Quique Setién Explained

Quique Setién
Full Name:Enrique Setién Solar[1]
Birth Place:Santander, Spain[2]
Birth Date:27 September 1958
Height:1.82 m[3]
Position:Central midfielder
Youthclubs1:Casablanca
Youthclubs2:Perines
Years1:1977–1985
Years2:1985–1988
Years3:1988–1992
Years4:1992–1996
Years5:1996
Clubs1:Racing Santander
Clubs2:Atlético Madrid
Clubs3:Logroñés
Clubs4:Racing Santander
Clubs5:Levante
Caps1:204
Caps2:73
Caps3:114
Caps4:124
Caps5:3
Totalcaps:518
Goals1:43
Goals2:7
Goals3:20
Goals4:25
Goals5:0
Totalgoals:95
Nationalyears1:1978–1982
Nationalyears2:1985–1986
Nationalteam1:Spain U21
Nationalteam2:Spain
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:0
Manageryears1:2001–2002
Manageryears2:2003
Manageryears3:2006
Manageryears4:2007–2008
Manageryears5:2009–2015
Manageryears6:2015–2017
Manageryears7:2017–2019
Manageryears8:2020
Manageryears9:2022–2023
Managerclubs1:Racing Santander
Managerclubs2:Poli Ejido
Managerclubs3:Equatorial Guinea
Managerclubs4:Logroñés
Managerclubs5:Lugo
Managerclubs6:Las Palmas
Managerclubs7:Betis
Managerclubs8:Barcelona
Managerclubs9:Villarreal

Enrique "Quique" Setién Solar (pronounced as /es/; born 27 September 1958) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder.

As a player, he was nicknamed El Maestro, and was best known for his two spells with Racing de Santander, starting and finishing his 19-year professional career at the club. Over 15 seasons in La Liga, he played 374 matches and scored 58 goals.[4] He also won three international caps for Spain.

Setién started a managerial career in 2001, going on to coach several teams including Racing. Starting in January 2020, he was in charge of Barcelona for seven months, being dismissed following an 8–2 loss against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.

Playing career

Club

Born in Santander, Setién made his La Liga debut in 1977, with his hometown club Racing de Santander.[5] During his first spell with the Cantabrians, although he played regularly, he was not yet a regular starter, and he missed the entire 1982–83 season[6] as well as being relegated twice.[7]

Afterwards, Setién represented Atlético Madrid for three years.[8] He enjoyed a good first two seasons,[9] but appeared rarely in his last after some spats with elusive club chairman Jesús Gil.[10] [11]

Setién then moved to Logroñés in 1988 where, after a slow start, he was essential in helping the Riojans retain their top-tier status. The 34-year-old returned to Racing in 1992, and scored a career-best 11 goals in the first year in his second spell as the side returned to the top flight. He played three more years with the latter, and retired in June 1996 at nearly 38 after featuring for Levante in the Segunda División B play-offs, which also ended in promotion.[12]

In 2001, Setién was voted by Racing's fans as their best player of all time.[13] He appeared in almost 600 official matches in nearly two decades of play, totalling 95 league goals.[14]

International

Setién appeared three times for Spain and was selected for the 1986 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not leave the bench during the tournament in Mexico.[15] His debut came on 20 November 1985 in a 0–0 friendly with Austria, in Zaragoza.[16]

Coaching career

Early career

Setién began working as a manager on 5 October 2001, succeeding the dismissed Gustavo Benítez at a Racing side that had started poorly following relegation to Segunda División.[17] He took the team from 17th to promotion as runners-up to Atlético, but left at the end of the season due to pressure and handed the reins to his former teammate Manuel Preciado.[13] [18]

For the 2003–04 campaign, Setién returned to the second division with Polideportivo Ejido. He was dismissed on 17 November, with the team in the relegation zone.[19]

In 2005, Setién was appointed assistant coach to the Russia national beach soccer team.[20] For three months during the following year, he was in charge of Equatorial Guinea.[21] After that he moved to another team he played for, Logroñes in division three, being relieved of his duties midway through the 2007–08 campaign.[22]

Lugo

In June 2009, Setién became Lugo's coach.[23] He led the side to promotion to the second tier in his third year, a second-ever for the Galicians.[24]

In the following three years, they managed to stay afloat, ranking between positions 11th and 15th.[25] [26] [27]

