Tomás Hervás

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

Tomás Alberto Hervás Girón (born 25 November 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current assistant manager of Sporting Gijón.

Tomás Hervás

Personal information
Full name	Tomás Alberto Hervás Girón
Date of birth	(1970-11-25) 25 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Ponferrada, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sporting Gijón (assistant)
Youth career
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	Sporting B	80	(12)
1991–1998	Sporting Gijón	161	(13)
1998–2001	Celta	67	(5)
2001–2003	Sevilla	22	(1)
2003–2005	Las Palmas	71	(2)
2005–2008	Universidad Oviedo	33	(4)
Total		434	(37)
International career
1991	Spain U21	1	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2016	Sporting B
2019–2020	Espanyol (assistant)
2021–2021	Alavés (assistant)
2022-	Sporting Gijón (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Ponferrada, Castile and León, Tomás graduated from Sporting de Gijón's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves, playing several seasons in Segunda División B. On 1 September 1991 he appeared in his first competitive match with the main squad – and in La Liga – starting in a 1–0 away win against Real Valladolid.^[1]

In 1998, Tomás moved to Celta de Vigo also in the top division. With the Galician club he appeared regularly, and won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000.

After a short stint at Sevilla FC (being deemed surplus to requirements at the very end), Tomás signed for Segunda División club UD Las Palmas in January 2003.^[2] He suffered relegation with the Canarians in his second year, and subsequently left at the end of the 2004–05 campaign.

In the 2005 summer, Tomás joined AD Universidad de Oviedo, being promoted to the third level at the first attempt. After the team's relegation in the following season he announced his retirement, but returned to active in January 2008^[3] only to leave the game definitively in June.

Manager career

In July 2009, Tomás was appointed Abelardo's assistant manager at Sporting de Gijón B.^[4] After being the first team's assistant for one year, he coached the reserves in the last match of 2013–14, against Burgos CF.^[5]

On 16 June 2014, Tomás was definitely appointed at the helm of the B-side, signing a one-year deal,^[6] being sacked on 6 April 2016.^[7] On 27 December 2019, he was appointed Abelardo's assistant at RCD Espanyol.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 April 2016^[9]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Sporting B[10][11][12]		9 May 2014	6 April 2016	71	24	15	32	79	99	−20	033.80
Total				71	24	15	32	79	99	−20	033.80

Honours

Celta

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000^[13]

References

1. Demasiados nervios en Pucela (Too much nerves at Pucela); Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 1991 (in Spanish)
2. El sevillista Tomás, a punto de cerrar su pase a la U. D. Las Palmas por dos años con opción a un tercero (Sevillista Tomás, about to close his transfer to U.D. Las Palmas for two years with an option for a third); ABC, 14 March 2003 (in Spanish)
3. Universidad Oviedo: vuelve Tomás Hervás (Universidad Oviedo: Tomás Hervás returns); esFutbol, 30 January 2008 (in Spanish)
4. Tomás Hervás será el segundo de Abelardo en el banquillo del Sporting B (Tomás Hervás will be Abelardo's second in Sporting B's bench); El Comercio, 19 July 2009 (in Spanish)
5. El Sporting B cerrará mañana en Burgos una gran temporada (Sporting B will finish a great season tomorrow in Burgos); Sporting Gijón, 9 May 2014 (in Spanish)
6. Abelardo firma con el Sporting para las dos próximas temporadas (Abelardo signs with Sporting for the two following seasons); Sporting Gijón, 16 June 2014 (in Spanish)
7. "Sporting B: Tomás Hervás, destituido, le sustituye provisionalmente Isma Piñera" [Sporting B: Tomás Hervás, sacked, Isma Piñera his temporary replacement] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
8. "Tomás será el segundo entrenador de Abelardo en el Espanyol" [Tomás will be Abelardo's assistant at Espanyol] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
9. Tomás Hervás coach profile at Soccerway
10. "Tomás: Tomás Alberto Hervás Girón". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
11. "Tomás: Tomás Alberto Hervás Girón". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
12. "Sporting B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
13. "Zenit 2-2 Celta (Aggregate: 3 - 4)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

External links

• Tomás Hervás at BDFutbol
• Tomás Hervás manager profile at BDFutbol
• Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)