Fran Alonso
Spanish football manager (born 1976)
![]() Alonso with the Houston Dash in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Javier Alonso Lopez | ||
Date of birth | (1976-06-13) 13 June 1976 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | Spain | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dash (head coach) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2018–2019 | Lewes Women | ||
2020–2023 | Celtic Women | ||
2024– | Houston Dash |
Francisco Javier "Fran" Alonso Lopez (born 13 June 1976) is a Spanish football manager who manages the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Career
In 2018, Alonso was appointed manager of English side Lewes.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In 2020, he was appointed manager of Scottish woman's side Celtic.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
On 22 December 2023, Alonso was appointed manager for National Women's Soccer League side Houston Dash, who have reached its postseason competition only once in its ten years of existence.[14]
Coaching statistics
- As of matches played on 20 July 2024.
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Lewes F.C. Women | December 2018 | December 2019 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 016.0 |
Celtic F.C. Women | January 2020 | January 2024 | 140 | 113 | 10 | 17 | 080.7 |
Houston Dash | February 2024 | Present | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 017.6 |
Total | 182 | 120 | 18 | 44 | 065.9 |
Honors
Manager
Celtic Women
References
- ^ "Who is Fran Alonso?". footballscotland.co.uk (Archived). Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Fran Alonso's career heading upwards along with Celtic". thenational.scot. 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Fran Alonso: "El Lewes FC paga lo mismo tanto a hombres como a mujeres"". spherasports.com. 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Fran Alonso: How Mauricio Pochettino and Koeman guided Lewes Women boss". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Getting acquainted with new Lewes FC Women manager Fran Alonso". shekicks.net. 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Meeting Fran Alonso". thebadgeronline.com.
- ^ "Fran Alonso eyes Super League giants after making switch from Premier League to Lewes' women's team". telegraph.co.uk (Archived). Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Fran Alonso On Managing Celtic And Learning From Pochettino & Koeman". worldfootballindex.com. 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Fran Alonso: Forget title, Celtic changed Scottish women's football". heraldscotland.com. 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Alonso aims to bring Pochettino and Koeman style to Celtic". news.stv.tv. 16 January 2020.
- ^ "SWPL now more attractive to foreign players - Fran Alonso". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Fran Alonso: Celtic boss dreaming of SWPL 1 title triumph". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Alonso on never stopping, making dad proud and famous white jacket". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Fran Alonso to lead Houston Dash as next head coach". houstondynamofc.com (Press release). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
External links
Fran Alonso at Soccerway
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Houston Dash – current squad
- 1 Campbell
- 2 Chapman
- 3 Tarciane
- 4 Jacobs
- 5 Kizer
- 6 Solaun
- 7 Nielsen
- 8 Petersen
- 9 Ordóñez
- 10 Andressa
- 11 Alozie
- 12 Van Zanten
- 13 Schmidt
- 14 Nagasato
- 15 Olivieri
- 16 West
- 17 Puntigam
- 18 Hinz
- 19 Briede
- 20 Hirst
- 21 Gareis
- 22 Soto
- 25 Lind
- 26 Ayson
- 28 Bachmann
- 29 Wolfbauer
- 30 Patterson
- 31 Rubensson
- 33 Harris
- 40 McKinney
- Head coach: Alonso
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