José Antonio Naya Mella (30 April 1934 – December 2024) was a Spanish football manager.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Antonio Naya Mella | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Date of death | December 2024 (aged 90) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Deportivo La Coruña | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Júpiter Leonés | |||
| Cultural Leonesa | |||
| 1965–1966 | Hullera | ||
| 1967–1968 | Alcalá | ||
| 1969–1970 | Toledo | ||
| 1970–1971 | Real Madrid Aficionados | ||
| 1972 | Cádiz | ||
| 1972–1973 | Getafe | ||
| 1973–1974 | Ourense | ||
| 1974–1975 | Burgos | ||
| 1975–1976 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| 1976–1977 | Murcia | ||
| 1977–1979 | Levante | ||
| 1979–1980 | Recreativo | ||
| 1981–1982 | Linares | ||
| 1982–1983 | Castellón | ||
| 1984 | Alavés | ||
| 1984–1985 | Granada | ||
| 1987 | Xerez | ||
| 1989–1990 | Real Burgos | ||
| 1990–1991 | Sabadell | ||
| 1991–1992 | Murcia | ||
| 1993–1994 | Cádiz | ||
| 1995 | Ourense | ||
Career
editNaya was born in A Coruña, Galicia, and played youth football for Deportivo de La Coruña before joining the military service. After obtaining the coaching qualifications he became a manager, taking over lowly sides Júpiter Leonés, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, SD Hullera Vasco-Leonesa, RSD Alcalá and CD Toledo.[2]
In 1972, after winning the amateur championship with Real Madrid Aficionados, Naya was appointed manager of Cádiz CF in Segunda División. After narrowly avoiding relegation, he was named in charge of Tercera División side Getafe Deportivo in November of that year, as the side only won one point in their first ten matches; he took the club to a mid-table finish before moving to CD Ourense in the second division in December 1973.[3]
Naya subsequently worked at Burgos CF, Deportivo, Real Murcia (two stints),[4] Levante UD, Recreativo de Huelva, Linares CF, CD Castellón, Deportivo Alavés, Granada CF,[5] Xerez CD,[6] Real Burgos CF, CE Sabadell FC, Cádiz[7] and Ourense. With Real Burgos he won the second division in 1989–90, but was subsequently replaced by Novoa.[8]
Death
editNaya died in December 2024, at the age of 90. His funeral was held on 10 December.[1]
Honours
editLevante
Real Burgos
References
edit- ^ a b Jose Antonio Naya Mella. Tanatorio.pro. (in Spanish) Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Epílogo para una guerra" [Epilogue to a war] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. 1 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "NAYA, un entrenador especialista en «milagros»" [NAYA, a manager specialist in "miracles"] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Naya, al Murcia" [Naya, to Murcia] (in Spanish). El País. 14 November 1991. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Naya, cesado en el Granada" [Naya, sacked at Granada] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 March 1985. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "... y Naya volvió a coger su batuta" [... and Naya is back on doing his thing] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 February 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Cádiz: Marcelino, entrenador" [Cádiz: Marcelino, manager] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 1994. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "30º aniversario del ascenso a Primera" [30th anniversary of the promotion to Primera] (in Spanish). Real Burgos CF. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
External links
edit- José Antonio Naya manager profile at BDFutbol