Sergio Francisco Ramos (born 19 May 1979), known as Sergio Francisco, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a striker, currently

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Real Sociedad B Real Sociedad de Fútbol "B" (also known as Sanse) is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1955, it is the reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Primera Federación ...

Playing career

Born in

Irun Irun ( es, Irún, eu, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as a Roman-Vasconic town. During the Span ...

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, Sergio Francisco spent the vast majority of his 15-year senior career in the lower leagues, amassing Segunda División B totals of 254 games and 74 goals for four teams. He represented mainly local

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

. Sergio Francisco's input at the professional level consisted of 51 matches in Segunda División with

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Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

and Real Unión, and four in

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with another

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side, Real Sociedad. His debut in the latter competition took place on 17 September 2000, as he came on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 4–1 away loss against RC Celta de Vigo.

Coaching career

Having suffered an

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injury in September 2008, Sergio Francisco retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, aged 32. He joined his main club's coaching staff the following year, under

Imanol Idiakez Joseba Imanol Idiakez Barkaiztegi (born 14 March 1972) is a Spanish former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, currently Manager (association football), manager of CD Leganés. Playing career Born in San Sebastián, Gipu ...

, becoming head coach subsequently with Unión competing in the third tier. On 5 June 2014, after leading the side to the 15th place in division three, Sergio Francisco was fired. He was appointed at Real Sociedad C in 2017, achieving promotion to the newly-created Segunda División RFEF at the end of the 2020–21 campaign. On 31 May 2022, Francisco was named manager of Real Sociedad's reserves, recently relegated to the

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, in place of the departed

Xabi Alonso Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his h ...

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