Imanol Alguacil

Imanol Alguacil

Alguacil with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea
Date of birth	(1971-07-04) 4 July 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Orio, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Real Sociedad (manager)
Youth career
	Orioko FT
1988–1989	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Real Sociedad B	56	(1)
1990–1998	Real Sociedad	113	(7)
1998–2000	Villarreal	29	(1)
2000–2001	Jaén	30	(0)
2001–2002	Cartagena	15	(0)
2002–2003	Burgos	20	(1)
Total		263	(10)
International career
1994–1997	Basque Country	3	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2013	Real Sociedad (youth)
2013–2014	Real Sociedad B (assistant)
2014–2018	Real Sociedad B
2018	Real Sociedad (interim)
2018	Real Sociedad B
2018–	Real Sociedad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea (born 4 July 1971), known simply as Imanol as a player, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is currently the manager of La Liga club Real Sociedad.

He made 121 appearances in La Liga over nine seasons, playing for Real Sociedad and Villarreal. In 2014, he started working as a manager, with a four-year spell with Real Sociedad B. He briefly coached the club's senior team in spring 2018 and later returned to take full charge in the winter of the same year.