Javier Fernández-Rozada Álvarez (born 3 July 1982), known as Javi Rozada, is a Spanish

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, currently in charge of

Real Avilés Industrial CF Real Avilés Industrial Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Avilés, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1903 it plays in , holding home matches at Estadio Román Suárez Puerta, with an approximate capacity of 5, ...

Managerial career

Born in

Oviedo Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...

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, Rozada graduated in

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but started his career in 2006 as

CD Covadonga Club Deportivo Covadonga is a Spanish football team based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1979 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Juan Antonio Álvarez Rabanal'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. History CD ...

's ''Alevín B'' manager. He subsequently worked at the youth categories of the Asturias autonomous team and

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

before being appointed manager of

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 ...

side

CD Lealtad Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1916, it plays in , holding home games at ''Les Caley ...

in June 2013. Rozada achieved promotion to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

in his first season in charge, and managed to stay in the category in the following two campaigns. On 3 May 2016, he announced his departure from the club, and spent a year unemployed before taking over

Real Oviedo Vetusta Real Oviedo Vetusta is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1929 as ''Unión Sportiva Ovetense'', it is the reserve team of Real Oviedo, and currently plays in , holding home games at '' El R ...

on 10 July 2017. On 5 June 2018, after another promotion to division three, Rozada renewed with the ''Carbayones'' for a further two years, and took the club to their best-ever position in 2018–19. On 15 September 2019, he was named at the helm of the main squad in

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, replacing fired Sergio Egea. Rozada's first professional match in charge occurred on 19 September 2019, a 1–1 home draw against

Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la ...

. The following 18 February, as the team fell into the relegation places, he was replaced by

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. On 3 August 2020, Rozada was appointed as the new manager of Segunda División B side

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, who had just been relegated from the

. On 21 December, he was dismissed. On 7 May 2024, after more than three years without a club, Rozada was appointed as the new manager of

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side

, on a contract until June 2025, which also included the two relegation play-off matches against Manchego Ciudad Real.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

;CD Lealtad *

: 2013–14 ;Real Oviedo B *

: 2017–18

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rozada, Javi 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Oviedo Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Segunda Federación managers Real Oviedo Vetusta managers Real Oviedo managers Racing de Santander managers Real Avilés Industrial CF managers