Miguel Álvarez Jurado (born 22 March 1958) is a Spanish football manager.
Managerial career Born in Guarromán, Jaén, Andalusia, Álvarez made his managerial debuts with UDA Gramenet's youth setup in 1988. In 1991, he managed his first senior team, UE Cerdanyola de Mataró in the regional leagues.Miguel Álvarez (L'Hospitalet, C.E.) ; Galería del Fútbol Catalá, 8 July 2012
In the 2000 summer Álvarez was appointed Terrassa FC manager, achieving a promotion to Segunda División in 2002. After avoiding relegation in the following year, he was sacked in September 2003.Inesperado despido de Miguel Álvarez (Surprising sacking of Miguel Álvarez); El Mundo Deportivo, 18 September 2003
In 2004 Álvarez was named Ciudad de Murcia manager. He was relieved from his duties on 20 December 2004Pina destituye a Álvarez y Rubio será su sustituto (Pina sacks Álvarez and Rubio will be his replacement); Diario AS, 20 December 2004 but returned to the club on 3 May of the following year,Miguel Alvarez vuelve al Ciudad para sustituir a Julián Rubio (Miguel Alvarez returns to Ciudad to replace Julián Rubio); El Mundo, 3 May 2005 and narrowly avoided the drop.
In March 2006 Álvarez returned to Terrassa, now in Segunda División B, and subsequently stayed in the category, managing Lorca Deportiva CF, CF Badalona, CE L'Hospitalet (two stints)Miguel Álvarez es el relevo de Pedraza en L'Hospitalet (Miguel Álvarez is Pedraza's replacement at L'Hospitalet); El Mundo Deportivo, 27 October 2010 Álvarez vuelve al 'Hospi' (Álvarez returns to 'Hospi'); El Mundo Deportivo, 9 June 2012 and CD Leganés.Miguel Álvarez, profesionalidad y coherencia para el banquillo pepinero (Miguel Álvarez, professionalism and coherence for the pepinero bench); Leganés' official website, 21 June 2011 After missing out promotion in the play-offs with Hospi, he was appointed at the helm of second level's AD Alcorcón on 3 July 2013.Miguel Álvarez, nuevo entrenador del Alcorcón (Miguel Álvarez, new manager of Alcorcón); Telemadrid, 3 July 2013
On 4 February 2014 Álvarez was sacked, mainly due to the club's poor home records in the campaign.Destituyen a Miguel Álvarez y regresa Pepe Bordalás (Miguel Álvarez sacked and Pepe Bordalás returns); Marca, 4 February 2014 On 18 February 2015, after one year without any club, he was named UE Sant Andreu manager.Miguel Álvarez substitueix Rubén Garcia al Sant Andreu (Miguel Álvarez replaces Rubén Garcia at Sant Andreu); BTV, 18 February 2015
On 12 June 2015 Álvarez was appointed CE Sabadell FC manager, signing a two-year deal.Miguel Álvarez, nou entrenador del CE Sabadell (Miguel Álvarez, new manager of CE Sabadell); Sabadell's official website, 12 June 2015 He signed for Marbella FC on 6 March 2017, replacing Mehdi Nafti, but was fired on 25 April.Miguel Álvarez, cesado como entrenador del Marbella FC‚ marbelladeportiva.es, 25 April 2017 On 4 October 2017, he was appointed Villarreal CF B head coach.
Álvarez led the Mini Submarine to a promotion to the second division in 2022, and renewed his contract for a further year on 1 June 2023. The following 30 May, despite the club's relegation to Primera Federación, he further extended his link until 2026.
On 29 May 2025, Álvarez ended his eight-year spell at Villarreal B, after managing the side on nearly 300 matches. On 22 October, he replaced Paco Jémez at the helm of UD Ibiza also in division three, but left the following 25 May as his contract was due to expire.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Cerdanyola Mataró20 June 199130 June 1992Guíxols1 July 199230 June 1993Horta1 July 199330 June 1994Vilassar Mar30 June 19941 July 1997Mataró1 July 199729 June 2000Terrassa29 June 200018 September 2003Ciudad Murcia1 July 200420 December 2004Ciudad Murcia3 May 2005 30 June 2005Terrassa1 March 200630 June 2007Lorca Deportiva1 July 200730 June 2008 Badalona30 June 20081 July 2009Hospitalet26 October 201020 June 2011Leganés20 June 201115 November 2011Hospitalet9 June 20123 July 2013Alcorcón3 July 20134 February 2014Sant Andreu18 February 201512 June 2015Sabadell12 June 20151 July 2016Marbella7 March 201725 April 2017Villarreal B4 October 201729 May 2025Ibiza22 October 2025present Career total —
Honours Terrassa FC Copa Catalunya: 2001–02, 2002–03
CE Sabadell Copa Catalunya: 2015–16
See also List of football managers with the most matches
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