Juan Manuel Lillo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Juan Manuel Lillo | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Tolosa, Spain | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sevilla (assistant) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1981–1985 | Amaroz KE | ||
| 1985–1988 | Tolosa | ||
| 1988–1989 | Mirandés | ||
| 1990–1991 | Mirandés | ||
| 1991–1992 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
| 1992–1996 | Salamanca | ||
| 1996–1997 | Oviedo | ||
| 1998 | Tenerife | ||
| 2000 | Zaragoza | ||
| 2003–2004 | Ciudad Murcia | ||
| 2004–2005 | Terrassa | ||
| 2005–2006 | Dorados Sinaloa | ||
| 2008–2009 | Real Sociedad | ||
| 2009–2010 | Almería | ||
| 2014 | Millonarios | ||
| 2014–2016 | Chile (assistant) | ||
| 2016– | Sevilla (assistant) | ||
Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Lillo Díez (born 3 November 1965) is a Spanish football manager.
Having entered the coaching business before his 20s, he became the youngest manager ever to coach a La Liga side, having taken over UD Salamanca at not yet 30.
Born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Lillo began coaching local Amaroz KE at just 16 and, four years later, he took charge of Tolosa CF in Tercera División. Afterwards he moved to CD Mirandés also in that level, and led the side to promotion to Segunda División B in the 1988–89 season, as champions.
Lillo spent the 1991–92 campaign at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, advocating a 4–2–3–1 formation. He became the youngest coach to attain the national coaching badge in Spain.
Lillo made his name as a manager at UD Salamanca, joining the club in mid-1992 at the behest of the club's chairman, Juan José Hidalgo. In his first season he finished second in the third level, narrowly missing out on promotion playoffs, which he attained the following campaign without any major changes to the team. This prompted reported interest from La Liga side Real Valladolid, but the coach stayed with Salamanca until the end of 1995–96 as it competed in the top flight – this made him the youngest ever person to manage at the highest level, at only 29; after 28 games in charge, with Salamanca four points into the relegation zone, he was dismissed, but players and fans publicly opposed the sacking, supporting him in recognition of his achievements – Salamanca finished in last position, eleven points behind 21st-place CP Mérida.
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