Josep Gombau
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josep Gombau Balague | ||
| Date of birth | June 5, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Amposta, Spain | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Australia U-23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –1992 | Amposta | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1993–2003 | Amposta | ||
| 2003–2009 | Barcelona (youth) | ||
| 2009–2013 | Kitchee | ||
| 2013–2015 | Adelaide United | ||
| 2016– | Australia U-23 | ||
Josep Gombau Balague (born 5 June 1976) is a Spanish football manager, who currently coaches Australia U-23. He was formerly in charge of A-League club Adelaide United. He is a former FC Barcelona youth team coach and has held multiple positions at Barcelona academies. Gombau holds the highest coaching license in Spain with the equivalent of the UEFA Pro Diploma attained at the Catalan Football Federation.
Born in Amposta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Gombau was a goalkeeper, but switched to coaching at the age of 16. After coaching youth teams in CF Amposta and RCD Espanyol, he was signed by FC Barcelona in 2003 as a youth academy coach. In 2008, he became the technical director of FCB Escola, a Barcelona youth football academy opened at the Raffles International School in Jumeirah, Dubai.
Gombau moved to Hong Kong to join Kitchee as the club's head coach in 2009. Under Gombau, Kitchee won two league titles, two FA Cups and one League Cup. Before the 2012 AFC Cup away match to Tampines Rovers, Kitchee captain Chu Siu Kei applauded the contribution of Gombau to the team, saying: "The coach understands that the players might be smaller than those in the other teams, but using the ball more on the ground gives us an advantage over our opponents. We have more control of the game now".
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