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Quique Setién

FC Barcelona

Quique Setién
Quique Setién ©Getty Images

Date of birth: 27/09/1958
Nationality: Spanish
Playing career: Real Racing Club (twice), Atlético Madrid, Logroñés, Levante
Coaching career
: Real Racing Club, Poli Ejido, Equatorial Guinea, Logroñés, Lugo, Las Palmas, Real Betis, Barcelona

• Enrique 'Quique' Setién Solar started out as a beach football player in the northern Spanish region of Cantabria, representing his country at the sport.

• He then played for local side Real Racing Club for 12 seasons over two spells, where his performances in central midfield earned him the nickname 'El Maestro' (The Máster). Setién won the 1985 Spanish Super Cup with Atlético, and had spells at Logroñés and Levante either side of his second stint at Racing Club before hanging up his boots in 1996.

• A member of Spain's 1986 FIFA World Cup squad, he earned three caps for his country.

• Started out in coaching with his home-town club in 2001 before spells in the lower leagues with Poli Ejido, Logroñés and Lugo and a brief stint with the Equatorial Guinea national team. A keen chess fan who has played against former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov, he stepped up to the Spanish top flight when named Las Palmas coach in October 2015, keeping the Canary Island side in the division.

• In 2017 he joined Real Betis, leading them to sixth position in the Liga that season and the UEFA Europa League round of 32 in 2018/19 before leaving the Seville club at the end of the campaign. A disciple of Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff, playing the kind of possession-based passing style that has become synonymous with the Catalan club, he was named Barça coach on 13 January 2020, signing a two-and-a-half year deal to replace Ernesto Valverde.