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

Víctor Cea Zurita (born 21 May 1984) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of RCD Espanyol B.

Career

Born in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, Cea began his career at the age of 17 with hometown side CEF Juventud Sanse, being in charge of the youth categories. In 2007, he moved to Alcobendas CF, and led their Juvenil side to a first-ever promotion to the División de Honor Juvenil in 2012.[1]

In 2012, Cea had his first senior managerial experience, after joining UD San Sebastián de los Reyes and taking over the reserves in Preferente de Madrid. On 27 December 2013, he was named manager of Tercera División side CD Madridejos.[2]

In June 2014, Cea left Madridejos after narrowly avoiding relegation, and signed for fellow fourth division side AD Unión Adarve.[3] He led the club to a first-ever promotion to Segunda División B in 2017, and reached 150 matches in charge in February 2018.[4]

On 11 June 2018, Cea left Adarve after being appointed at the helm of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, recently relegated to division three.[5] On 17 December, he was dismissed despite leaving the club in the fourth position after a 2–1 away win over Deportivo Fabril, four points shy of the first place.[6]

On 1 July 2019, after a brief stint with the Qatar national under-19 team,[7] Cea was presented as manager of UD Melilla.[8] He was dismissed on 5 November, after three wins in 11 matches.[9]

On 16 July 2020, Cea was presented as manager of CF Talavera de la Reina also in division three.[10] Despite managing to qualify the club to the new Primera División RFEF, he was sacked on 7 April 2022, after a poor run of results.[11]

On 29 March 2023, Cea was named in charge of Segunda Federación side UCAM Murcia CF.[12] He missed out promotion in the play-offs in his first season, and was relieved from his duties on 12 December.[13]

On 18 September 2024, Cea took over RCD Espanyol's reserves also in division four.[14]

Managerial statistics

As of 2 March 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
SS Reyes B Spain 1 July 2012 30 June 2013 34 16 9 9 52 41 +11 047.06 [15]
Madridejos Spain 27 December 2013 11 June 2014 19 5 10 4 15 11 +4 026.32 [16]
Unión Adarve Spain 11 June 2014 11 June 2018 162 71 42 49 205 167 +38 043.83 [17]
Cultural Leonesa Spain 11 June 2018 17 December 2018 22 10 6 6 31 22 +9 045.45 [18]
Melilla Spain 1 July 2019 5 November 2019 11 3 4 4 11 17 −6 027.27 [19]
Talavera Spain 14 July 2020 7 April 2022 56 18 15 23 68 73 −5 032.14 [20]
UCAM Murcia Spain 29 March 2023 12 December 2023 27 12 7 8 31 19 +12 044.44 [21]
Espanyol B Spain 18 September 2024 Present 22 10 8 4 31 23 +8 045.45 [22]
Total 353 145 101 107 444 373 +71 041.08 —

References

  1. ^ "Víctor Cea, nuevo míster de la Cultural" [Víctor Cea, new manager of Cultural] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Víctor Cea toma las riendas de un Madridejos que busca un central y un lateral" [Víctor Cea takes the reins of a Madridejos which seek a centre-back and a full-back] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ^ "El CD Madridejos quiere cerrar al entrenador esta misma semana" [CD Madridejos want to sign a manager this very same week] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ ""Hay jugadores que por quedarse en el Adarve han rechazado ganar diez veces más dinero"" ["There are players who have refused to earn ten times more money to stay at Adarve"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Víctor Cea será el nuevo entrenador de la Cultural" [Víctor Cea will be the new manager of Cultural] (in Spanish). Leonoticias. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  6. ^ "La Cultural Leonesa destituye a Víctor Cea pese a ganar al Fabril" [Cultural Leonesa sack Víctor Cea despite defeating Fabril] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Cea, de la Cultural a la selección catarí sub 19" [Cea, from Cultural to the Qatar under-19 national team] (in Spanish). Diario de León. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Víctor Cea, nuevo entrenador de la UD Melilla para el proyecto 2019–2020" [Víctor Cea, new manager of UD Melilla for the 2019–2020 project] (in Spanish). El Faro de Melilla. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Víctor Cea no continúa como entrenador de la U.D. Melilla y se hace cargo del equipo Manolo Herrero" [Víctor Cea does not continue as manager of U.D. Melilla and Manolo Herrero takes over the team] (in Spanish). UD Melilla. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Presentado Víctor Cea, el entrenador elegido para el ambicioso proyecto del CF Talavera" [Presented Víctor Cea, the manager chosen for CF Talavera's ambitious project] (in Spanish). ABC. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  11. ^ "El CF Talavera prescinde de Víctor Cea" [CF Talavera let go of Víctor Cea] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  12. ^ "El madrileño Víctor Cea coge las riendas del UCAM CF" [Madrilenian Víctor Cea takes the reins of UCAM CF] (in Spanish). Murcia Plaza. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  13. ^ "El UCAM Murcia despide al técnico Víctor Cea" [UCAM Murcia sack manager Víctor Cea] (in Spanish). La 7. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  14. ^ "RCD Espanyol B appoint Víctor Cea as coach". RCD Espanyol. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Regional Preferente Madrileña (Grupo 1) 2012–13" [Madrid Preferential Regional (Group 1) 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  16. ^ "CD Madridejos" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  17. ^ "AD Unión Adarve" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "AD Unión Adarve" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "AD Unión Adarve" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "Matches Víctor Cea, 2017–18 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Matches Víctor Cea, 2018–19 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Matches Víctor Cea, 2019–20 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  20. ^ "Matches Víctor Cea, 2020–21 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "Matches Víctor Cea, 2021–22 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  21. ^ "Matches Víctor Cea, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "Matches Víctor Cea, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  22. ^ "Matches Víctor Cea, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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