Juan Manuel Rodríguez Pérez (born 16 December 1958) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Las Palmas B.
Managerial career Rodríguez was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and began his managerial career with CD Arguineguín after his footballing career was cut short due to injury. He rotated through clubs in his native regions for the following campaigns, and in 1995 was appointed manager of UD Las Palmas Atlético, being also an assistant at the main squad. Cuando Pacuco nos hizo felices (When Pacuco made us happy); Canarias 7, 21 June 2011
After suffering team relegation from Segunda División B with UD Realejos in 1997, Rodríguez spent three full campaigns at UD Lanzarote, being promoted from Tercera División in his second. He left the latter in 2000, and only returned to the bench two years later, taking over UD Vecindario and being champion of its group.
On 1 July 2003, Rodríguez returned to Las Palmas, now as manager of the first team in Segunda División.Juan Manuel Rodríguez, técnico de Las Palmas (Juan Manuel Rodríguez, manager of Las Palmas); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 July 2003 He was relieved from his duties in December, after only winning three matches out of 16.La UD Las Palmas cesa al entrenador y suena David Vidal (UD Las Palmas sacks the manager and David Vidal sounds near); El Mundo Deportivo, 14 December 2003
In the 2004 summer Rodríguez was named at the helm of UD Villa de Santa Brígida, taking the club to the third level at the end of the 2006–07 campaign. On 28 October 2007, he went back to the UD for a third spell,Juan Manuel Rodríguez vuelve al banquillo amarillo (Juan Manuel Rodríguez returns to the amarillo bench); Canarias 7, 28 October 2007 being sacked on 3 December of the following year.La plantilla se planta, Rodríguez es destituido y Javier Vidales le releva (The squad stands, Rodríguez is sacked and Javier Vidales replaces him); El Diario, 3 December 2008
On 27 February 2011, Rodríguez was again appointed manager of Las Palmas, replacing fired Paco Jémez.Juan Manuel Rodríguez, nuevo entrenador de la UD Las Palmas (Juan Manuel Rodríguez, new manager of UD Las Palmas); Europa Press, 27 February 2011 After narrowly avoiding relegation he renewed his link, and after a final 9th position in the following season, he left the club.Juan Manuel Rodríguez: "Me voy con el deber cumplido" (Juan Manuel Rodríguez: "I leave with the feeling of having fulfilled my duty"); Marca, 6 June 2012
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Arguineguín 1 July 198823 June 1989Vecindario1 July 199030 June 1991Aridane30 June 19911 July 1992 Arguineguín 1 July 199228 June 1993Vecindario28 June 19931 July 1995Las Palmas B1 July 19953 July 1996Realejos20 October 19962 December 1996Lanzarote1 July 199730 June 2000Vecindario10 June 20021 July 2003Las Palmas1 July 200314 December 2003Villa Santa Brígida1 July 200428 October 2007Las Palmas28 October 20073 December 2008Las Palmas27 February 20116 June 2012Las Palmas B8 November 201713 January 2022Las Palmas B20 April 2026PresentTotal —
References
External links
Soccerway profile