Xisco Muñoz
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Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart (born 5 September 1980), known as Xisco, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played mainly as a left winger. He is the manager of Slovak First Football League club DAC Dunajská Streda.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 43)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Manacor, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | DAC Dunajská Streda (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Mallorca | |||
Valencia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998 | Mallorca B | 10 | (0) |
1999–2003 | Valencia B | 39 | (15) |
2000–2001 | → Recreativo (loan) | 39 | (10) |
2001–2002 | → Tenerife (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2002–2003 | → Recreativo (loan) | 23 | (6) |
2003–2005 | Valencia | 44 | (4) |
2005–2009 | Betis | 73 | (8) |
2009–2011 | Levante | 54 | (9) |
2011–2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 98 | (62) |
2014–2016 | Gimnàstic | 25 | (2) |
Total | 433 | (117) | |
International career | |||
1998 | Spain U17 | 3 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Spain U18 | 6 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2017 | Pobla Mafumet (interim) | ||
2020 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
2020–2021 | Watford | ||
2021–2022 | Huesca | ||
2022–2023 | Anorthosis | ||
2023 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
2023– | DAC Dunajská Streda | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played 194 matches and scored 20 goals over nine seasons in La Liga, spending four years at Betis, also representing Valencia, Tenerife, Recreativo and Levante and winning the 2004 UEFA Cup with Valencia. Starting in 2011, he played four seasons in Georgia with Dinamo Tbilisi.
In 2019, Xisco rejoined Dinamo Tbilisi as part of the technical team, and in 2020 became their head coach. In December 2020, he was appointed at Watford, achieving promotion to the Premier League in his first season but being sacked in October 2021 despite the club sitting 15th. That same month, he became manager of Huesca, before being replaced in June 2022. He signed for Anorthosis in October that year, but left three months later. In July 2023, he joined Sheffield Wednesday as head coach before being dismissed in October after failing to win any matches in charge.