César Láinez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Láinez and the second or maternal family name is Sanjuán.
César Láinez
Personal information
Full name César Láinez Sanjuán
Date of birth (1977-04-10) 10 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Zaragoza B 77 (0)
1998–2004 Zaragoza 103 (0)
1999 → Villarreal (loan) 3 (0)
Total 183 (0)
International career
1994 Spain U18 2 (0)
1997 Spain U20 5 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Zaragoza B
2017 Zaragoza
2017–2018 Zaragoza B
2019 Conquense
2019–2020 Teruel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

César Láinez Sanjuán (born 10 April 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the manager of CD Teruel.

He played 69 La Liga games during six seasons, with Zaragoza and Villarreal.

Club career

A Real Zaragoza youth graduate, Zaragoza-born Láinez made his professional debut with its B-side, but struggled initially to find a first-team place. In January 1999 he served a six-month loan stint at Villarreal CF, playing three La Liga matches as the season ended in relegation.

After his return to Zaragoza, Láinez had to wait until the 2001–02 campaign to become first-choice, but his team would again be relegated. He was instrumental in the Aragonese club's immediate promotion, and subsequently helped it finish in a comfortable 12th place, also conquering the Copa del Rey after an extra time win against Real Madrid.[1]

Láinez spent the entire 2004–05 recovering from knee surgery,[2] and ultimately retired from football in May 2005, at only 28.[3] He subsequently became a sports commentator for local TV channels.[4]

Láinez returned to his lifetime club Zaragoza on 9 October 2014, being appointed manager of the reserves.[5] On 19 March 2017 he replaced Raül Agné at the helm of the first team, who now competed in Segunda División.[6]

On 9 June 2017, after managing to avoid relegation with the main squad, Láinez signed a new three-year contract with the reserve side.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 22 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Zaragoza B Spain 9 October 2014 19 March 2017 105 54 22 29 168 101 +67 051.43 [8]
Zaragoza Spain 19 March 2017 11 June 2017 12 3 6 3 12 10 +2 025.00 [9]
Zaragoza B Spain 11 June 2017 11 June 2018 38 3 11 24 33 69 −36 007.89 [10]
Conquense Spain 15 January 2019 23 May 2019 18 4 7 7 13 18 −5 022.22 [11]
Teruel Spain 28 June 2019 Present 18 13 4 1 31 9 +22 072.22 [12]
Total 191 77 50 64 257 207 +50 040.31 —

Honours

Zaragoza

References

  1. ^ Galletti gives Zaragoza glory; UEFA, 18 March 2004
  2. ^ El club de las rodillas rotas (Shattered knees society); Heraldo de Aragón, 29 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Barcelona end season in stalemate; UEFA, 28 May 2005
  4. ^ Aragón TV recuerda los 10 años de sus primeras emisiones en pruebas con un especial de ‘El Avispero’ (Aragón TV remembers 10 years of first experimental broadcasts with ‘El Avispero’ special); Aragón TV, 24 February 2016 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ César Láinez, nuevo entrenador del Real Zaragoza B (César Láinez, new manager of Real Zaragoza B); Heraldo de Aragón, 9 October 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ César Láinez sustituye a Raúl Agné como entrenador del Real Zaragoza (César Láinez replaces Raúl Agné as manager of Real Zaragoza) Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Real Zaragoza, 19 March 2017 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ César Láinez renueva para las tres próximas temporadas con el Deportivo Aragón (César Láinez renews for the next three seasons with Deportivo Aragón); Mundo Deportivo, 9 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Laínez: César Laínez Sanjuán". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 17) 2015–16" [Tercera División (Group 17) 2015–16] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2015–16" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2015–16] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
    "Real Zaragoza B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Laínez: César Laínez Sanjuán". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Laínez: César Laínez Sanjuán". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Laínez: César Laínez Sanjuán". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  12. ^ "2019–20 Teruel Fixtures & Results" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala" [Zaragoza, no such thing as a bad fifth Cup] (in Spanish). ABC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 7 July 2014.