Francesc Bosch Farrés (born 2 May 1988) is a Spanish football coach. He is currently the head coach of the FC Barcelona Juvenil B (U18) team. He has previously worked at clubs including

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and

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Coaching career

Cesc Bosch began his coaching career in grassroots football at APA Poble Sec, before joining

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in the 2015–16 season as head coach of the U19 team. He then spent two seasons (2016–2018) at

, coaching the U18 and later the U19 side. In 2013, he joined Thai League 1 side

as an assistant coach. He returned to the club in 2019, serving first as head coach and later as assistant manager. In the 2018–19 season, Cesc joined Croatian First Division side

as assistant coach under Manolo Márquez and later Curro Torres. From 2019 to 2021, he was assistant coach of

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, before becoming head of Performance and Analysis Area at

from 2021 to 2023, focusing on tactical preparation, match analysis and player evaluation. In 2023, Bosch joined

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as assistant coach of FC Barcelona U16. For the 2024–25 season, he was promoted to head coach (U16 Team). In 2025, he became the head coach of the FC Barcelona U18 (Juvenil B) team.

Managerial history

References

1988 births Living people Spanish football managers FC Barcelona non-playing staff RCD Espanyol non-playing staff Expatriate football managers in Thailand Expatriate football managers in Croatia Sports coaches from Barcelona Francesc Bosch Francesc Bosch Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand {{Spain-footy-bio-stub