Sergio Egea · Biography

Sergio Egea coached his first season in Spanish professional football in 1995-96, in charge of Real Madrid Castilla in the Spanish second division. The Real Madrid reserve side finished fourth. Sergio Horacio Egea Rueda was born on 21 September 1957 in Necochea, in the province of Buenos Aires, and holds both Argentine and Spanish nationality. A centre-back in his playing days, he spent almost his entire career, as a player and as a coach, in Spain and Mexico.

Youth and playing career

He came through Cruz Necochea before joining the youth ranks of Estudiantes de La Plata. He crossed the Atlantic at a young age: in 1978 he joined Hércules’ reserve team, and in 1979 he moved to Deportivo de La Coruña, where he did not play a league game. In 1980-81 he made 18 league appearances for Elche. Spells followed at Recreativo de Huelva, Barbastro and Orihuela Deportiva, where he played 12 games in 1984-85. He finished his playing career at Novelda, in the province of Alicante, the area where he would soon start coaching.

First jobs in Alicante and at Castilla

His coaching career began in regional football in Alicante, with Sax and Villena. From 1991 to 1995 he spent four seasons in charge of Pinoso, taking charge of 170 matches. In the summer of 1995 Real Madrid hired him for their reserve side, which he led until February 1997. He then coached CD Toledo in 1997-98, Hércules in 1998 and Real Valladolid B in 1999-2000.

Mexico with Hugo Sánchez

In 2001 he joined Hugo Sánchez’s staff at Pumas UNAM. As assistant coach he was part of the 2004 back-to-back titles, when Pumas won both the Clausura and the Apertura in the Mexican league. He followed Sánchez to Necaxa in 2006 and, between 2006 and 2008, to the Mexico national team, again as his assistant. In 2009 he worked as assistant coach at UD Almería. From April 2012 to March 2013 he was a head coach again, at Estudiantes de Altamira in Mexican football.

Eldense and Real Oviedo

On 13 February 2014 he took over CD Eldense in the Tercera División. The team won the Valencian group and in June 2014 earned promotion to Segunda División B, beating Formentera in the final play-off round (0-0 away, then 2-1 in Elda). On 6 July 2014 he signed for Real Oviedo, who had spent several seasons in the third tier. In 2014-15 Oviedo won the Segunda B title and, in June 2015, beat Cádiz in the play-off between group winners. That result took the club back to the Spanish second division after twelve years away. He was named the second division’s Manager of the Month for December 2015. On 14 March 2016 he resigned for personal reasons, with Oviedo third in the table. His record in that spell was 77 matches: 40 wins, 21 draws and 16 defeats.

Returns and later posts

On 23 August 2017 he became interim coach of Pumas UNAM and left in early October that year after seven matches. On 22 April 2019 he returned to Real Oviedo, replacing Juan Antonio Anquela, to see out the second-division season. He stayed on for the next campaign but was sacked on 15 September 2019. In November 2019 he moved to Guatemala to coach Xelajú, where he remained until June 2020.

Salamanca and La Nucía

In July 2020 he was appointed by Salamanca CF UDS of Segunda División B, who dismissed him that November after six matches. His last job was at CF La Nucía: he signed on 13 December 2023 and left the club on 5 January 2024, having taken charge of a single match.