Manu Ferrera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Ferrera | ||
| Date of birth | October 21, 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | El Cerro de Andévalo, Spain | ||
| Playing position | attacker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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AA Gent (youth manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | Crossing Schaerbeek | ||
| 1981–1984 | Eendracht Aalst | ||
| 1985–1986 | Mazda SC | ||
| 1987 | KFC Liedekerke | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1990–1991 | JS Racour | ||
| 1992–1995 | RFC Seraing (youth) | ||
| 1995–1996 | RFC Seraing | ||
| 1996–2000 | RSC Anderlecht (youth) | ||
| 2000 | Sporting Charleroi | ||
| 2001–2002 | Eendracht Aalst | ||
| 2003–2006 | KV Kortrijk (sports director) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Standard Luik (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2014 | AA Gent (assistant) | ||
| 2014– | AA Gent (youth) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Manu Ferrera (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish-born soccer coach, best known for his career in Belgium. He was appointed in 2014 as the youth manager of AA Gent.
He started playing football at Crossing Schaerbeek, the team in which he made his debut in the 70s. The attacker left the Third Division team in the 1980/81 season to move to Second Division team Eendracht Aalst. Over there, he played in 1984 together with Tjapko Teuben. The Dutchman, who was on loan from Club Bruges, got an offer from the Japanese team Mazda SC. Ferrera followed him and went also to Hiroshima in 1985. Due to injuries he did not play much. In 1987, he finished his career as a player in the team of Liedkerke.
Ferrera, who got an education as a physiotherapist in the early 90s. Afterwards, Ferrera trained JS Racour, a team of the second provincial series in Belgium. After this, he shortly worked as a representative of the sports brand Puma. In 1992, he became a youth trainer at RFC Seraing, where he worked himself up very quickly. Firstly, he was the trainer-assistant of Georges Heylens, subsequently he became the head coach himself. During the 1995/96 season, he replaced coach Jean Thissen after the first match.
After the season, Seraing was taken over by the neighbouring Standard de Liège, which made Ferrera move to RSC Anderlecht, where he worked as a youth trainer and scout. He worked closely together in that period with players such as Oleg Iachtchouk, Mark De Man, Tom Soetaers, Xavier Chen, and Olivier Deschacht.
In 2000 Enzo Scifo wanted to investigate in Sporting Charleroi. The former Gouden Schoen did not want to start as a coach himself directly and therefore asked for Emilio Ferrera as a trainer. He refused, after which Scifo asked his brother Manu. He succeeded in March 2000 Raymond Mommens and managed to keep the team in First Division. In November, he was nevertheless dismissed himself. Afterwards, he required 8 million Belgian Francs (about €200,000) compensation for this dismissal.
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