Las Palmas

On 19 October 2015, following the dismissal of Paco Herrera, Setién became the new manager of Las Palmas in the top flight.[28] He arrived with them in the relegation zone, and led them to 11th place in his first season.[29]

On 18 March 2017, Setién announced that he would leave the Canary Islands club at the end of the campaign due to disputes with the board.[30]

Betis

On 26 May 2017, Setién was appointed manager of Real Betis on a three-year deal.[31] He led the team to the sixth place in his first year, with the subsequent qualification to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.[32]

Setién was linked with a move to Barcelona in January 2019,[33] but it did not materialise. On 19 May, he announced that he would leave the Estadio Benito Villamarín.[34]

Barcelona

Setién signed as head coach of Barcelona on 13 January 2020, replacing the dismissed Ernesto Valverde on a contract lasting to June 2022.[35] [36] [37] In his first match in charge, six days later, he managed a 1–0 home victory over Granada.[38]

The team eventually finished the domestic league in second position, behind Real Madrid. On 14 August 2020, they lost 8–2 to FC Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League,[39] which was the first time in 74 years that the club had conceded eight goals in a game;[40] it was also the first loss by a six-goal margin since 1951.[41] He was officially dismissed three days later,[42] subsequently confirming he would take legal actions as he felt the terms of his contract were not respected.[43]

Villarreal

Setién returned to management on 25 October 2022, replacing Aston Villa-bound Unai Emery at the helm of Villarreal.[44] He led the side to fifth place, thus qualifying for the Europa League.[45]

On 5 September 2023, Setién was dismissed due to poor results.[46]

Personal life

Setién's son, Laro, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[47] His father-in-law José Antonio Lozano played in the Spanish second tier in the early 1960s, and all three relatives represented Racing Santander.[48] In addition to his native Spanish, he also speaks English and Italian.[33]

Setién is a keen chess player with a FIDE rating of 2055.[49] He played matches against former world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, of which the results were not made public.[50] He mentioned the game as an influence on his football tactics, which prioritised possession and midfield domination.[51]

Before being Barcelona manager, Setién lived in, 9 km west of Santander, where there are a lot of cows; hence, he commented: "Yesterday I was walking past cows in my home town; today I was at Barcelona's training ground coaching the best players in the world, an enormous club".[52] In April 2020, in an interview with TV3, he talked about winning La Liga and Champions League titles, when he said: "If it can be both, better. And of course I have dreamed of walking around Liencres with the cows while holding up the Champions League trophy and showing it to them."[53]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
Racing Santander4 October 200119 June 2002 [54]
Poli Ejido1 July 200317 November 2003 [55]
Equatorial Guinea1 October 200631 December 2006 [56]
Logroñés30 May 200715 January 2008 [57]
Lugo10 June 20098 June 2015[58]
Las Palmas19 October 201526 May 2017[59]
Betis26 May 201719 May 2019[60]
Barcelona13 January 202017 August 2020
Villarreal25 October 20225 September 2023[61]
Total—

