Chuchi Cos

Chuchi Cos

Personal information
Full name	Jesús Gómez Cos
Date of birth	(1968-10-26) 26 October 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Maliaño, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Gimnástica de Torrelavega
1990–1992	Laredo
1992–1993	Barakaldo	34	(16)
1993–1995	Xerez	46	(11)
1995–1996	Numancia	7	(0)
1996–1998	Pontevedra	47	(11)
1998–2000	Noja	33	(6)
2000–2001	Tropezón	30	(4)
Total		197	(48)
Managerial career
2002–2003	Palamós
2003	Racing Santander
2004–2006	Deportivo Alavés
2006–2007	Deportivo Alavés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Gómez Cos (born 26 October 1968) is a Spanish football manager and former player.^[1]

Playing career

Cos was born in Maliaño in the municipality of Camargo, Cantabria, and began his career with Cantabrian Tercera División side Gimnástica de Torrelavega in 1988. After helping Gimnástica win their Tercera División group in 1989–90, he joined Laredo in the same division for the following season. He stepped up a tier to sign for Barakaldo in Segunda División B in 1992. In his only season with the club, he scored sixteen goals thirty four matches. He went on to play for a succession of clubs in the third tier, spending two seasons with Xerez, one with Numancia and two with Pontevedra before joining newly promoted Noja in 1998. Noja were relegated straight back to the Tercera División after just one season, and Cos stayed at the club until 2000. He added a second Tercera División group win in 1999–2000, before returning to Segunda División B with Tropezón. Tropezón were relegated that season, and Cos retired in 2001 at the age of 32.^[2]

Coaching career

After retiring, Cos became a coach at Palamós, managing the newly promoted Segunda División B side from the start of the 2002–03 season.^[3] Palamós were owned at the time by Dmitry Piterman, who went on to buy a 24% stake of La Liga club Racing Santander in January 2003.^[4] Piterman immediately decided to replace Santander coach Manuel Preciado, bringing in Cos in his place.^[5]

Santander avoided relegation that season,^[6] but Cos was replaced by Lucas Alcaraz before the 2003–04 campaign.^[7] Piterman's next investment was to buy a 51% stake in Segunda División side Deportivo Alavés in July 2004,^[8] and he again immediately appointed Cos as manager.^[6]

Cos guided Alavés to promotion in his first season in charge,^[6] and remained as manager for the first 18 matches of the 2005–06 La Liga campaign.^[9] In January, Piterman made Cos director of football, and appointed Juan Carlos Oliva as the new manager. Oliva was fired after just five games for insubordination,^[10] with Mario Luna taking over until the end of the season,^[9] when Alavés were relegated.^[6]

Alavés began the following season with yet another manager, Julio Bañuelos,^[11] but he too was sacked just two games into the campaign,^[12] with Cos then reappointed as manager.^[13] After six wins from seventeen matches,^[6] Cos was also fired in January 2007. Alavés went on to have six different managers that season, with Fabri González, José Garmendia, Mario Luna and Quique Yagüe all coaching the team at some stage.^[13]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	1988–89	Tercera División			4	0	–		4	0
Laredo	1990–91	Tercera División			4	0	–		4	0
Barakaldo	1992–93	Segunda División B	34	16	4	2	6[a]	3	44	21
Xerez	1993–94	Segunda División B	21	7	2	1	–		23	8
	1994–95		25	4	2	1	–		27	5
	Total		46	11	4	2	0	0	50	13
Numancia	1995–96	Segunda División B	7	0	3	0	–		10	0
Pontevedra	1996–97	Segunda División B	19	7	–		–		19	7
	1997–98		28	4	–		–		28	4
	Total		47	11	0	0	0	0	47	11
Noja	1998–99	Segunda División B	33	6	2	0	–		35	6
Tropezón	2000–01	Segunda División B	30	4	–		–		30	4
Career total			197	48	21	4	6	3	224	55

1. Appearances in the 1993 Segunda División B play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of 9 May 2021^[6]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Palamós		28 August 2002	19 January 2003	24	10	8	6	38	32	+6	041.67	[14]
Racing Santander		26 January 2003	21 June 2003	20	7	3	10	34	40	−6	035.00	[14]
Deportivo Alavés		29 August 2004	8 January 2006	62	25	14	23	77	78	−1	040.32	[15][16]
Deportivo Alavés		9 September 2006	7 January 2007	21	8	7	6	20	25	−5	038.10	[17]
Career total				127	50	32	45	169	175	−6	039.37	—

Honours

Player

Gimnástica de Torrelavega

• Tercera División: 1989–90

Noja

• Tercera División: 1999–2000

References

1. "Chuchi Cos". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
2. "Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
3. "Squad of Palamós 2002-03 2nd Division B Group III". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
4. Funny old round-up; BBC Sport, 30 January 2003
5. "Squad of Racing de Santander 2002-03 First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
6. "Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
7. "Squad of Racing de Santander 2003-04 First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
8. "Piterman ya controla el Alavés y trae varios fichajes, como Bodipo" [Piterman now controls Alavés and brings several signings, such as Bodipo]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 12 July 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
9. "Squad of Alavés 2005-06 First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
10. Piterman se carga a Juan Carlos Oliva por "insubordinación" (Piterman ousts Juan Carlos Oliva for "insubordination"); 20 minutos, 16 February 2006 (in Spanish)
11. Julio Bañuelos: "Estoy convencido de que lograremos retornar a Primera" (Julio Bañuelos: "I am convinced that we will return to Primera"); Marca, 5 June 2006 (in Spanish)
12. Dimite el técnico del Alavés, Julio Bañuelos (Sacked the manager of Alavés, Julio Bañuelos); El Mundo, 6 September 2006 (in Spanish)
13. "Squad of Alavés 2006-07 2nd Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
14. "Matches Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
15. "Matches Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
16. "Matches Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
17. "Matches Chuchi Cos". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

External links

• Chuchi Cos at BDFutbol
• Chuchi Cos manager profile at BDFutbol
• Chuchi Cos at WorldFootball.net