Franc Artiga

Franc Artiga

Personal information
Full name	Francesc Artiga Cebrián
Date of birth	(1976-07-30) 30 July 1976 (age 48)
Team information
Current team	Khimki (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2003	Reus (youth)
2003–2005	Amposta (assistant)
2005–2007	Nàstic (U19)
2009–2010	Amposta
2010–2015	Barcelona (youth)
2015	Barcelona (U18)
2015–2018	Barcelona (U16)
2018–2019	Barcelona (U18)
2019–2021	Barcelona U19
2021–2022	UAE U20
2023	Rodina-2 Moscow
2023–2024	Rodina Moscow
2024–	Khimki

Francesc Artiga Cebrián, known as Franc Artiga (born 30 July 1976) is a Spanish football coach who is the manager of the Russian Premier League club Khimki.

Career

Artiga worked at La Masia, the youth academy of Barcelona, for more than 10 years, and managed the clubs's Under-19 squad in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League.^[1] Barcelona finished last in their Youth League group. In the same season, the team was declared national champions after 2019–20 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[2]

On 28 June 2024, Artiga was hired by Khimki, after the club returned to Russian Premier League.^[3] Andrey Talalayev secured the club's promotion but was fired in the off-season.

References

1. "Barcelona U19 v Borussia Dortmund U19 game report". UEFA. 27 November 2019.
2. "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" [RFEF announcement in relation to the non-professional competitions in Spanish football] (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.
3. "Франк Артига — новый главный тренер ФК «Химки»!" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 28 June 2024.

External links

• Franc Artiga coach profile at Soccerway