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Full name | Rafael Berges Martín | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 January 1971 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Córdoba, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1989–1991 | Córdoba | 70 | (2) | |||||||||||
1991–1993 | Tenerife | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
1993–2001 | Celta | 159 | (7) | |||||||||||
2001–2002 | Córdoba | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 274 | (10) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Córdoba B | |||||||||||||
2006 | Lucena | |||||||||||||
2007 | Almería B | |||||||||||||
2008 | Séneca (youth) | |||||||||||||
2008 | Linares | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Pozoblanco | |||||||||||||
2012 | Córdoba B | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Córdoba | |||||||||||||
2015 | Jaén | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Logroñés | |||||||||||||
2018 | Mitra Kukar | |||||||||||||
2019 | Mitra Kukar | |||||||||||||
2020 | Badak Lampung | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rafael Berges Martín (born 21 January 1971) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager.
Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Berges started playing for local Córdoba CF in the lower leagues. In the 1991–92 campaign he joined CD Tenerife, going on to spend two years in La Liga at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López. [1]
Signing with RC Celta de Vigo in 1993, Berges went on to make nearly 200 overall appearances and score seven league goals for the Galicians. He took part in no games in his final two seasons, however, due to recurrent injuries. [2] [3]
At the end of 2001–02, aged 31, Berges retired with his first club Córdoba, now in the Segunda División. His second spell was cut short, again due to several physical problems. [2]
Berges was the first-choice for Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, as the nation won the gold medal on home soil. He scored twice, including in the 2–0 semi-final win over Ghana. [4] [5]
Berges took up coaching in 2005, starting with Córdoba CF B. Amongst other lowly sides, he would also manage UD Almería's reserves. [6]
On 14 June 2012, Berges was named Córdoba's main squad head coach, replacing Rayo Vallecano-bound Paco Jémez. [7] He was relieved of his duties on 7 April of the following year, with the team ranking ninth in the second division. [8]
In the 2014–15 and 2016–17 campaigns, Berges was in charge of third-tier clubs Real Jaén [9] and UD Logroñés, respectively. [10] He went on to work in Liga 1 (Indonesia), with PS Mitra Kukar and Badak Lampung FC. [11] [12]
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