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Dani Vidal
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Vidal González
Date of birth	14 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tarragona, Spain
Team information
Current team	Gimnàstic (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
2005–2013	Gimnàstic
Managerial career
2013–2017	Gimnàstic (youth)
2017–2018	Pobla Mafumet (assistant)
2018–2020	Gimnàstic (youth)
2020–2021	Pobla Mafumet
2021–2023	Gimnàstic (assistant)
2023–	Gimnàstic

Daniel "Dani" Vidal González (born 14 June 1992) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Career

Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Vidal played for hometown side Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a youth before retiring at the age of 20, and immediately starting to coach the club's Infantil B squad.^[1] He then progressed through the club's youth categories, before being named an assistant of Juan Manuel Pavón at the farm team CF Pobla de Mafumet on 25 October 2017.^[2]

Vidal returned to the structure of Nàstic for the 2018–19 season, being named manager of the Juvenil B squad. On 15 December 2020, after being in charge of the Juvenil A team, he was appointed at the helm of Pobla.^[3]

On 16 June 2021, Vidal was named Raül Agné's assistant in the first team of Gimnàstic.^[4] On 27 February 2023, he was appointed manager of the club after the dismissal of Iñaki Alonso,^[5] and became the first manager of the club's history to manage them in all categories (youth, reserve and senior).^[6]

Vidal made his debut as manager of Nàstic on 5 March 2023, in a 1–0 home win over Real Sociedad B which ended the club's four-match winless run.^[7] On 9 June, after six wins and four draws in 13 matches, he renewed his contract with the club for a further two years.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 22 June 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref
Pobla de Mafumet		15 December 2020	16 June 2021	23	10	9	4	39	23	+16	043.48	^[9]
Gimnàstic		27 February 2023	Present	56	27	17	12	61	39	+22	048.21	^[10]
Career total				79	37	26	16	100	62	+38	046.84	—

References

^ "Dani Vidal (Nàstic Cadet A): "Competirem al màxim per jugar la Copa Catalunya"" [Dani Vidal (Nàstic Cadet A): "We will compete at most to play in the Copa Catalunya"] (in Catalan). FutbolCatalunya.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "La Pobla de Mafumet aposta per Juanma Pavón com a relleu de Vílchez" [Pobla de Mafumet bet on Juanma Pavón as replacement of Vílchez] (in Catalan). El Vallenc. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Dani Vidal, nou entrenador del filial grana" [Dani Vidal, new manager of the grana reserve team] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Dani Vidal, segundo entrenador de Raúl Agné en el Nàstic y Felip Ortiz, a la Pobla" [Dani Vidal, assistant manager of Raúl Agné at Nàstic and Felip Ortiz, to Pobla] (in Spanish). Diari Més. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Dani Vidal, primer tècnic grana" [Dani Vidal, grana first team manager] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Dani Vidal, el primer entrenador del Nàstic en passar per totes les categories" [Dani Vidal, the first manager of Nàstic to go through all categories] (in Catalan). Tarragona 21. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "El debut soñado de Dani Vidal con el Nàstic" [The dream debut of Dani Vidal with Nàstic] (in Spanish). Sport. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Dani Vidal, entrenador grana 2023–2024" [Dani Vidal, grana manager 2023–2024] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "CF Pobla de Mafumet" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ "Matches Dani Vidal, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
"Matches Dani Vidal, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 14 April 2024.