Kibu Vicuña

Kibu Vicuña
Vicuña as manager of Kerala Blasters in 2020
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Vicuña Ochandorena
Date of birth (1971-11-20) 20 November 1971 (age 53)
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

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.

Coaching career

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Early career

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After 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

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Oleg 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

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On 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

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In 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

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On 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

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On 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

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In 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

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Born 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

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As of 11 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
FK Riteriai Lithuania 18 June 2018 9 October 2018 15 7 5 3 046.67
Wisła Płock Poland 10 October 2018 3 April 2019 19 4 5 10 021.05
Mohun Bagan India 1 June 2019 21 April 2020 21 16 3 2 076.19
Kerala Blasters India 22 April 2020 17 February 2021 18 3 7 8 016.67
ŁKS Łódź Poland 21 June 2021 7 March 2022 23 8 8 7 034.78
Mohammedan India 24 December 2022 21 February 2023 9 2 3 4 022.22
Diamond Harbour India 11 May 2023 19 13 4 2 068.42
Total 105 40 31 34 038.10

Honours

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Mohun Bagan

Diamond Harbour

References

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  1. ^ Mamy trudny moment, ale wierzę w nasze metody weszlo.com
  2. ^ a b "Pareja de hecho" [A duo indeed] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ ""Trakai" turės naują trenerį. Su O.Vasilenka nutraukta sutartis". futbolas.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Futbolo Klubas Trakai " "Trakams" vadovaus specialistas iš Ispanijos". fkt.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ "FKT.lt (SEO)".
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "UEFA Pro License Holder Kibu Vicuna is the New Mohun Bagan Head Coach". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Kerala Blasters officially appoint Kibu Vicuna as head coach". THE WEEK. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. ^ "ISL 2020-21: How Kerala Blasters could shape up under Kibu Vicuna". The Bridge. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Kerala Blasters FC and Kibu Vicuna Mutually Part Ways". Kerala Blasters FC. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Marcin Pogorzała pierwszym trenerem ŁKS" (in Polish). ŁKS Łódź. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Will remain a Mariner for the rest of my life, promises Bagan coach". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  19. ^ "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.
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