Juan Carlos Pouso Lejonagoitia (born 30 July 1960) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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, currently

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SD Logroñés Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it plays in . Team colours are white-and-red shirts and black shorts. History ''Sociedad Deportiva Logroñés' ...

. He played no higher than

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, and spent most of his managerial career of over two decades at that same level. He led

Eibar Eibar (, ) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Euskadi. It is the capital of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Debabarrena. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat, 2018). Its chief industry is ...

and Mirandés for one season each in the

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Football career

Born in

Leioa Leioa () is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its population in 2019 ...

, Basque Country, Pouso began working as a professional manager in 2000 with

Arenas de Getxo Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in , holding home games at Campo Municipal de Gobela, with a 2,000-sea ...

. He was appointed at neighbouring

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in , hosting home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 seats. History ''Sestao River Club ...

three years later, achieving two promotions to

with the latter team. On 17 June 2008, Pouso became coach of

club

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, being granted a one-year leave from his job in the

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industry in order to fully dedicate himself to his new line of work. He was sacked in March 2009 after a poor run of results, being replaced by

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as the season ended in relegation. In late January 2010, Pouso returned to the third tier after being named manager of

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at the 1,500-seat '' Estadio Municipal de Guijuelo''. ...

with the aim of avoiding relegation, which was eventually met. He signed with fellow league side

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

on 1 June, leading them to division two for the first time in their history in his

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and reaching the semi-finals of the

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in the process. On 30 June 2013, Mirandés decided not to renew Pouso's contract even though he managed to finish above the relegation zone. After one year of inactivity, he was appointed at

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in the third division, leading his team to consecutive presences in the promotion play-offs albeit without success. Having resigned from his post in November 2016, he became the club's

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. On 6 February 2018, Pouso joined

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on a deal until the end of the campaign, replacing the fired

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. He returned to work in November the following year, at

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

. Pouso was removed from his post at the Galician club in February 2020 after a run of eight games without a win, though he stayed in other functions until the end of the season. Thirteen months later, he was back at work at a

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home ...

side facing relegation from the third tier. He was unable to prevent ''El Decano'' from suffering an unprecedented double descent to the fifth division following a restructuring of the

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. On 26 December 2022, after more than a year without a club, Pouso was appointed at

CD Calahorra Club Deportivo Calahorra is a Spanish football team based in Calahorra, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1946 it plays in , holding home games at the '' Estadio Municipal La Planilla'', with a capacity of 5,000 spectators. H ...

in the

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, replacing the dismissed Juan García. He left at the end of the 2023–24 campaign, ended in relegation to

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. On 2 June 2024, Pouso took over at

also in the fourth tier.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Sestao River *

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

: 2003–04, 2005–06 Mirandés *

: 2011–12

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