Onésimo Sánchez

Onésimo Sánchez González (born 14 August 1968), often known simply as Onésimo, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a winger, and the current manager of Celta de Vigo B.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is González.

Onésimo Sánchez
Onésimo as a Valladolid coach
Personal information
Full name Onésimo Sánchez González
Date of birth (1968-08-14) 14 August 1968
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Celta B (manager)
Youth career
Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Valladolid 39 (2)
1988–1989 Cádiz 16 (0)
1989–1990 Barcelona B 18 (4)
1989–1990 Barcelona 2 (0)
1990–1993 Valladolid 96 (9)
1993–1996 Rayo Vallecano 106 (17)
1996–1997 Sevilla 24 (1)
1997–1998 Rayo Vallecano 35 (5)
1999–2000 Burgos 15 (0)
2000–2002 Palencia
Total 351 (38)
National team
1987 Spain U21 1 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Valladolid B
2008 Huesca
2009–2010 Valladolid B
2010 Valladolid
2010–2011 Huesca
2013 Murcia
2015–2018 Toledo
2018–2019 Girona (assistant)
2020– Celta B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Onésimo was mainly associated with Real Valladolid throughout his career, serving the club as both a player and manager.[1] He amassed La Liga totals of 221 matches and 21 goals over nine seasons, which included the 1989–90 campaign spent with Barcelona.

Playing career

Onésimo was born in Valladolid, Castile and León. From the very start of his career, he had a reputation as an exceptional dribbler.[2] However, he was also often criticised for the one dimensionality of his game, the media often drawing attention to his wastefulness in front of goal.[3]

Onésimo's playing career began with his hometown club Real Valladolid, for whom he made nearly 50 first-team appearances before the age of 20. For the 1988–89 season, he joined fellow La Liga side Cádiz CF. His talent attracted the attention of Johan Cruyff, who took him to FC Barcelona the following summer.[4]

Onésimo's time at the Camp Nou was an unhappy one: Cruyff, who disapproved of the player's partying, selected him only twice in the league all season.[4] The brightest moment of his time at the club was his dominating performance after coming on as a substitute in the second leg of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup tie against R.S.C. Anderlecht, even though Barça lost on aggregate (2–3).[5]

Onésimo returned to Valladolid after a single season with Barcelona, and would experience both promotion and relegation with them in the following years as well as with his next team, Rayo Vallecano. For the 1996–97 campaign he moved to Sevilla FC – with whom he suffered another relegation from the top level – and returned to Rayo the following year.

After more than six months out of the game, Onésimo signed for Burgos CF of Segunda División B in February 1999.[6] He saw out his career, retiring at nearly 34, with CF Palencia, another club in the third tier.[5]

Coaching career

Onésimo was named as coach of Real Valladolid B in 2006.[7] He left midway through the 2007–08 season to take charge of SD Huesca, whose manager, Manolo Villanova, had been appointed at Real Zaragoza.[7]

Even though he led the team to promotion from the third level, Onésimo's contract was not renewed,[7] and he returned to Valladolid's reserves in 2009 following the dismissal of Paco de la Fuente.[7] He turned the side's fortunes around as during the 2009–10 campaign they lost only one game under his management,[7] and this success ultimately led to him being promoted to the management of the first team after the sacking of José Luis Mendilibar on 31 January 2010.[1]

On 5 April 2010, after ten league matches – six losses and only one win – Onésimo was fired by Valladolid, with the team ranking second from bottom.[8] That July he returned to Huesca, still in the second tier,[9] taking them to a best-ever 14th place but resigning with a year left on his contract.[10]

In February 2013, Onésimo returned to the second division with Real Murcia, who were 16th following the dismissal of Gustavo Siviero.[11] He succeeded in avoiding relegation but his contract was not renewed, with the Murcians instead choosing Julio Velázquez.[12]

Onésimo got back into management in July 2015, at CD Toledo of the third level on a two-year deal.[13] After two consecutive play-off finishes, he left in January 2018 by mutual agreement with the Castilla–La Mancha team threatened with relegation.[14]

In the summer of 2018, Onésimo was named assistant to Eusebio Sacristán at top-flight Girona FC.[15] All of the latter's staff left at the end of the season, which ended in relegation.[16]

Managerial statistics
As of 8 March 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Valladolid B 20 February 2006 30 June 2007 54 17 12 25 51 64 −13 031.48 [17]
Huesca 6 March 2008 26 June 2008 15 5 7 3 17 16 +1 033.33 [18]
Valladolid B 9 February 2009 1 February 2010 37 22 8 7 65 30 +35 059.46 [19]
Valladolid 1 February 2010 5 April 2010 10 1 3 6 6 17 −11 010.00 [20]
Huesca 1 July 2010 8 June 2011 44 13 17 14 40 47 −7 029.55 [21]
Murcia 4 February 2013 10 July 2013 18 5 5 8 17 23 −6 027.78 [22]
Toledo 6 July 2015 23 January 2018 110 45 28 37 134 115 +19 040.91 [23]
Celta B 28 January 2020 Present 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 066.67 [24]
Total 294 112 81 101 340 318 +22 038.10 —
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References
  1. "Onesimo takes reins from Mandilibar [sic] at Valladolid". ESPN Soccernet. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. Tirado, Juan Antonio (14 January 1987). "Onésimo, estrella a los 18 años" [Onésimo, an 18-year-old star]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  3. "The Soccernet Quiniela – Week 11 – Foreplay recommended". ESPN Soccernet. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  4. Cabezas, Francisco (1 December 2013). "Mezclando a Cruyff y Clemente" [Mixing Cruyff and Clemente]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. Martín, Luis (2 February 2010). "El mayor reto del 'cabezón'" [The cabezón's biggest challenge]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  6. Sanz, Óscar (1 February 1999). "El penúltimo regate de Onésimo" [Onésimo's penultimate dribble]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  7. "Onésimo Sánchez, el regateador ante su gran desafío" [Onésimo Sánchez, the dribbler faces biggest challenge] (in Spanish). Radio Televisión de Castilla y León. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  8. "Struggling Valladolid sack Onesimo". ESPN Soccernet. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  9. Barluenga, Miguel (5 July 2010). "Onésimo, año segundo" [Onésimo, second year]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  10. "Onésimo abandona el Huesca" [Onésimo leaves Huesca]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 June 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  11. "Onésimo se convierte en nuevo entrenador del Murcia" [Onésimo becomes Murcia's new manager]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  12. Fernández, Ernesto; Moreno, Ángela (10 July 2013). "Julio Velázquez comandará el nuevo proyecto de Samper" [Julio Velázquez will lead Samper's new project]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  13. "Onésimo Sánchez, ex entrenador del Huesca, nuevo míster del Toledo" [Onésimo Sánchez, former Huesca manager, new Toledo boss] (in Spanish). Sport Aragon. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  14. "Confirmado: Onésimo deja de ser entrenador del Toledo" [Confirmed: Onésimo no longer manager of Toledo]. ABC (in Spanish). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  15. Bernad Suelves, Marc (10 August 2018). "Onésimo, Izaguirre, Andrés y Unzué, el equipo de Eusebio" [Onésimo, Izaguirre, Andrés and Unzué, Eusebio's team]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  16. "Eusebio deja de ser entrenador del Girona" [Eusebio no longer manager of Girona] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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