José Hevia

José Carlos Rodríguez Hevia (born 1 April 1972) is a Spanish football manager. Since January 2022, he is in charge of the Training Methodology Area in the Project for Methodological Advice and Training for football clubs and coaches developed by the Government of the Atlántico and the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (Colombian Football Federation) through the Liga de Fútbol del Atlántico (Atlantic Football League) in Colombia. He managed Kolkata-based club Mohammedan Sporting in I-League.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Hevia.
José Hevia
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Rodríguez Hevia
Date of birth (1972-04-01) 1 April 1972
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Managerial career
Years Team
1990–2002 Santa Teresa (youth)
2002–2003 Alcoa-Inespal
2003–2005 San Claudio
2005–2006 Manuel Rubio
2007–2011 Gigantes
2015–2016 FC Pune City Reserves
2017 Minerva Punjab FC
2017–2018 Celtic FC Soccer Academy (Technical director)
2018 Shillong Lajong FC
2020–2021 Mohammedan
2021–2022 COLFUTBOL

Career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Bachelor in Psychology and UEFA PRO coach since 2003 Hevia started working with CD Santa Teresa's youth categories in 1990 before acquiring his coaching qualifications in 2002. Shortly after, he took over lower league sides Club Social Alcoa-Inespal, UD San Claudio, CD Manuel Rubio and AD Gigantes (Madrid), a club linked to Atlético de Madrid, with which he was promoted to the preferred youth category with the U19 team and with the senior team is on the verge of promotion to the first category of the Region of Madrid, before leaving for India in December 2014.[2][3]

Shortly after arriving in the country, Hevia joined FC Pune City as their head of youth development and responsible for the scouting of the indian players of the I-League to play in the ISL team.[4] He also took over the FC Pune City Reserves and Academy teams before leaving for Minerva Punjab FC to take over the youth categories. After becoming national champion with the under 18 team and defeating the Indian under 17 national team in their preparation for the World Cup that was held in 2017 in India, he was promoted to the coaching staff of the first team of I-League acting as head coach interim during the second round of the I-League championship improving considerably the performance of the team and obtaining good results that helped to the club to save the relegation zone.[5]

In the 2017 summer, Hevia joined the joint venture Celtic FC Soccer Academy as their director of football, and later acted as an assistant manager.[6] In 2019, he signs a new contract to come back to India to work as Shillong Lajong FC's technical director and head coach of the first team, with his contribution the club won the Shillong Premier League and the Meghalaya State League, because of the pandemic this fantastic sequence of success could not continue in the I-League championship.[7][8]

On 25 October 2020, Hevia was appointed in charge of newly promoted I-League side Mohammedan SC.[9] In February 2021 Hevia was relieved from his position because of technical disagreements with the management of the club, leaving the team with only one defeat in seven games, leaving the team in fourth position at the time of his departure in the I-League championship.

In January 2022, he moved to Colombia to lead the Training Methodology Area in the Methodological Advice and Training Project for football clubs and coaches developed by the Government of the Atlántico and the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (Colombian Football Federation) through the Liga de Fútbol del Atlántico (Atlantic Football League).

References
  1. "কলকাতা মোহামেডানের ১৩০, শুভেচ্ছা বাংলাদেশের" [Its 130 for Calcutta Mohammedan, greetings from Bangladesh]. dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Dhaka: The Dhaka Post. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. "ASOCIACIÓN DEPORTIVA GIGANTES" (in Spanish). FutMadrid. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "I-League 2020-21: Mohammedan Sporting appoint Jose Hevia as head coach". Goal.com. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. El arquitecto gijonés del fútbol indio elcomercio.es
  5. "Minerva Punjab FC sign Jose Carlos Hevia as Head of Youth Development!". ArunFoot. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. José Hevia joins Madhya Bharat SC Twitter.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021
  7. Lajong signs José Hevia as technical director and head of youth development Shillong Mail. Retrieved 11 May 2021
  8. "Lajong to part ways with technical director Jose Hevia". The Shillong Times. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. "Mohammedan Sporting Club appoint Spaniard Jose Hevia as head coach". The Times of India. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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