Sergio Egea

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

Sergio Horacio Egea Rueda (born 21 September 1957) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a central defender, and is a manager of Spanish Salamanca CF UDS.

Sergio Egea

Personal information
Full name	Sergio Horacio Egea Rueda
Date of birth	(1957-09-21) 21 September 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Necochea, Argentina
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Cruz Necochea
	Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1978	Lusitano
1978–1979	Hércules B
1979–1980	Deportivo La Coruña	0	(0)
1980–1981	Elche	18	(0)
1982–1983	Recreativo	0	(0)
1983–1984	Barbastro
1984–1985	Orihuela	12	(0)
1985–1991	Novelda
Managerial career
1989–1990	Sax
1990	Hércules (youth)
1990–1991	Villena
1991–1995	Pinoso
1995–1997	Real Madrid B
1997–1998	Toledo
1998	Hércules
1999–2000	Valladolid B
2001–2005	Pumas UNAM (assistant)
2006	Necaxa (assistant)
2006–2008	Mexico (assistant)
2009	Almería (assistant)
2012–2013	Altamira
2014	Eldense
2014–2016	Oviedo
2017	Pumas UNAM (interim)
2019	Oviedo
2019–2020	Xelajú
2020	Salamanca
2023–2024	La Nucía
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Necochea, Egea graduated from Estudiantes de La Plata's youth setup, after a stint with Cruz de Necochea.^[1] He made his debuts as a senior with South Africa's Lusitano FC, before moving to Spain.^{[citation needed]}

In Spain, Egea represented Hércules CF B, Elche CF, Recreativo de Huelva, UD Barbastro, Orihuela Deportiva CF and Novelda CF, retiring with the latter in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Egea took up coaching, starting with UDF Sax. In 1995, he was appointed Real Madrid Castilla manager, leading the club to fourth position during his first season.^[2]

After another stint at CD Toledo,^[3] Hércules CF^[4] and Real Valladolid B,^[5] Egea started working with Hugo Sánchez, being his assistant at Pumas UNAM, Club Necaxa, the Mexico national football team and UD Almería, only leaving in 2009.^[6]

On 23 April 2012 Egea was named Estudiantes de Altamira manager.^[7] He was sacked on 4 March of the following year, after a 0–2 home defeat against Lobos de la BUAP.^[8]

On 13 February 2014 Egea returned to Spain, being appointed at the helm of CD Eldense.^[9] After winning promotion from Tercera División with the side, he was named Real Oviedo manager on 6 July.^[10]

On 13 June 2015, after being crowned champions of Segunda División B and taking the side back to Segunda División after a 12-year absence, Egea renewed his contract with the Asturians for a further year.^[11] On 14 March of the following year, despite his side being third-placed, he resigned alleging "personal reasons".^[12]

On 23 August 2017, Egea was named interim manager of Pumas UNAM,^[13] but stepped down in October. On 22 April 2019, he returned to Oviedo in the place of departed Juan Antonio Anquela,^[14] but was dismissed on 15 September after only one point in the five matches of the new season.^[15]

Personal life

Egea's sons, Lauren and Alexis, are both also footballers. The former is a forward,^[16] while the latter is also a defender.^[17]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 September 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref.
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Real Madrid Castilla		1 July 1995	10 February 1997	60	24	15	21	040.00	[18]
Toledo		1 July 1997	23 June 1998	46	15	15	16	032.61	[19]
Hércules		23 June 1998	19 October 1998	10	2	2	6	020.00	[20]
Valladolid B		7 December 1999	30 June 2000	22	5	6	11	022.73	[21]
Altamira		23 April 2012	4 March 2013	34	8	9	17	023.53
Eldense		13 February 2014	6 July 2014	20	9	4	7	045.00
Oviedo		6 July 2014	14 March 2016	77	40	21	16	051.95	[22]
Pumas UNAM (interim)		23 August 2017	4 October 2017	7	1	1	5	014.29
Oviedo		22 April 2019	15 September 2019	12	3	2	7	025.00	[23]
Xelajú		18 November 2019	30 June 2020	18	4	8	6	022.22
Salamanca		14 July 2020	23 November 2020	6	1	0	5	016.67
Career Total				312	112	83	117	035.90	—

Honours

• Segunda División B: 2014–15
• Segunda División Manager of the Month: December 2015