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

1985[62]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acta del partido celebrado el 22 de diciembre de 2017, en Sevilla. Minutes of the match held on 22 December 2017, in Seville. Royal Spanish Football Federation. es. 22 December 2017. 7 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Quique Setién. Eurosport. 7 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Quique Setién. German Football Association. de. 6 February 2019.
  4. News: Quique Setién. El Diario Montañés. es. 10 July 2013.
  5. News: Los 'profes' de Quique Setién. Quique Setién's 'gurus'. Marca. José Luis. Hurtado. es. 18 January 2020. 19 January 2020.
  6. News: Quique Setién, la nueva estrella del Atlético. Quique Setién, Atlético's new star. El País. José Damian. González. es. 10 September 1985. 7 March 2020.
  7. Web site: Quique Setién, cara a cara ante el equipo de su vida. Quique Setién, face to face with his beloved team. El Córner del Sur. Diego. Belmonte. es. 29 October 2018. 7 March 2020.
  8. News: Quique, otro "cerebro" para el Atlético. Quique, another "brain" for Atlético. Mundo Deportivo. Jesús. Alcaide. es. 22 June 1985. 7 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Quique Setién: el fino centrocampista amante del ajedrez que se enfadó con Jesús Gil. Quique Setién: the exquisite midfielder chess lover who got angry at Jesús Gil. Deportes Fanatic. Enrique. Quintanilla. es. 14 January 2020. 16 August 2020.
  10. News: Arteche, Landáburu, Quique y Setién ganan a Gil en los juzgados, pero no juegan. Arteche, Landáburu, Quique and Setién win court battle with Gil, but do not play. El País. José Damian. González. es. 2 December 1988. 31 December 2014.
  11. News: La década "ostentórea". The "ostentórea" decade. El Mundo. es. 26 June 1997. 10 April 2009.
  12. News: A la caza del Levante. Out to get Levante. La Opinión de Murcia. Dioni. García. es. 6 April 2011. 7 March 2020.
  13. News: Quique Setién, el bien aparecido. Quique Setién, patron saint of Cantabria. El País. José. Sámano. es. 20 May 2002. 18 February 2020.
  14. Web site: DATOS CLAVE-Ficha de Setién, nuevo entrenador del Barcelona. KEY DATA-Profile of Setién, new Barcelona manager. Yahoo! Sports. Ian. Chadband. es. 14 January 2020. 7 March 2020.
  15. News: Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios. From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes. El Confidencial. Alfredo. Pascual. es. 21 May 2016. 28 September 2017.
  16. News: 0–0: Nos congelamos todos. 0–0: We all froze. Mundo Deportivo. Antonio. G. Calatayud. es. 21 November 1985. 21 April 2016.
  17. News: El Racing hace oficial la destitución de Gustavo Benítez. Racing make Gustavo Benítez's dismissal official. Diario AS. es. 5 October 2001. 6 February 2020.
  18. News: Manuel Preciado, entrenador del Racing. Manuel Preciado, Racing manager. El País. es. 20 June 2002. 18 February 2020.
  19. News: El 'Poli' Ejido destituye a Setién como entrenador. 'Poli' Ejido dismiss Setién as manager. El Mundo. es. 17 November 2003. 18 February 2020.
  20. Web site: Кике Сетьен возглавил ФК "Барселона"! Поздравляем. Quique Setién is in charge of Barcelona! Our congratulations!. Russia national beach soccer team. ru. 14 January 2020. 14 January 2020. registration. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B7StEUjl7-_. 26 December 2021.
  21. News: Guinea Ecuatorial busca su Eto'o. Equatorial Guinea in search of their Eto'o. El País. Tono. Calleja. es. 30 October 2006. 15 March 2017.
  22. News: Quique Setién, destituido como entrenador del Logroñés. Quique Setién, dismissed as Logroñés coach. El Diario Montañés. es. 15 January 2008. 10 April 2009.
  23. News: Quique Setién, nuevo entrenador. Quique Setién, new manager. El Diario Montañés. es. 10 June 2009. 13 June 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090613004055/http://racing.eldiariomontanes.es/noticias/2009-06-10/quique-setien-nuevo-entrenador-20090610.html. 13 June 2009.
  24. News: Quique Setién renueva una temporada más con el Lugo. Quique Setién renews with Lugo for another season. Diario AS. es. 3 July 2012. 15 March 2017.
  25. News: El Lugo certifica la salvación tras vencer al Sabadell. Lugo confirm survival after beating Sabadell. Diario AS. es. 26 May 2013. 15 March 2017.
  26. News: El Lugo sigue en Segunda tras vencer al Mirandés. Lugo remain in Segunda after beating Mirandés. La Voz de Galicia. Marcos. Pichel. es. 7 June 2014. 15 March 2017.
  27. News: Quique Setién se despedirá del Lugo ante el Girona. Quique Setién will say goodbye to Lugo against Girona. La Nueva España. es. 2 June 2015. 15 March 2017.
  28. Web site: Las Palmas sack Paco Herrera as manager, hire Quique Setien. ESPN FC. 19 October 2015. 25 October 2015.
