García Pimienta
{{short description|Spanish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Francisco García Pimienta
| image = Francisco Javier García Pimienta (cropped).JPG
| caption = Pimienta with Barcelona youth in 2012
| fullname = Francisco Javier García Pimienta
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| height = {{height|m=1.74}}
| position = Winger
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1986–1992
| youthclubs1 = Barcelona
| years1 = 1993–1995
| clubs1 = Barcelona C
| caps1 = 15
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1995–1999
| clubs2 = Barcelona B
| caps2 = 68
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 1997
| clubs3 = Barcelona
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1996–1997
| clubs4 = → Extremadura (loan)
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1998
| clubs5 = → Figueres (loan)
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1999–2003
| clubs6 = Hospitalet
| caps6 = 78
| goals6 = 12
| years7 = 2003–2004
| clubs7 = Sant Andreu
| caps7 = 22
| goals7 = 3
| totalcaps = 197
| totalgoals = 29
| nationalyears1 = 1990
| nationalteam1 = Spain U16
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2018–2021
| managerclubs1 = Barcelona B
| manageryears2 = 2022–2024
| managerclubs2 = Las Palmas
| manageryears3 = 2024–2025
| managerclubs3 = Sevilla
}}
{{family name hatnote|García|Pimienta|lang=Spanish}}
Francisco Javier García Pimienta (born 3 August 1974), known as García Pimienta, is a Spanish football manager and former player.
A left winger, García Pimienta made his senior debut with Barcelona's C-team, and later represented the reserves before making his first team debut in 1997. He featured in a further four La Liga matches with Extremadura, and subsequently went on to resume his career in the lower leagues. As a coach, he worked for Barça for twenty years, being named in charge of the B-side in 2018 but being dismissed in 2021.
Club career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, García Pimienta joined Barcelona's youth setup in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20180425/442984665709/fc-barcelona-barca-b-garcia-pimienta-entrenador-filial.html|title=García Pimienta, sangre azulgrana y 'fundador' de La Masia|trans-title=García Pimienta, red-and-blue blood and 'founder' of La Masia|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=25 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}} After making his senior debut for the C-side in Tercera División, he first played as a professional with the reserves in Segunda División.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es./EMD01/HEM/1994/09/02/MD19940902-031.pdf|title=Los nuevos|trans-title=The new ones|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=2 September 1994|access-date=25 April 2018}}
García Pimienta made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 May 1996, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es./EMD01/HEM/1996/05/27/MD19960527-008.pdf|title=Guardiola: "Rexach se lo merece"|trans-title=Guardiola: "Rexach deserves it"|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=27 May 1996|access-date=25 April 2018}} On 14 July, he was loaned to fellow top tier side Extremadura for one year,{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es./EMD01/HEM/1996/07/14/MD19960714-051.pdf|title=García, Duré y Gluscevic, tres nuevos delanteros para el Extremadura|trans-title=García, Duré and Glusevic, three new forwards for Extremadura|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=14 July 1996|access-date=25 April 2018}} but appeared rarely after suffering a serious injury which kept him out for the majority of the campaign.
Upon returning, García Pimienta was assigned back to the B-team, achieving promotion from Segunda División B. After a four-month loan at fellow league team Figueres, he moved to L'Hospitalet in a permanent basis.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es./EMD03/HEM/1999/06/10/MD19990610-054.pdf|title=Paulo Sergio se va al Bayern|trans-title=Paulo Sergio goes to Bayern|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=10 June 1999|access-date=25 April 2018}}
García Pimienta retired in 2004 at the age of 29, after playing for Sant Andreu.{{cite web|url=http://beteve.cat/garcia-pimienta-nou-entrenador-del-barca-b/|title=Garcia Pimienta, nou entrenador del Barça B|trans-title=Garcia Pimienta, new manager of Barça B|publisher=Betevé Web|language=ca|date=25 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}}
Managerial career
In 2001, while still a player, García Pimienta was the assistant of Álex García at Barcelona's Cadete squad. He left the club in 2003, only returning three years later now as manager of the very same category.
