Daniel "Dani" Vidal González (born 14 June 1992) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Career

Born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Vidal played for hometown side Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a youth before retiring at the age of 20, and immediately starting to coach the club's Infantil B squad.[1] He then progressed through the club's youth categories, before being named an assistant of Juan Manuel Pavón at the farm team CF Pobla de Mafumet on 25 October 2017.[2]

Vidal returned to the structure of Nàstic for the 2018–19 season, being named manager of the Juvenil B squad. On 15 December 2020, after being in charge of the Juvenil A team, he was appointed at the helm of Pobla.[3]

On 16 June 2021, Vidal was named Raül Agné's assistant in the first team of Gimnàstic.[4] On 27 February 2023, he was appointed manager of the club after the dismissal of Iñaki Alonso,[5] and became the first manager of the club's history to manage them in all categories (youth, reserve and senior).[6]

Vidal made his debut as manager of Nàstic on 5 March 2023, in a 1–0 home win over Real Sociedad B which ended the club's four-match winless run.[7] On 9 June, after six wins and four draws in 13 matches, he renewed his contract with the club for a further two years.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 26 January 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pobla de Mafumet Spain 15 December 2020 16 June 2021 23 10 9 4 39 23 +16 043.48 [9]
Gimnàstic Spain 27 February 2023 Present 79 37 23 19 92 64 +28 046.84 [10]
Career total 102 47 32 23 131 87 +44 046.08

References

  1. ^ "Dani Vidal (Nàstic Cadet A): "Competirem al màxim per jugar la Copa Catalunya"" [Dani Vidal (Nàstic Cadet A): "We will compete at most to play in the Copa Catalunya"] (in Catalan). FutbolCatalunya.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "La Pobla de Mafumet aposta per Juanma Pavón com a relleu de Vílchez" [Pobla de Mafumet bet on Juanma Pavón as replacement of Vílchez] (in Catalan). El Vallenc. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Dani Vidal, nou entrenador del filial grana" [Dani Vidal, new manager of the grana reserve team] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Dani Vidal, segundo entrenador de Raúl Agné en el Nàstic y Felip Ortiz, a la Pobla" [Dani Vidal, assistant manager of Raúl Agné at Nàstic and Felip Ortiz, to Pobla] (in Spanish). Diari Més. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Dani Vidal, primer tècnic grana" [Dani Vidal, grana first team manager] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Dani Vidal, el primer entrenador del Nàstic en passar per totes les categories" [Dani Vidal, the first manager of Nàstic to go through all categories] (in Catalan). Tarragona 21. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  7. ^ "El debut soñado de Dani Vidal con el Nàstic" [The dream debut of Dani Vidal with Nàstic] (in Spanish). Sport. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Dani Vidal, entrenador grana 2023–2024" [Dani Vidal, grana manager 2023–2024] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. ^ "CF Pobla de Mafumet" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Matches Dani Vidal, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    "Matches Dani Vidal, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
    "Matches Dani Vidal, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
No tags for this post.