  29. News: De colista a líder en 8 meses: Las Palmas vuelve a soñar. From last to first in 8 months: Las Palmas dream again. El Español. Pavel. Ramírez. es. 29 August 2016. 25 October 2022.
  30. News: Quique Setién to step down as Las Palmas boss in May. Diario AS. Rafa. León. 18 March 2017. 18 March 2017.
  31. Web site: Quique Setién has been appointed as Real Betis new head coach. Real Betis. 26 May 2017. 28 May 2017.
  32. News: El Betis de Setién jugará en Europa. Setién's Betis will play in Europe. El País. Rafael. Pineda. es. 30 April 2018. 1 June 2018.
  33. Web site: Quique Setien: Could Real Betis boss be Spain's next great manager?. BBC Sport. Andy. West. 10 January 2019. 10 January 2019.
  34. Web site: El Real Betis y Quique Setién deciden no continuar juntos la próxima temporada. Real Betis and Quique Setién decide not to remain together next season. Real Betis. es. 20 May 2019. 20 May 2019.
  35. News: Barcelona appoint Quique Setién as head coach to replace Ernesto Valverde. The Guardian. Sid. Lowe. 13 January 2020. 13 January 2020.
  36. News: Barcelona appoint former Real Betis coach Quique Setien as Ernesto Valverde replacement. The Daily Telegraph. Jason. Burt. 13 January 2020. 13 January 2020.
  37. News: Los hombres de Setién. Setién's men. Marca. Miguel Ángel. Morán. es. 14 January 2020. 19 January 2020.
  38. Web site: Barcelona 1–0 Granada. BBC Sport. 19 January 2020. 18 February 2020.
  39. Web site: FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern. FC Barcelona. 14 August 2020. 15 August 2020.
  40. Web site: What is the worst Barcelona result in history?. Goal. Kieran. Francis. 15 August 2020. 15 August 2020.
  41. Web site: Gerard Pique says Barcelona have hit rock bottom after shocking 8–2 defeat. Sky Sports. 15 August 2020. 17 August 2020.
  42. Web site: Barcelona sack Setien, Koeman favourite to take charge. Yahoo! Sports. Thomas. Allnutt. 17 August 2020. 17 August 2020.
  43. Web site: Ex-Barcelona boss Quique Setien suing club for breach of contract. ESPN. Adriana. Garcia. 17 September 2020. 29 September 2020.
  44. News: Emery cobrará siete millones en el Aston Villa y Setién ya es su sustituto. Emery will earn seven millions in Aston Villa and Setién is already his replacement. La Vanguardia. Roberto. Rodríguez. es. 25 October 2022. 25 October 2022.
  45. News: El Villarreal de Setién hace historia. Setién's Villarreal make history. Estadio Deportivo. José Antonio. Rivero. es. 5 June 2023. 5 September 2023.
  46. News: El Villarreal despide a Quique Setién: primer entrenador destituido esta temporada en liga. Villarreal sack Quique Setién: first manager dismissed this season in league. El Español. Jaime. Trujillo. es. 5 September 2023. 5 September 2023.
  47. Web site: "Qué pasada", exclamó el canterano Laro tras su estreno ante el Pontevedra CF. "What a hoot", uttered youth graduate Laro after his debut against Pontevedra CF. Racing Santander. es. 6 September 2016. 21 February 2018.
  48. News: De estirpe verdiblanca. Of green-and-white ancestry. El Diario Montañés. Raúl. Gómez Samperio. es. 11 September 2016. 7 March 2020.
  49. Web site: Quique Setién: "Feelings leave a stronger mark than results". ChessBase. Jesús. Boyero. 27 January 2020. 18 February 2020.
  50. Web site: How chess fan Quique Setien became Barcelona manager. FourFourTwo. 14 January 2020. 18 February 2020.
  51. Web site: Quique Setien: Chess fundamental to my training philosophy. Football España. Colin. Millar. 18 October 2018. 18 February 2020.
  52. News: Camp Moo: Quique Setién goes from cows to Barcelona job in 24 hours. The Guardian. Sid. Lowe. 14 January 2020. 13 September 2020.
  53. News: Setién dreams of showing off Champions League to the cows. Diario AS. Juan. Jiménez. 15 April 2020. 13 September 2020.
  54. Web site: Managers list of Racing de Santander: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.
  55. Web site: Managers list of Poli Ejido: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.
  56. Web site: Quique Setién. Footballdatabase. 18 June 2020.
  57. Web site: Managers list of Logroñés: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.
  58. Web site: Managers list of Lugo: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.
  59. Web site: Managers list of Las Palmas: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.
  60. Web site: Managers list of Betis: All. BDFutbol. 22 January 2020.

  62. Web site: Spain – List of Super Cup Finals. RSSSF. José Vicente. Tejedor Carnicero. Raúl. Torre. Carles. Lozano Ferrer. 13 January 2020.
  63. Web site: European Competitions 1985–86. RSSSF. James M.. Ross. 10 December 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127192227/http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec198586.html#cwc. 27 November 2012.

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