Except for a radical change in events, Julio Velázquez Santiago (Salamanca, 1981) will be Tenerife's coach for next season. The club's sports management has already communicated the decision to the president and will become official as soon as there is an agreement. The man from Salamanca won the final bid on Fran Fernández, the other candidate for the position.
Despite his youth, Velázquez has a long journey. At 38 he has already passed through Real Betis (he collaborated on his last promotion to First), Real Murcia, Villarreal, Alcorcón, trained in Italy (12 games for Udinese) and comes from being in Portugal training Vitória de Setúbal, where he did not it has gone quite well.
He is a technician with cache and with good game ideas, although he prioritizes defensive work. After meeting with him, Juan Carlos Cordero has chosen him to replace Rubén Baraja and start working on the new project as soon as possible.
Of the current island squad, he has coincided with Adrián Ortolá and Joselu whom he directed at Villarreal B and with Mauro Dos Santos (on loan in Japan) whom he had at Alcorcón.