Dani Poyatos
Personal information
Full name Daniel Poyatos Algaba[1]
Date of birth (1978-06-23) 23 June 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2006–2012 Espanyol (youth)
2012–2014 Bahrain (youth)
2014–2017 Real Madrid (youth)
2017–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2018–2020 Real Madrid (youth)
2020 Panathinaikos
2021–2022 Tokushima Vortis
2023– Gamba Osaka

Daniel "Dani" Poyatos Algaba (born 23 June 1978) is a Spanish professional football manager he is the currently manager of J1 League club Gamba Osaka. Besides Spain, he has managed in Bahrain, Israel, Greece and Japan.[2]

Managerial career

Born in Barcelona, Poyatos began working in the youth ranks of hometown club RCD Espanyol. After working for the underage teams of the Bahrain national team and the under-18s of the Catalonia national team, he became the assistant to Jordi Cruyff at Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2017. In July 2018, he returned to Real Madrid and their Juvenil A team, after Guti headed to Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey.[3]

On 22 July 2020, Poyatos signed as head coach of Panathinaikos on a two-year contract for the start of the 2020–21 season.[4] He lost his competitive debut in Super League Greece on 13 September away to Asteras Tripolis, with the only goal being scored by compatriot Adrián Riera.[5]

After starting the 2020–21 season with just a point in his first three games, Poyatos left the club by mutual consent on 12 October 2020.[6]

On 24 December 2020, Poyatos signed as manager of the 2020 J2 League champions and newly promoted J1 League side Tokushima Vortis ahead of the 2021 season,[7] replacing compatriot Ricardo Rodríguez who left for fellow J1 League side Urawa Red Diamonds.[8]

On 23 November 2022, Poyatos signed as manager of J1 club, Gamba Osaka from the 2023 season.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 February 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Panathinaikos Greece 21 July 2020 12 October 2020 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 000.00
Tokushima Vortis Japan 1 February 2021 31 January 2023 85 24 30 31 85 103 −18 028.24
Gamba Osaka Japan 1 February 2023 Present 44 12 9 23 48 72 −24 027.27
Career total 132 36 40 56 134 178 −44 027.27

References

  1. ^ "El Panathinaikos, a por Poyatos, entrenador del Juvenil A del Real Madrid" [Panathinaikos after Poyatos, manager of Real Madrid Juvenil A]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ Dani Poyatos, un entrenador a 10,000 kilómetros de su equipo as.com
  3. ^ "Dani Poyatos, nuevo entrenador del Juvenil A del Real Madrid" [Dani Poyatos, new manager of Real Madrid Juvenil A]. El Español (in Spanish). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Dani Poyatos is the new coach!". PAO. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Adrián Riera afea el estreno de Poyatos en el Panathinaikos" [Adrián Riera spoils Poyatos' debut for Panathinaikos]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός: Και επισήμως παρελθόν ο Πογιάτος!" [Panathinaikos: and Poyatos is officially gone!] (in Greek). ProtoThema. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Tokushima hires former Real Madrid youth coach Dani Poyatos as manager". The Japan Times. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. ^ "リカルド ロドリゲス監督就任のお知らせ | トップチームトピックス". URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. ^ "ダニエル ポヤトス氏 監督就任のお知らせ". ガンバ大阪. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.


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