Joan Esteva Pomares (born 28 April 1973) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Philippines Football League club Manila Digger.
Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Esteva played for the youth teams of PB Anguera, Europa and Espanyol, before spending two seasons with third-tier L'Hospitalet. He also played for Cerdanyola Mataró and Sant Andreu.
Managerial career Esteva became player-manager of CF Alella, before taking up a similar position at Sant Cugat. He went on to manage Sporting Mahonés, Constància and Castellón, before joining Ferreries in June 2015. After a short spell, he joined his former club Sant Andreu in October of the same year.
In August 2019, Esteva became the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Resources Capital. On 3 June 2022, it was announced that Esteva had left the club after 3 years.
On 19 September 2022, Esteva was appointed as the Director of Football for Philippines Football League club United City.
On 4 November 2022, Esteva returned to Resources Capital as the head coach of the club once again. On 29 May 2023, he left the club.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsL'Hospitalet1992–93Segunda División B16200001621993–941810000181Career total3430000343 Notes
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordSporting Mahonés20092011Constància20122014Figueres20182019Resources Capital20192022Total
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