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José Manuel Rielo
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Rielo Talens
Date of birth	5 May 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Xàtiva, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1974	Alcoyano
1974–1978	Olímpico
1978–1980	Alcira
Managerial career
	Mestalla
1994	Valencia (interim)
1995	Valencia (interim)
1996	Valencia (interim)
1998	Elche
1998–2000	Mestalla
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Manuel Rielo Talens (born 5 May 1946) is a Spanish former footballer and manager. He was interim manager at La Liga club Valencia in 1994, 1995 and 1996, finishing runners-up in the Copa del Rey in 1995, and led Elche in the Segunda División in 1998.

Career

Early career

Born in Xàtiva in the Province of Valencia, Rielo played as a midfielder for minor clubs in the Valencian Community before joining the coaching staff at Valencia CF. He managed the reserve team, C.D. Mestalla, to promotion to Segunda División B.^[1]

Valencia

Rielo was assistant manager at Valencia under Guus Hiddink, who was dismissed in November 1993. In March 1994, when Francisco Roig Alfonso [es] was installed as club president, he accepted the resignation of Héctor Núñez and brought in Rielo as interim manager until Hiddink could return.^[2]^[3] On his debut on 13 March, Rielo won 2–1 away to RC Celta de Vigo, following this a week later with a 1–0 home win over Sporting de Gijón in his only other match.^[4] Before his first match, he had said that he would have been happy with a draw, due to the potency of opposing forward Vladimir Gudelj.^[5]

At the start of June 1995, Valencia sacked Carlos Alberto Parreira – the manager who had won the 1994 FIFA World Cup for Brazil – and installed Rielo until the end of the season. The team were 11th with three games remaining; as Rielo did not have the appropriate licence to manage more than two games, the club paid a fine for the last match.^[6] His debut on 3 June was a 5–0 loss at RCD Espanyol.^[7] Ten days later, his team won 2–1 at Albacete Balompié in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, improving on a 1–1 draw in the home leg under Parreira; it was their first qualification for the cup final since 1979. Rielo's team played a defensive game and took their opportunities on the counter-attack; before the match, player Robert Fernández had said "If we play football, we will lose".^[8] The final on 24 June against Deportivo was abandoned due to rain with 11 minutes remaining and the score at 1–1; the remainder was played three days later and Alfredo Santaelena scored the winning goal for Depor.^[9]

Rielo had a third and final stint as Valencia manager in 1996, between the resignation of Luis Aragonés and the hiring of Jorge Valdano. His only game on 24 November was a 4–2 loss at Real Madrid, who went top of the league.^[10]

Later career

In February 1998, Rielo was hired at Elche CF of the Segunda División, on an 18-month deal.^[1] His debut on 15 February was a 3–0 loss at Atlético Madrid B, and the performance was called "awful" by Jaume Soler of Mundo Deportivo.^[11] He was sacked with two games remaining, with Delfín Álvarez seeing out a campaign that ended in relegation.^[12]

Rielo returned to Valencia B in June 1998, still in the third tier.^[13] He resigned in April 2000, leaving Manuel Gálvez in charge for the final five games before relegation.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Carlos, Juan (11 February 1998). "Rielo, nuevo entrenador" [Rielo, new manager]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Urrutia, Carlos (10 March 1994). "La asamblea elige a Roig presidente del Valencia" [Assembly vote Roig president of Valencia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Urrutia, Carlos (11 March 1994). "Valencia: Núñez se va y vuelve Rielo" [Valencia: Núñez leaves and Rielo returns]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Urrutia, Luis (21 March 1994). "El golazo de Mijatovic hacer arder al Sporting" [Mijatovic's wonder goal burns Sporting]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Mínguez, Antonio (14 March 1994). "Celta paga la resaca copera" [Celta pay with a cup hangover]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Urrutia, Carlos (2 June 1995). "Parreira, cesado" [Parreira, sacked]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Segura, Miguel (4 June 1995). "Camacho: "No se puede pedir más al equipo"" [Camacho: "You couldn't ask anything more from the team"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Líbero, Pedro (14 June 1995). "Valencia salva el cuello" [Valencia save their necks]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "Roig no puede evitar las lágrimas" [Roig can't avoid tears]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 June 1995. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Carbajosa, Carlos E. (25 November 1996). "El Madrid, líder" [Real Madrid, leader]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Soler, Jaume (16 February 1998). "Pésimo debut de Rielo" [Awful debut for Rielo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "El Elche cesa a Rielo y nombra a Delfín Álvarez" [Elche sack Rielo and name Delfín Álvarez]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 May 1998. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "Cambios en Segunda B; novedades en Tercera" [Changes in Segunda B; new faces in Tercera]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 June 1998. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "Els equips de la Segona Divisió B són actualitat" [Segunda División B teams are in the news]. Mundo Deportivo (in Catalan). 14 April 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2024.