José Enrique Díaz

José Enrique Díaz Barrera (born 7 April 1953) is a Spanish football manager.

José Enrique Díaz

Personal information
Full name	José Enrique Díaz Barrera
Date of birth	(1953-04-07) 7 April 1953 (age 69)
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Managerial career
Years	Team
1982–1983	Riotinto
1983–1984	Sanluqueño
1984–1986	Betis Deportivo
1986–1989	Sanluqueño
1989–1990	Granada
1991	Mérida
1991–1992	Xerez
1992	Mérida
1992–1993	Badajoz
1993–1994	Levante
1994–1995	Almería
1995–1996	Écija
1997	Levante
1998	Xerez
2000	Cultural Leonesa
2000–2001	Ceuta
2001–2002	Cádiz
2003	Ceuta
2007–2008	Ceuta

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

Managerial career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Díaz made his managerial debut with Tercera División side Riotinto Balompié, and subsequently led Betis Deportivo to Segunda División B in 1985. After stints at Atlético Sanluqueño CF, Granada CF, CP Mérida and Xerez CD in division three, he returned to Mérida in 1992, with the club now in Segunda División.

In the 1992 summer Díaz was named CD Badajoz manager. In 1994, after a year at Levante UD, he was appointed at the helm of UD Almería and led the club to its first promotion to the second level ever.

Díaz subsequently managed Écija Balompié and Levante in the second level, being sacked by the latter on 24 November 1997.^[1] He resumed his career in the third level, managing Xerez, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,^[2] AD Ceuta (three spells)^[3] and Cádiz CF; he was also Andalusia Football Federation's manager for eight years.^[4]

References

1. El Levante despido a su entrenador, José Enrique Díaz (Levante sacks its manager, José Enrique Díaz); El País, 24 November 1997 (in Spanish)
2. El CD Mensajero se mide a la Leonesa (CD Mensajero faces Leonesa) 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; El Día, 18 April 2000 (in Spanish)
3. José Enrique Díaz se estrena como técnico del Ceuta con un triunfo en casa (José Enrique Díaz debuts as Ceuta manager with a home triumph); Diario Sur, 10 December 2007 (in Spanish)
4. José Enrique Díaz deja su cargo de seleccionador de Andalucía (José Enrique Díaz leaves his post of manager of Andalusia); ABC, 18 June 2007 (in Spanish)

External links

• José Enrique Díaz manager profile at BDFutbol