Gabriel Garcia Xatart
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Manresa, Spain | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016 | Levadia II (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Flora (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Paide (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Ekenäs IF | ||
| 2020 | PEPO | ||
| 2021 | KTP (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | KTP | ||
| 2022 | TPS (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Ekenäs IF | ||
Gabriel Garcia Xatart (born 1 June 1988) is a Spanish football manager, who most recently managed Finnish club Ekenäs IF (EIF) in Veikkausliiga.
Career
[edit]Xatart started his coaching career in Estonia in 2016. He worked as an assistant of head coach Argo Arbeiter in Levadia II, Flora[1] and Paide Linnameeskond.
In January 2018, he was named the head coach of Ekenäs IF in Finnish second-tier Ykkönen.
On 23 September 2019, Xatart was named the head coach of PEPO Lappeenranta, starting in January 2020 in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen.[2]
In 2021, he joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) as an assistant coach, reuniting with head coach Arbeiter. From July to September 2021, Xatart worked as the manager of KTP.[3][4]
During the 2022 season, he worked for Turun Palloseura as an assistant coach and the reserve team head coach.[5]
In January 2023, he returned to EIF[6] and managed the club to win the Ykkönen title and earn the promotion to Veikkausliiga, for the first time in 90 years and only the second time in the club's entire history.[7] He was dismissed on 10 August 2024 and was replaced by Christian Sund. Prior to Xatart's departure, EIF had a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses in Veikkausliiga.
Managerial statistics
[edit]| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Ekenäs IF | 
|
1 January 2018 | 30 June 2019 | 50 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 42.00 | |||
| PEPO Lappeenranta |
|
1 January 2020 | 3 August 2020 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22.22 | |||
| KTP |
|
1 July 2021 | 14 September 2021 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0.00 | |||
| Ekenäs IF |
|
1 January 2023 | 10 August 2024 | 64 | 31 | 11 | 22 | 48.44 | |||
| Total | 133 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 40.60 | ||||||
Honours
[edit]EIF
References
[edit]- ^ Flora treeneritetiimiga liitus Gabri Garcia Xatart, fcflora.ee, 3 August 2016
- ^ Miesten edustusjoukkueen päävalmentaja 2020 on Gabriel Garcia Xatart, pepofutis.net, 23 September 2019
- ^ KTP päätyi "loogiseen valintaan" – Gabriel Garcia Xatart ykköskäskijäksi, avuksi tulee hänen vanha tuttunsa Alexis Sanchez Lopez, Kymen Sanomat, 15 July 2021
- ^ KTP antoi päävalmentajalleen potkut – jo kolmas luotsi tällä kaudella: ”En usko, että olisimme pärjänneet", Iltalehti, 15 September 2021
- ^ GABRI GARCIA XATART TÄYDENTÄÄ TPS:N VALMENNUSTIIMIN, fc.tps.fi, 29 January 2022
- ^ Gabriel Garcia Xatart är tillbaka som EIF:s tränare – ”Det här är mitt andra hem”, Västra Nyland, 22 November 2022
- ^ EIF-coachen Gabriel Xatart om målvaktsproblemet: ”Det här skötte klubben oprofessionellt”, Svenska Yle, 14 July 2024
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Spanish football managers
- Spanish football coaches
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
- Expatriate football managers in Finland
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Turun Palloseura non-playing staff
- Ekenäs IF managers
- Association football coaches
- Spanish expatriate football managers