Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergio Escobar Cabus | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Almassora, Spain | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Saguntino (manager) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Castellón (youth) | |||
2012–2013 | Alqueries | ||
2013 | Altura | ||
2013–2014 | Almazora | ||
2014–2015 | Vinaròs | ||
2015 | Segorbe | ||
2015–2016 | Burriana | ||
2016–2017 | Onda | ||
2017 | Castellón B | ||
2017–2018 | Castellón | ||
2019–2020 | Soneja | ||
2020–2021 | América de Cali (assistant) | ||
2021 | Šibenik | ||
2021–2022 | Castellón | ||
2023– | Saguntino |
Sergio "Sergi" Escobar Cabus (born 13 April 1975) is a Spanish professional football manager, who is currently in charge of Atlético Saguntino.
Escobar began his career as a manager of CD Castellón's youth categories, and worked as manager at lower league sides Alqueries CF, CD Altura[1] and CD Almazora in the regional leagues.[2] In the 2014–15 campaign, he was in charge of Vinaròs CF before promoting CD Segorbe to the Preferente.[3]
In the 2015–16 season he became head coach of CD Burriana,[4] and was at the helm of CD Onda in 2016–17.[5] With the latter, he achieved promotion to Tercera División after winning the Group 1 of the Preferente.[citation needed] In 197 games managed in Preferente, he has the highest average in history with 2.086 points per game.[citation needed]
In the summer of 2017, Escobar returned to Castellón after being named manager of the B-team,[6] but was appointed in charge of the first team in the fourth division in November, after the dismissal of Frank Castelló.[7] In June 2018, after achieving promotion to Segunda División B, he renewed his contract for two more seasons.[8]
On 17 September 2018, Escobar was dismissed as head coach of CD Castellón, after the 2–2 draw against RCD Espanyol B and four games with three draws and one defeat.[9] He led Castellón in 38 official matches in which he achieved 21 victories, 12 draws and 5 defeats.[citation needed] He also closed that stage without having suffered any defeat at the home stadium.[citation needed]
On 10 October 2019, Escobar returned to the regional leagues after being named manager of CD Soneja.[10]
In July 2020, Escobar signed with Colombian Categoría Primera A club América de Cali, to be the assistant of Argentine Juan Cruz Real.[11][12] In the inaugural season with the club, his side won the 2020 league championship.[citation needed]
On 30 March 2021, Escobar was appointed manager of Croatian Prva HNL club HNK Šibenik.[13] In his first game four days later, he drew 1–1 against Dinamo Zagreb at home.[14]
On 22 May 2021, Escobar returned to Castellón, with his side now in Segunda División.[15]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Almazora | 1 July 2013 | 10 June 2014 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 52.78 | |
Vinaròs | 10 June 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41.18 | |
Burriana | 30 June 2015 | 20 June 2016 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 50.00 | |
Onda | 21 June 2016 | 6 June 2017 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 63.89 | |
Castellón B | 6 June 2017 | 14 November 2017 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 45.45 | |
Castellón | 14 November 2017 | 17 September 2018 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 55.26 | |
Soneja | 10 October 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 45.00 | |
Šibenik | 30 March 2021 | 22 May 2021 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 20.00 | |
Castellón | 22 May 2021 | 29 May 2022 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 35.71 | |
Saguntino | 31 January 2023 | Present | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 42.86 | |
Total | 293 | 139 | 81 | 73 | 453 | 295 | +158 | 47.44 |
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