Casuco

Casuco
Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Martínez Martínez
Date of birth	26 September 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Lorca, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1970–1972	Águilas CF
1972–1974	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1976	Lorca Deportiva
1976–1977	Granada
1977–1979	Elche
1979–1988	Zaragoza
1988–1989	Alzira
1989–1990	Orihuela
1990–1991	Lorca Deportiva
Total
Managerial career
1991–1993	Águilas CF
1994–1995	Lorca CF
1995–1996	Las Palas
1996	Toledo
1997–1998	Plasencia
1998	Águilas CF
1999–2000	Segoviana
2000–2004	Almería
2005–2006	Murcia
2006–2007	Tenerife
2007–2008	Xerez
2010–2011	Castellón
2013–2015	Águilas FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Martínez Martínez (born 26 September 1955), commonly known as Casuco, is a Spanish former football right back and manager.

Playing career

Born in Lorca, Region of Murcia, Casuco spent most of his career at Real Zaragoza, playing more than 320 competitive matches.^[1] In 1986, he won the Copa del Rey with his main club.^[2]

Casuco also represented Elche CF in La Liga,^[3] being relegated at the end of the 1977–78 season after starting in all his 27 appearances.

Casuco started working as a manager in 1994. At the professional level, he worked in Segunda División with CD Toledo, UD Almería,^[4] Real Murcia,^[5] CD Tenerife^[6] and Xerez CD.^[7]

Zaragoza

^ Lahoz, Raúl (12 October 2017). "Honra a Casuco" [Casuco honoured]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Santamaría, Chesus (26 April 2016). "Hoy se cumplen 30 años de La Tercera" [The Third's 30th anniversary] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ Madrigal, José Antonio (5 March 1978). ""Día del club" en Elche ante la visita del Madrid" ["Club day" in Elche before visit of Madrid]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ Román, Manolo (27 January 2004). "Casuco, otro técnico que hace las maletas" [Casuco, another manager who gets packing] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Casuco será presentado hoy mismo" [Casuco will be presented this very day]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 February 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Casuco se convierte en el nuevo entrenador del Tenerife" [Casuco becomes new manager of Tenerife]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 December 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Casuco, nuevo técnico del Xerez" [Casuco, new manager of Xerez]. Marca (in Spanish). 6 November 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2018.