After progressing through the youth setup,{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2014-2015/former-players-on-the-fc-barcelona-coaching-team|title=Former players on the FC Barcelona coaching team|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=9 July 2014|access-date=25 April 2018}} García Pimienta was named Gerard López's assistant at the B-side on 21 July 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20150721/20939679939/garcia-pimienta-segundo-de-gerard-lopez.html|title=García Pimienta, segundo de Gerard López|trans-title=García Pimienta, second of Gerard López|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=21 July 2015|access-date=25 April 2018}} On 25 October 2017, he replaced Gabri at the helm of the Juvenil A squad.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/fcbarcelona-u19a/news/2017-2018/garcia-pimienta-to-be-new-barca-u19a-coach-fcbarcelona|title=Garcia Pimienta to be new Barça U19A coach|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=25 October 2017|access-date=25 April 2018}}
After winning the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League,{{cite web|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2018/04/23/5ade1321e2704e12538b459d.html|title=Barcelona win their second UEFA Youth League|publisher=Marca|date=23 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}} García Pimienta was appointed at the helm of the reserves on 25 April 2018, after the sacking of Gerard.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/barca-b/news/2017-2018/press-conference-garcia-pimienta-bakero-guillermo-amor|title=Garcia Pimienta: 'I believe strongly in the Barça way of playing'|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=25 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}} His debut in senior coaching was three days later, a 1–0 loss at Almería in the second division as his team ended the season relegated.{{cite news |last1=García |first1=Nico |title=Fran Fernández lo vuelve a hacer |trans-title=Fran Fernández does it again|url=https://as.com/futbol/2018/04/28/segunda/1524934678_234641.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |work=Diario AS |date=28 April 2018 |language=Spanish}}
In three full seasons in charge of Barcelona B in the third tier, García Pimienta made the playoffs in the latter two campaigns, losing the 2020 final 2–1 to neighbours Sabadell,{{cite news |last1=Mainez |first1=Rafa |title=El Sabadell vuelve a Segunda cinco años después tras remontar ante el Barça B|trans-title=Sabadell return to Segunda after five years following comeback against Barça B |url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/2020/07/26/5f1dd2bfe2704ed67e8b461e.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |work=Marca |date=26 July 2020 |language=Spanish}} and the semi-final on penalties to Murcia a year later.{{cite news |title=El UCAM se lleva el frenético choque de subcampeones desde los once metros|trans-title=UCAM take the frenetic clash of runners-up from eleven metres|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/2021/05/16/60a11b0e22601d4f1b8b4579.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=16 May 2021 |language=Spanish}} On 11 June 2021, following the latter defeat, he was dismissed after the club terminated his contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-b/news/2169887/termination-of-garcia-pimientas-contract|title=Termination of García Pimienta's contract|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=11 June 2021|accessdate=24 January 2022}}
On 24 January 2022, García Pimienta was named manager of Las Palmas in the second division, replacing Pepe Mel at a team in eighth place and three points off the playoffs. Having fallen to 14th after a poor start, he led them to an eleven-game unbeaten run with nine victories to reach fourth place and a post-season berth, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Canary Islands rivals Tenerife. By the anniversary of his appointment, he had taken 63% of the available points from 42 league games.{{cite news |last1=Izquierdo |first1=Jesús |title=García Pimienta ha instalado el estado de ilusión tras un año en Las Palmas|trans-title=García Pimienta has installed a state of excitement after a year at Las Palmas |url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/las-palmas/2023/01/24/63cfb29f268e3ee73a8b45a9.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |work=Marca |date=24 January 2023 |language=Spanish}} In the 2022/23 season, he led Las Palmas to promotion to the first division.
On 2 June 2024, García Pimienta was named the new head coach of fellow La Liga club Sevilla, signing on a two-year deal.{{cite news|url=https://sevillafc.es/en/actual/news/francisco-javier-garcia-pimienta-new-coach|title=García Pimienta appointed as new Head Coach|publisher=FC Sevilla|date=2 June 2024|access-date=2 June 2024}} The following 13 April, he was dismissed.{{cite web|url=https://sevillafc.es/en/current/news/garcia-pimienta-sevilla-fc-april-25|title=García Pimienta relieved of duties as head coach|publisher=Sevilla FC|date=13 April 2025|accessdate=13 April 2025}}
Managerial statistics
{{updated|11 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure |
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="8"|Record !rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}} |
|---|
| {{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |
| align=left|Barcelona B
|{{Flagicon|Spain}} |align=left|25 April 2018 |align=left|11 June 2021 {{WDL|102|45|28|29|for=142|against=107|diff=yes}} |
| align=left|Las Palmas
|{{Flagicon|Spain}} |align=left|24 January 2022 |align=left|2 June 2024 {{WDL|105|41|34|30|for=114|against=99|diff=yes}} |
| align=left|Sevilla
|{{Flagicon|Spain}} |align=left|2 June 2024 |align=left|13 April 2025 {{WDL|34|11|9|14|for=41|against=47|diff=yes}} |
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|241|97|71|73|for=297|against=253|diff=yes}} !— |
Honours
=Manager=
;Barcelona
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|855|García Pimienta}}
- {{BDFutbol manager|855|García Pimienta}}
- {{Soccerway coach|francisco-javier-garcia-pimienta/397613|García Pimienta}}
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