Jordi Fabregat Valmaña (born 4 December 1961) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a defender, and is a current

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Club career

Born in

Tortosa Tortosa (, ) is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hi ...

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Fabregat made his senior debuts with

CD Tortosa Club Deportiu Tortosa was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Tortosa, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1921, it last played in Segona Catalana – Group 6 B, holding home matches at ''Estadio Muni ...

, aged only 16, in the regional leagues. After appearing with

Terrassa FC Terrassa Futbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Terrassa, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1906, it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa'', with a capacity of 7,500 sp ...

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 ...

, he joined

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

in the 1982 summer. With the

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he was promoted to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

in the 1983–84 campaign, appearing in 33 matches and scoring two goals. He made his top flight debut on 2 September 1984, starting in a 1–0 away win against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

. In the 1986 summer, after falling down the pecking order, Fabregat moved to

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

also in the third level. After appearing regularly for the

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ns he signed for

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

club

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo S. A. D. is a Spanish association football, football club based in the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 1947 and plays in . History Due to the link between Jerez de la Frontera and the United Kingdom created b ...

in the following year, and appeared regularly during his four-year spell. In 1991 Fabregat joined

Yeclano CF Yeclano Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club based in Yecla, in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 1950 under the name of ''Club Deportivo Hispania de Yecla'', it was dissolved in 2004. After Yeclano's dissolution, another club in the city n ...

in the third division. He subsequently represented

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 ...

sides

CD San Fernando Club Deportivo San Fernando was a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1940 it was dissolved on 16 June 2009, due a €2 million debt. The club's home ground was ''Estadio Ba ...

and Tortosa, and played his last season with Xerez in division three before retiring in 1995.

Manager career

After working in the youth sides of his last club Xerez, Fabregat returned to Tortosa in 1997, now as manager. His side reached the play-offs in

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, and remained in charge of the side until 2000. Fabregat returned to Tortosa in January 2001, replacing Xavi Cid. He left again on 7 June 2002, but returned to the club on 10 December, after Juanjo Rovira was dismissed. In November 2003, Fabregat resigned from Tortosa and ended his third spell at the club. In January 2005, he took over CF La Sénia in the regional leagues, but only managed the club on eight occasions before moving to AD Mar Menor-San Javier in March. In March 2006, Fabregat was appointed manager of

CF Amposta Club de Futbol Amposta is a Spanish football team based in Amposta, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it competes in the , holding home games at '' Estadi Municipal de Amposta'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. ...

. On 29 January 2009, he left the club after rescinding his contract, and took over Racing Club Portuense. After failing to avoid relegation, Fabregat was sacked and joined UE Rapitenca on 9 October 2009. He left the latter side in May 2010, and returned to Amposta in November. On 1 August 2012, Fabregat was named

UB Conquense Unión Balompédica Conquense is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1946, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio La Fuensanta ...

manager. After taking the club back to the third division in his first season, he resigned on 26 January 2015. Fabregat took over

FC Jumilla Fútbol Club Jumilla was a Spanish football team based in Jumilla, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2011, it played in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de La Hoya''. Between 2016 and ...

on 17 July 2015, but was sacked on 10 November. He remained one year without a club before being named in charge 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''. ...

on 16 November 2016, and left the club on 17 May 2018. On 16 July 2019, Fabregat was appointed manager of

Arandina CF Arandina Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Aranda de Duero, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1987, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio El Montecillo'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Hist ...

in the fourth tier, being dismissed on 29 October. He returned to Conquense on 10 March 2021, but left on 24 June, and moved abroad to Andorran side

FC Ordino Futbol Club Ordino is an Andorran professional football club based in Ordino. Three-time winners of the Segona Divisió, the club currently plays in Primera Divisió. History Founded in 2010 as a football academy, FC Ordino was admitted by the c ...

on 27 August. Fabregat left Ordino in January 2022, and spent a short period at

Surkhon Termez Surkhon Termiz (''Surxon Termiz Futbol Klubi'') is an Uzbek professional football club based in the city of Termez. It was founded in 1968. Bakhtiyor Fazilov is the club owner. History Domestic history Managers Players ...

in Uzbekistan before returning to Tortosa on 22 April of that year. On 19 June 2023, he was appointed in charge of

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

side

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' ...

, but only lasted seven matches before being dismissed on 10 October.

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