César Láinez Sanjuán (born 10 April 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the manager of CD Teruel.
He played 69 La Liga games during six seasons, with Zaragoza and Villarreal.
Club career A Real Zaragoza youth graduate, Zaragoza-born Láinez made his professional debut with its B-side, but struggled initially to find a first-team place. In January 1999 he served a six-month loan stint at Villarreal CF, playing three La Liga matches as the season ended in relegation.
After his return to Zaragoza, Láinez had to wait until the 2001–02 campaign to become first-choice, but his team would again be relegated. He was instrumental in the Aragonese club's immediate promotion, and subsequently helped it finish in a comfortable 12th place, also conquering the Copa del Rey after an extra time win against Real Madrid.Galletti gives Zaragoza glory; UEFA, 18 March 2004
Láinez spent the entire 2004–05 recovering from knee surgery,El club de las rodillas rotas (Shattered knees society); Heraldo de Aragón, 29 July 2010 and ultimately retired from football in May 2005, at only 28.Barcelona end season in stalemate; UEFA, 28 May 2005 He subsequently became a sports commentator for local TV channels.Aragón TV recuerda los 10 años de sus primeras emisiones en pruebas con un especial de ‘El Avispero’ (Aragón TV remembers 10 years of first experimental broadcasts with ‘El Avispero’ special); Aragón TV, 24 February 2016
Láinez returned to his lifetime club Zaragoza on 9 October 2014, being appointed manager of the reserves.César Láinez, nuevo entrenador del Real Zaragoza B (César Láinez, new manager of Real Zaragoza B); Heraldo de Aragón, 9 October 2014 On 19 March 2017 he replaced Raül Agné at the helm of the first team, who now competed in Segunda División.César Láinez sustituye a Raúl Agné como entrenador del Real Zaragoza (César Láinez replaces Raúl Agné as manager of Real Zaragoza) ; Real Zaragoza, 19 March 2017
On 9 June 2017, after managing to avoid relegation with the main squad, Láinez signed a new three-year contract with the reserve side.César Láinez renueva para las tres próximas temporadas con el Deportivo Aragón (César Láinez renews for the next three seasons with Deportivo Aragón); Mundo Deportivo, 9 June 2017
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Zaragoza B9 October 201419 March 2017 Zaragoza19 March 201711 June 2017 Zaragoza B11 June 201711 June 2018 Conquense15 January 201923 May 2019Teruel28 June 2019PresentTotal —
Honours Zaragoza Copa del Rey: 2000–01, 2003–04
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