Pedro Morilla Pineda (born 31 October 1972) is a Spanish professional football manager and former

player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who i ...

who played predominantly as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

. He is currently the manager of

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 ...

Playing career

Born in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Morilla represented both

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

and

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

as a youth. After making his senior debut with

CD Mairena Club Deportivo Mairena is a Spanish football team based in Mairena del Alcor, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1922, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Nuevo San Bartolomé'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Season ...

, he moved 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 ...

side

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in . History In 2007–08 season, the club became champion of the Segunda División B, Group 4. The next se ...

in 1994, appearing sparingly as his side achieved promotion to

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 ...

. Morilla made his debut in the second level on 3 December 1995, playing the last 14 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. He left the club the following July, and signed for

Talavera CF Talavera Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Talavera de la Reina, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1948, it played its last season in Tercera División - Group 18, holding home matches at ''Estadio ...

in the third level. Morilla continued to appear in the lower leagues in the following years, representing

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

Dos Hermanas CF Dos Hermanas Club de Fútbol 1971 is a Spanish football team based in Dos Hermanas, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 and refounded in 2021, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Miguel Román García'', with a cap ...

, Talavera and CD Ciempozuelos. He retired with the latter in 2005, aged 32.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Morilla became a coach, being appointed in charge of his last club Ciempozuelos' youth setup. In January 2007, he was appointed in charge of the first team in the fourth division. On 8 November 2007 Morilla returned to Talavera, now named manager. After suffering relegation he left the club, and in November 2008 he took charge of

CD Móstoles Club Deportivo Móstoles was a Spanish football team from Móstoles, a city in the southern metropolitan area of Madrid. Founded in 1955 and dissolved in 2012 it played its last season in Tercera División, holding home matches at '' Estadio El ...

. On 1 October 2010 Morilla was appointed manager of

CD Marchamalo Club Deportivo Marchamalo is a football team based in Marchamalo. Founded in 1973, the team plays in . The club's home ground is ''Estadio La Solana''. Season to season Source: ---- *1 season in Segunda División RFEF *14 seasons in Tercera ...

, leaving in June of the following year. He subsequently joined Betis' backroom staff, also being in charge of the ''Juvenil'' and the reserve squads. In August 2016, Morilla joined

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

's staff. On 9 July of the following year, he replaced

Lluís Planagumà Lluís Planagumà Ramos (born 25 October 1980) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Danish 2nd Division club FC Helsingør. Career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Planagumà started his managerial career with RCD Espanyol's you ...

at the helm of the B-side. Morilla was named manager of the first team in the second tier on 19 March 2018, replacing fired

José Luis Oltra José Luis Oltra Castañer (born 24 March 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager. Playing career Born in Valencia, Oltra spend the vast majority of his 14-year senior career in the lower leagues, re ...

. On 30 April, however, he was sacked. He returned to the helm of the B-side in May 2018. However, Morilla was sacked in March 2019, after one win the last fourteen matches, which left

Granada CF B Club Recreativo Granada is a Spanish football team based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1947, it is the reserve team of Granada CF and currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Miguel Prieto'', with a ...

at serious risk of relegation from the

. In July 2021, Morilla was appointed as caretaker manager of Wuhan Three Towns, where he worked as techniques director previously. In December 2021, he was promoted to manager for winning 14 matches in a row. In December 2022, he led the Wuhan Three Towns to their first ever

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

title. On 17 June 2023, he stepped down from the role after only 3 wins from the first 12 league games of the season. On 17 June 2025, Morilla was appointed as manager of

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Wuhan Three Towns *

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of the previous Chinese Su ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morilla, Pedro 1972 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Écija Balompié players Real Murcia CF players Burgos CF footballers Spanish football managers Betis Deportivo Balompié managers Club Recreativo Granada managers Granada CF managers Recreativo de Huelva managers Chinese Super League managers China League One managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China