manager will be Eduardo Vilchez); Diario AS, 21 July 2004 but later joined the youth setup after the club's administrative relegation.
In November 2004 Vílchez was appointed at CD Linares, but left the club in January of the following year, after a bad run of results. He eventually returned to Logroñés in the 2005 summer, before joining UD Los Barrios in February 2006.Vílchez deja el CD Logroñés para entrenar a Los Barrios (Vílchez leaves CD Logroñés to manage Los Barrios); La Rioja, 22 February 2006
On 7 July 2007 Vílchez was appointed at the helm of Peralada.Vílchez, nuevo entrenador en el Peralada (Vílchez, new manager in Peralada); El Correo, 7 July 2007 After one season he resigned, and signed for Real Balompédica Linense on 11 June 2009.Eduardo Vílchez se deja querer por la Real Balompédica Linense (Eduardo Vílchez chooses Real Balompédica Linense); Andalucía Información, 11 June 2009
On 17 August 2010 Vílchez returned to Peralada,El ex albinegro Vílchez regresa al Peralada de la Primera catalana (Former albinegro Vílchez returns to Peralada in Primera Catalana); Europa Sur, 17 August 2010 now in the regional leagues. On 31 October 2012 he was appointed Palamós manager,El Palamós fitxa Edu Vílchez per redreçar el rumb i salvar la categoria (Palamós signs Edu Vílchez to straighten the course and avoid relegation); Diari de Girona, 31 October 2012 taking the club to a comfortable 12th place.
On 12 June 2013 Vílchez signed a contract with UE Olot, being effective on 1 July.Edu Vílchez será el nuevo técnico del Olot (Edu Vílchez will be the new manager of Olot); El Mundo Deportivo, 12 June 2013 He was sacked on 29 December, after a winless run of seven games.Arnau Sala reemplaza a Edu Vílchez como técnico del Olot (Arnau Sala replaces Edu Vílchez as Olot's manager); Vavel, 29 December 2013
On 16 October 2014 Vílchez was appointed UE Figueres manager.El Figueres confirma que Edu Vílchez és el nou entrenador (Figueres confirms that Edu Vílchez is the new manager); Diari de Girona, 16 October 2014 He left the club in 2016, and remained nearly a year without a club before being named CF Pobla de Mafumet's assistant on 22 June 2017;Antonio Rodríguez Saravia “Rodri” nou entrenador de La Pobla (Antonio Rodríguez Saravia "Rodri" new manager of Pobla); Pobla Mafumet, 22 June 2017 he also acted as the club's interim for some matches before being promoted to the first team as a part of Rodri's staff.Edu Vílchez deja la Pobla y entra en el cuerpo técnico del Nàstic (Edu Vílchez leaves Pobla and joins Nàstic's technical staff); Diari Més, 23 October 2017
On 13 November 2018, Vílchez was named Rodri's assistant at Extremadura UD. The following 19 February, after the manager's dismissal, he took over the first team in an interim manner.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord San Marcial1 July 200227 July 2004 Linares 7 December 200431 January 2005 Los Barrios 22 February 20067 July 2007 Peralada 7 July 200730 June 2008 Linense 11 June 200922 February 2010 Peralada 13 August 201030 June 2011 Palamós31 October 2012 30 June 2013Olot 1 July 201329 December 2013 Figueres 16 October 201420 May 2016Pobla Mafumet (interim)19 September 201723 October 2017Extremadura (interim)19 February 201927 February 2019Total —
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