Asier Santana Clavo (born 3 February 1979) is a Spanish football

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Manager career

Born in

Idiazabal Idiazabal is a town and municipality in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. The area has given its name to the renowned Idiazabal cheese of the region, one of the best ...

Goierri Goierri ("Highland(s)" in Basque; ) or "Basque Highlands" is one of the eight '' comarcas'' (''Eskualdea'' in the Basque language) in the Spanish province of Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

, Santana joined

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

in 2006, being appointed manager of the youth setup. In 2008, he moved to the reserve squad, being

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and

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's assistant. On 17 June 2013, Santana was named manager of the B-team, signing a two-year deal. On 5 November of the following year, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, as an interim, replacing fired

Jagoba Arrasate Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo (born 22 April 1978) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of La Liga club Mallorca. After an amateur playing career, he rose through the coaching ranks of Real Sociedad where he m ...

. Santana appeared in his first professional match on 9 November 2014, a 2–1 home win against

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. He was subsequently named

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' assistant, remaining in the first team. In June 2016, Santana was hired by third-tier

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 RF ...

but still on the payroll of Sociedad, who were helping out with the

Irun 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 Spanish Civil War, ...

-based club's financial problems. He was dismissed on 27 November 2017 due to a poor run of results, with the severance payment being again the responsibility of the larger club. Santana returned to the game on 29 January 2020, taking over at

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until the end of the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santana, Asier 1979 births Living people People from Goierri Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División B managers Real Sociedad B managers Real Sociedad managers Real Unión managers UCAM Murcia CF managers Real Sociedad non-playing staff Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa