José Antonio Vicuña Ochandorena (born 20 November 1971), commonly known as Kibu Vicuña, is a Spanish professional football manager. He is the current manager of Diamond Harbour.
 Vicuña as manager of Kerala Blasters in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Antonio Vicuña Ochandorena | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Zizurkil, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Diamond Harbour (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2005 | Osasuna (youth) | ||
| 2005–2007 | River Ega | ||
| 2007–2010 | Legia Warsaw (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Zagłębie Lubin (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Legia Warsaw (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Osasuna (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Lech Poznań (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Śląsk Wrocław (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | FK Trakai | ||
| 2018–2019 | Wisła Płock | ||
| 2019–2020 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 2020–2021 | Kerala Blasters | ||
| 2021–2022 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
| 2022 | Diamond Harbour | ||
| 2022–2023 | Mohammedan | ||
| 2023– | Diamond Harbour | ||
Coaching career
editEarly career
editAfter playing for the University of Navarra while coaching the youth squads, Vicuña was named in charge of CA Osasuna's youth squads in 2002. He left the club in 2005 to take over Tercera División side CD River Ega, where he coached for two years.[1]
In 2007, after a call to Jan Urban to congratulate his appointment at Legia Warsaw, Vicuña was invited to become his assistant.[2] He subsequently worked as Urban's assistant at Zagłębie Lubin, Legia, Osasuna, Lech Poznań and Śląsk Wrocław.[citation needed]
FK Trakai
editOleg Vasilenko was fired from Lithuanian club FK Trakai in May 2018,[3] and Vicuña appointed as the head coach of the club in June.[4] He worked with the team in the Europa League tournament, but left in October and went to Wisła Płock.[5]
Wisła Płock
editOn 10 October 2018, Vicuña was appointed as head coach of Polish club Wisła Płock.[6] He left the club on 3 April 2019 after managing the team in 19 games.
Mohun Bagan
editIn May 2019,[7] Vicuña signed a one-year deal for Mohun Bagan.[8] He won the I-League in his maiden season with Mohun Bagan. After the alignment of ATK and Mohun Bagan, the new management chose ATK head coach Antonio López Habas as the manager of the new entity, and Kibu's contract was not extended.
Kerala Blasters
editOn 22 April 2020, Vicuña was appointed as head coach of Kerala Blasters.[9][10][11] After a disappointing season with only 3 wins from 18 games, the Blasters and Kibu Vicuna decided to part away on mutual consent. He left the club on 17 February 2021, with two more games remaining in the season.[12]
ŁKS Łódź
editOn 21 June 2021, it was announced that Vicuña was appointed as head coach of the I liga club ŁKS Łódź for the 2021–22 I liga season.[13][14] On 7 March 2022, two games after the winter break, with the team sitting ninth in the table, Vicuña was relieved of his duties.[15]
Mohammedan
editIn December 2022, during the midway of 2022–23 I-League season, Vicuña was roped in as new head coach of another Kolkata-based club Mohammedan Sporting in place of Andrey Chernyshov.[16] He returned to I-League, after managing the newly formed Calcutta Football League club Diamond Harbour.[16] He parted ways with the club on 21 February 2023.[17]
Personal life
editBorn in Zizurkil, Basque Country to a business family which owns a steel factory in the town, Vicuña opted to work with football instead. His parents are from San Sebastián, and his brothers are from Pamplona, city where he arrived at the age of nine.[2] Vicuña's wife, Kasia Bielecka, is Polish.[18]
When asked in an interview about his relationship with current Sevilla FC coach Julen Lopetegui, Vicuña said: "He is a bit senior to me and a good friend of my elder brother, Marcelino. Actually, his parents and my parents were friends. They used to travel together during vacations. When he was in charge of FC Porto, I went to Porto and watched his style of coaching from close for two weeks. When he was in charge of the Spanish national team, then also we used to talk about a lot of things almost regularly. After I came here (India), he wanted to know about the interest level about the game here".[19]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 11 December 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| FK Riteriai | 18 June 2018 | 9 October 2018 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 46.67 | ||
| Wisła Płock | 10 October 2018 | 3 April 2019 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21.05 | ||
| Mohun Bagan | 1 June 2019 | 21 April 2020 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 76.19 | ||
| Kerala Blasters | 22 April 2020 | 17 February 2021 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16.67 | ||
| ŁKS Łódź | 21 June 2021 | 7 March 2022 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34.78 | ||
| Mohammedan | 24 December 2022 | 21 February 2023 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22.22 | ||
| Diamond Harbour | 11 May 2023 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 68.42 | |||
| Total | 105 | 40 | 31 | 34 | 38.10 | ||||
Honours
editMohun Bagan
Diamond Harbour
References
edit- ^ Mamy trudny moment, ale wierzę w nasze metody weszlo.com
- ^ a b "Pareja de hecho" [A duo indeed] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ ""Trakai" turės naują trenerį. Su O.Vasilenka nutraukta sutartis". futbolas.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Futbolo Klubas Trakai " "Trakams" vadovaus specialistas iš Ispanijos". fkt.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "FKT.lt (SEO)".
- ^ "Josean Vicuña 'Kibu' (Entrenador del Wisla Plock y socio de la Real): "Asier Garitano transmite tranquilidad y sentido común"". Real Sociedad - El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Pro License Holder Kibu Vicuna is the New Mohun Bagan Head Coach". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (21 April 2020). "Kiyan ready to shoulder Nassiri burden". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Panaji, Goa: The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Kerala Blasters officially appoint Kibu Vicuna as head coach". THE WEEK. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "ISL 2020-21: How Kerala Blasters could shape up under Kibu Vicuna". The Bridge. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Harigovind Thoyakkat (10 May 2021). "How Kerala Blasters can learn from Gokulam Kerala's I-League success". Khel Now. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Kerala Blasters FC and Kibu Vicuna Mutually Part Ways". Kerala Blasters FC. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Former Mohun Bagan and Kerala Blasters coach Kibu Vicuna joins Polish second division side LKS Lodz | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Former Mohun Bagan and Kerala Blasters coach Kibu Vicuna joins Polish second division side LKS Lodz - Opera News". www.dailyadvent.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Marcin Pogorzała pierwszym trenerem ŁKS" (in Polish). ŁKS Łódź. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b Chakraborty, Swapnomoy (16 December 2022). "I-League: Kibu Vicuna to take charge as head coach of Mohammedan SC; will arrive on Monday". thebridge.in. Kolkata: The Bridge. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Sudharshan, M (21 February 2023). "Wadoo was serving as the manager of Real Kashmir until a few days back". KhelNow.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Will remain a Mariner for the rest of my life, promises Bagan coach". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Ekstraklasa. Kibu Vicuna: Lopetegui to mój przyjaciel, ale piłki wolę uczyć się w Płocku. Chcę, żeby Wisła miała flow" [Top league. Kibu Vicuna: Lopetegui is my friend, but I prefer to learn football in Płock. I want Wisła to have flow] (in Polish). Sport.pl. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links
edit- Kibu Vicuña at WorldFootball.net
- Personal website