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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Huertas and the second or maternal family name is Lorente.

Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente (born 13 April 1967) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

Playing career

After starting out with local teams,[1] Madrid-born Sabas went on to play as a senior for Rayo Vallecano, Atlético Madrid (where he was used mainly as a substitute),[2][3] Real Betis, CP Mérida, Albacete Balompié, Real Balompédica Linense, Hércules CF and Ciudad de Murcia,[4] starting and finishing his 17-year career with Galáctico Pegaso and retiring at the age of 35.[1]

Sabas appeared in 196 La Liga matches over nine seasons, and scored 34 goals.[5] In Segunda División, he added 82 games and 17 goals.

Coaching career

Sabas returned to Atlético in early 2009 as part of former teammate Abel Resino's coaching staff,[2] having already worked with him in that capacity at Ciudad de Murcia[6] and Levante UD.[7] His first managerial experience occurred with UD San Sebastián de los Reyes during the 2013–14 season,[8] and he later became a director of football at that club.

On 29 December 2016, Sabas was appointed head coach at Extremadura UD of the third division,[9] but was sacked the following 1 August.[10] He returned to the Estadio Francisco de la Hera on 1 May 2018,[11] helping achieve a first-ever promotion to the second tier;[12] on 10 November, however, he was again dismissed.[13]

Sabas was appointed by Córdoba CF on 10 March 2020, after the dismissal of Raül Agné.[14] On 1 December, after only six matches, he was relieved of his duties.[15]

On 24 October 2023, after nearly three years without coaching, Sabas was named manager of UD Melilla in Primera Federación.[16] He was dismissed the following 4 March, with the club in the relegation zone.[17]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
SS Reyes Spain 1 July 2013 30 June 2014 46 26 11 9 74 34 +40 056.52 [18]
Extremadura Spain 29 December 2016 1 August 2017 19 8 8 3 23 14 +9 042.11 [19]
Extremadura Spain 1 May 2018 10 November 2018 22 7 4 11 31 30 +1 031.82 [20]
Córdoba Spain 10 March 2020 1 December 2020 6 2 2 2 6 6 +0 033.33 [21]
Melilla Spain 24 October 2023 4 March 2024 19 6 2 11 11 27 −16 031.58 [22]
Total 112 49 27 36 145 111 +34 043.75 —

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

Ciudad de Murcia

References

  1. ^ a b Alcaraz, Felix (2 September 2001). "Retorno a las filas del Pegaso" [Return to the ranks of Pegaso]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b Marcos, José (7 March 2009). "Sabas, el agitador" [Sabas, the agitator]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. ^ "La cifra goleadora más sorprendente de Leo Messi" [Leo Messi's most surprising scoring statistic]. Sport (in Spanish). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ Villalba, Juan M. (11 June 2001). "Los tumbos del 'vaquerito'" [The tumblings of the 'little cowboy']. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ^ "El Albacete Balompié jugará en una Segunda División de Primera con muchos aspirantes al ascenso" [Albacete Balompié will play in a Primera-like Segunda División with many promotion candidates]. Albacete Diario (in Spanish). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ "El Ciudad de Murcia ya cuenta con preparador físico" [Ciudad de Murcia already have a physio]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 12 July 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Abel y Stoichkov son destituidos como entrenadores de Levante y Celta" [Abel and Stoichkov are dismissed as managers of Levante and Celta]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 8 October 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Juan Sabas nuevo entrenador de la UD San Sebastián de los Reyes" [Juan Sabas new manager of UD San Sebastián de los Reyes] (in Spanish). UD SS Reyes. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. ^ "El madrileño Juan Sabas, nuevo entrenador del Extremadura" [Madrilenian Juan Sabas, new manager of Extremadura] (in Spanish). RTVE. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  10. ^ Peña, Raúl (1 August 2017). "El Extremadura destituye a Sabas" [Extremadura dismiss Sabas]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  11. ^ De la Riva, Mario (1 May 2018). "Después de despedir a tres técnicos, el Extremadura ficha a Sabas, a quien echó en verano" [After sacking three managers, Extremadura sign Sabas, who they fired in the summer]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Playoff de ascenso: El Extremadura, nuevo equipo de Segunda división" [Promotion playoffs: Extremadura, new Second division team]. ABC (in Spanish). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL: Juan Sabas" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Juan Sabas] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Juan Sabas es el nuevo entrenador del Córdoba CF, que destituye a Raúl Agné" [Juan Sabas is the new manager of Córdoba CF, who dismiss Raúl Agné]. ABC (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. ^ López, Fernando (1 December 2020). "Juan Sabas: ocho meses, una pandemia y seis partidos en liga que pasaron del todo a la nada" [Juan Sabas: eight months, a pandemic and six league matches that went from everything to nothing]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Juan Sabas, nuevo entrenador de la Unión Deportiva Melilla" [Juan Sabas, new manager of Unión Deportiva Melilla] (in Spanish). UD Melilla. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Juan Sabas deja de ser entrenador de la UD Melilla" [Juan Sabas leaves as manager of UD Melilla] (in Spanish). UD Melilla. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Sanse" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Sabas: Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Sabas: Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
    "Sabas: Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente". BDFutbol. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Sabas: Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Sabas: Juan Sabas Huertas Lorente". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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