Xabier Mancisidor

Xabier Mancisidor Macazaga (born 24 May 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current goalkeeping coach of English club Manchester City.

Xabier Mancisidor

Personal information
Full name	Xabier Mancisidor Macazaga
Date of birth	(1970-05-24) 24 May 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Pasaia, Spain
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Manchester City (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
	Alavés
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Alavés B
1993–1995	Alavés	12	(0)
1995–1998	Mallorca	9	(0)
Total		21	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Playing career

Known simply as Xabier during his playing days, he was born in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, and was a Alavés youth graduate. He was promoted to the first team ahead of the 1993–94 campaign, in Segunda División B.^[1]

In 1995, despite being a backup option, Xabier signed for Segunda División side Mallorca.^[1] He made his professional debut on 3 September of that year, starting in a 2–0 away win against Osasuna.^[2]

Xabier achieved promotion with Mallorca in 1997, playing two matches during the season. In the subsequent La Liga campaign, he was only a third-choice, and after failing to appear in a single minute, he retired at the age of only 28.^[1]

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring, Mancisidor joined Real Sociedad's backroom staff. Initially a goalkeeping coach of the youth setup, he was later promoted to the first team and spent eleven seasons at the club.^[3]

Mancisidor was appointed goalkeeping coach at Manuel Pellegrini's staff at Real Madrid on 2 June 2009. On 3 January 2011, he was named on Pellegrini's staff at Málaga, with the same role.^[4]

On 14 June 2013, Mancisidor again followed Pellegrini to Manchester City.^[5] After the manager's dismissal, he remained at the club.