Alejandro Menéndez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is García.

Alejandro Menéndez García (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Racing de Ferrol.

Alejandro Menéndez

García with the I-League Coach of the Month award in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Menéndez García
Date of birth	(1966-07-12) 12 July 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Team information
Current team	Racing Ferrol (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2002–2005	Sporting Gijón (youth)
2005–2007	Real Madrid (youth)
2007–2008	Celta B
2008	Celta
2008–2009	Celta B
2009–2011	Real Madrid B
2013	Racing Santander
2013–2014	Buriram United
2014–2015	Shaanxi Wuzhou
2016–2017	Celta B
2018	Burgos
2018–2020	East Bengal
2020–2021	Albacete
2025–	Racing Ferrol

Career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Menéndez started his managerial career at Sporting de Gijón's youth setup. After winning the 2004 Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol and being a runner-up in the 2005 Copa del Rey Juvenil, he moved to Real Madrid as a manager of the Juvenil squad.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2007, Menéndez was named Celta de Vigo B manager, with the side in Segunda División B. On 13 May 2008, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, replacing fired Antonio Lopez,^[1] and subsequently avoided relegation with the club.^{[citation needed]}

Menéndez subsequently returned to Celta's B-team and, in 2009, was appointed at another reserve team, Real Madrid Castilla also in the third tier. On 4 January 2011, he was relieved from his duties.^[2]

On 5 March 2013, Menéndez was appointed manager of Racing de Santander as a replacement for dismissed José Aurelio Gay.^[3] However, he could not avoid the club's relegation to the third level, and subsequently left the club.

In September 2013 Menéndez moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Buriram United F.C. manager in Thailand.^[4] With the side, he achieved immediate success, winning a domestic treble (Thai Premier League, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup) during his first season in charge.

Menéndez resigned on 11 April 2014, after winning the Toyota Premier Cup and the Kor Royal Cup.^[5] On 28 December of that year, he was named as the new manager of China League One side Shaanxi Wuzhou,^[6] but left the side one month later due to bureaucratic problems.^[7]

One year since his last job, Menéndez returned to Celta B in February 2016, where he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract as a replacement for the sacked Javier Torres Gomez.^[8]

In August 2018, Menendez joined East Bengal F.C. of India's I-League for the upcoming season, as part of a spending spree by new owners Quess Corp.^[9] He led the club to second place, one point behind Chennai City FC, and won both Kolkata Derby matches against Mohun Bagan A.C.^[10] at the end of the campaign in March 2019 he extended his link by two years.^[11] He resigned on 21 January 2020, after taking just eight points from the first seven games of the season.^[12]

Menéndez returned to his home country on 8 December 2020, after being appointed Albacete Balompié's third manager of the season.^[13] Unable to take the club out of the relegation zone, he was sacked the following 4 May.^[14]

On 22 January 2025, after nearly four years without a club, Menéndez was named manager of Racing de Ferrol in the second division.^[15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 May 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Celta B		1 July 2007	13 May 2008	37	15	8	14	55	50	+5	040.54	[16]
Celta		13 May 2008	30 June 2008	5	1	2	2	11	11	+0	020.00	[17]
Celta B		30 June 2008	1 July 2009	38	15	13	10	42	26	+16	039.47	[18]
Real Madrid Castilla		1 July 2009	4 January 2011	57	22	14	21	89	75	+14	038.60	[19]
Racing Santander		5 March 2013	30 June 2013	14	5	4	5	16	13	+3	035.71	[20]
Buriram United		8 September 2013	11 April 2014	28	15	8	5	46	30	+16	053.57	[21]
Shaanxi Wuzhou		28 December 2014	31 January 2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	[22]
Celta B		2 February 2016	30 May 2017	55	35	8	12	101	50	+51	063.64	[23]
Burgos		19 February 2018	6 June 2018	12	3	4	5	10	14	−4	025.00	[24]
East Bengal		20 August 2018	21 January 2020	41	24	7	10	77	45	+32	058.54	[25]
Albacete		8 December 2020	4 May 2021	21	6	4	11	15	25	−10	028.57	[26]
Total				308	141	72	95	462	339	+123	045.78	—

Honours

Buriram United

• Thai Premier League: 2013
• Thai FA Cup: 2013
• Thai League Cup: 2013
• Kor Royal Cup: 2014
• Toyota Premier Cup: 2014

Individual awards

• I-League Coach of the Month (December 2019)