Jordi Gonzalvo
Personal information
Full name Jordi Gonzalvo Solà
Date of birth (1947-06-13) 13 June 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1960–1963 Barcelona
1963–1964 CD Universitario
1964–1966 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 Sant Andreu
1967–1969 Blanes
1969–1970 Atlético Baleares
1970–1971 Sitges
1971–1973 Blanes
1973–1977 Cerdanyola Vallès
Managerial career
1977–1978 Sant Andreu B
1978–1979 La Salle Bonanova
1979–1980 Figueres
1980–1981 Gramenet
1981–1982 Canovelles
1982–1985 Figueres
1985–1988 Lleida
1988–1989 Figueres
1989–1990 Mollerussa
1990–1993 Sant Andreu
1994 Levante
1995 Terrassa
1995–1997 Gimnàstic
1997–1998 Castellón
1998–1999 Cádiz
2000 Terrassa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordi Gonzalvo Solà (born 13 June 1947) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a current coach and pundit for the Catalan public television TV3 (Catalonia).

Playing career

Gonzalvo was born in Barcelona, Catalonia. A FC Barcelona youth graduate, he made his senior debuts with UE Sant Andreu in 1966, in Tercera División. He only appeared for lower league sides in his native region during his whole career, notably representing CD Atlético Baleares and CD Blanes, and retired in 1977 at the age of 30.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Gonzalvo took up coaching, being appointed at former team Sant Andreu's reserve side. In 1979, after a short spell at CE La Salle Bonanova, he was appointed manager of UE Figueres in the fourth tier; after failing to win promotion, he was dismissed.

Gonzalvo subsequently spent one full season at UDA Gramenet and another at UE Canovelles, and returned to Figueres in the 1982 summer. He achieved promotion at first attempt, but was sacked midway through the 1984–85 campaign.[1]

In 1985 Gonzalvo was appointed at the helm of UE Lleida, in Segunda División B. He was promoted to Segunda División in 1987 and took the club to an impressive sixth place in the following campaign, but returned to Figueres in 1988.

In the 1990 summer, after a year at CFJ Mollerussa, Gonzalvo was named UE Sant Andreu manager. He appeared in the promotion play-offs for two consecutive years, but failed to promote.[2]

Gonzalvo continued to manage solely in the third division in the following years, with Levante UD,[3] Terrassa FC (two stints),[4] Gimnàstic de Tarragona, CD Castellón[5] and Cádiz CF.

References

  1. ^ "1984–85: Bach destitueix Gonzalvo" [1984–85: Bach sacks Gonzalvo] (in Catalan). UE Figueres. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Dos promociones de nefasto recuerdo" [Two promotions of grim memories] (in Spanish). Sport. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Una década de trasvases entre Levante y Nàstic" [A decade of transfers between Levante and Nàstic] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Jordi Gonzalvo, nou entrenador del Terrassa Futbol Club" [Jordi Gonzalvo, new manager of Terrassa Futbol Club]. VilaWeb. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Jordi Gonzalvo hace otra vez temible al histórico Castellón" [Jordi Gonzalvo makes frightening again a historical Castellón] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 27 August 1997. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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