Martí Cifuentes


Martí Cifuentes Corvillo is a Spanish football coach who is currently head coach at Eliteserien club Sandefjord.

Career

Early career

Cifuentes had short spells coaching in the youth departments of Ajax and Millwall. He began his managerial career in Segunda División B club UE Sant Andreu in 2014, He went on to fellow Segunda División B club CE L'Hospitalet ahead of the 2015–16 season. In 2018, Cifuentes moved to Sweden to be in charge of AIK's reserve team and academy.

Sandefjord

On 31 May 2018, Cifuentes was announced as Sandefjord's new head coach on a contract that will keep him at the club till the end of the 2020 season. He took over mid-season a team that had gained only five points in their first 12 games in the 2019 season. The results improved during the rest of the season, but Sandefjord was relegated on 11 November with one game to spare although they lost only six of 18 games after Cifuentes appeared. In the following 2020 season, Cifuentes' first full season in charge, Sandefjord finished the 2019 1. divisjon in second place and were promoted back to Eliteserien.

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