Mario Simón

Mario Simón Matías (born 7 January 1981) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Unionistas de Salamanca CF.

Mario Simón

Personal information
Full name	Mario Simón Matías
Date of birth	(1981-01-07) 7 January 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team	Unionistas (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1998–2006	San Vicente (youth)
2006–2008	San Vicente
2008–2009	Villamalea
2009–2011	Albacete B
2011	Albacete
2011–2012	Almansa
2013–2014	Almansa
2014–2016	La Roda
2017–2018	Lorca Deportiva
2018–2019	Socuéllamos
2019–2021	Albacete B
2021–2023	Murcia
2024–2025	Intercity
2025–	Unionistas

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

Manager career

Born in Madrid, Simón began his managerial career at Club San Vicente de Albacete in 1998, taking care of the youth setup. In 2006, he was promoted to the main squad, being promoted with the side in his first campaign.

On 23 July 2009, after a short period at UD Villamalea, Simón was appointed Albacete Balompié B manager.^[1] On 24 March 2011 he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, replacing fired David Vidal.^[2]

Simón remained in charge of Alba for the remaining 12 matches, suffering relegation and leaving the club in June 2011. He subsequently was named UD Almansa manager in the following month.^[3]

Simón left the club in June 2012,^[4] returning to his duties in May 2013.^[5] On 12 June 2014, after missing out promotion in the play-offs with Almansa, he signed for La Roda CF.^[6]

On 10 October 2019, Atlético Albacete announced Simón as a head coach.^[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 May 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
San Vicente		1 July 2006	30 June 2008	60	30	12	18	150	100	+50	050.00	[8]
Villamalea		30 June 2008	23 July 2009	33	16	7	10	40	32	+8	048.48	[9]
Albacete B		23 July 2009	24 March 2011	68	37	13	18	115	66	+49	054.41	[10]
Albacete		24 March 2011	18 June 2011	12	2	1	9	15	27	−12	016.67	[11]
Almansa		1 July 2011	11 June 2012	40	18	14	8	57	29	+28	045.00	[12]
Almansa		23 May 2013	12 June 2014	42	20	13	9	54	45	+9	047.62	[13]
La Roda		12 June 2014	23 June 2016	76	22	20	34	73	95	−22	028.95	[14]
Lorca Deportiva		7 November 2017	5 June 2018	25	7	4	14	24	36	−12	028.00	[15]
Socuéllamos		29 June 2018	11 July 2019	52	33	12	7	99	31	+68	063.46	[16]
Albacete B		10 October 2019	7 June 2021	55	26	10	19	84	59	+25	047.27	[17]
Murcia		7 June 2021	1 June 2023	76	31	28	17	95	63	+32	040.79	[18]
Intercity		20 November 2024	27 January 2025	10	1	4	5	10	14	−4	010.00	[19]
Total				549	243	138	168	816	597	+219	044.26	—