Abel Resino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Resino and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Abel Resino
Abel as a coach at Atlético Madrid
Personal information
Full name Abel Resino Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1960-02-02) 2 February 1960[1]
Place of birth Velada, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Toledo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Toledo
1980–1982 Ciempozuelos
1982–1986 Atlético Madrid B 42 (0)
1986–1995 Atlético Madrid 243 (0)
1995–1996 Rayo Vallecano 21 (0)
Total 306 (0)
International career
1991 Spain 2 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2006 Ciudad Murcia
2007 Levante
2008–2009 Castellón
2009 Atlético Madrid
2010–2011 Valladolid
2012 Granada
2013 Celta
2015 Granada
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abel Resino Gómez (born 2 February 1960), known simply as Abel as a player, is a Spanish former professional football goalkeeper and manager.

Nicknamed El Gato (The Cat) due to his reflexes, he spent most of his career at Atlético Madrid.[2] For roughly one year, starting in early 2009, he also coached the club, helping it qualify for the Champions League.

Over ten seasons, nine of those with Atlético, Abel appeared in 264 La Liga matches.

Playing career

Born in Velada, Province of Toledo, Abel arrived at Atlético Madrid in 1982 from lowly CD Ciempozuelos after also having represented local CD Toledo, but would have to wait five years (four of those spent with the reserve side, only managing to be first-choice in his third season) to become a starter.[2] He went on to make 303 competitive appearances for the club, winning back-to-back Copa del Rey trophies.[3]

Abel held the record for the longest streak without conceding a goal in La Liga at 1,275 minutes, finally being beaten by Luis Enrique of Sporting de Gijón on 19 March 1991. This record was also the European one in a single season until 2009, when Edwin van Der Sar from Manchester United broke it against Fulham.[4][3]

Leaving Atlético precisely before the team's double conquest in 1995–96, Abel closed out his career at the age of 36 after one season with Madrid neighbours Rayo Vallecano, helping them retain their top-division status.[5] He played two 1991 friendlies for Spain, the first being on 27 March in a 4–2 defeat to Hungary[6] and the second with Romania the following month.[7]

Coaching career

After retiring, Resino returned to Atlético in different periods and capacities (goalkeeper coach, sporting director).[2] He started his head coaching career in 2005, with Segunda División's Ciudad de Murcia, nearly overseeing a top-flight promotion after a fourth-place finish.[8]

Resino's next stop was Levante UD.[9] After taking charge midway through the campaign, replacing Juan Ramón López Caro, he helped them to avoid relegation and had his contract renewed;[10] seven games and six losses into the following season, however, he was sacked.[11]

After one and a half solid seasons in the second tier with CD Castellón, Resino returned to Atlético in February 2009, replacing released Javier Aguirre[12] and leading the side to the same place as the previous year thus again qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, and he subsequently agreed to an extension.[13] On 23 October, he was fired following a poor string of results – only one win in the league from seven matches, the culmination being a 4–0 group stage defeat at Chelsea in the Champions League.[14][15]

In early December 2010, Abel was appointed head coach of Real Valladolid in the second division, replacing the dismissed Antonio Gómez.[16] His first game in charge produced nine goals, a 4–5 home loss against CD Numancia.[17]

Resino was appointed at Granada CF on 22 January 2012, taking over from Fabri González after a 3–0 defeat away to RCD Espanyol, fired even though the club was still out of the relegation zone.[18] On 18 February of the following year he returned to active and the top flight, taking the place of Paco Herrera at relegation-threatened side RC Celta de Vigo.[19]

Resino returned to Granada on 19 January 2015, replacing the dismissed Joaquín Caparrós at the helm of the bottom-placed team.[20] He was relieved of his duties on 1 May, after only being able to climb one position in the table.[21]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Ciudad Murcia Spain 1 July 2005 30 June 2006 44 21 12 11 047.73 [22]
Levante Spain 16 January 2007 7 October 2007 27 6 7 14 022.22 [23]
Castellón Spain 30 June 2008 1 February 2009 26 10 10 6 038.46 [24]
Atlético Madrid Spain 3 February 2009 23 October 2009 31 14 8 9 045.16 [25]
Valladolid Spain 6 December 2010 17 June 2011 29 14 5 10 048.28 [26]
Granada Spain 23 January 2012 6 June 2012 19 7 2 10 036.84 [27]
Celta Spain 18 February 2013 8 June 2013 14 5 2 7 035.71 [28]
Granada Spain 19 January 2015 1 May 2015 15 2 5 8 013.33 [29]
Total 205 79 51 75 038.54 —

Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Abel Resino at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c Gato, Juan (4 February 2009). "Abel Resino, esencia rojiblanca" [Abel Resino, red-and-white essence]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b Zimmermann, Walter (1 July 2020). "29 años del histórico récord de Abel en el Atlético" [29th anniversary of Abel's historic record at Atlético]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  4. ^ "The World's 414 Top Division goalkeepers of all time with the longest time without conceding a goal". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  5. ^ Ortega Ruiz, José Antonio (1 September 2019). "Los equipos de la Liga. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid" [The League's teams. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  6. ^ Archs, Jordi (28 March 1991). "La selección casi dió lástima" [National team were nearly pitiful]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  7. ^ Archs, Jordi (18 April 1991). "De nuevo vencidos y sin gloria" [Again beaten hopelessly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. ^ Roca, J. F. (12 June 2008). "Abel Resino será el relevo de Murcia en el banquillo" [Abel Resino will take over from Murcia on the bench]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Levante in Abel hands". UEFA. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Resino reward for Levante escape act". UEFA. 16 June 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  11. ^ "Winless Levante let Resino go". UEFA. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. ^ Picó, Diego (3 February 2009). "Abel: "En la vida hay que arriesgarse y tenía que coger la oportunidad"" [Abel: "One must take chances in life and I had to seize this one"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Resino will remain at Atlético helm". UEFA. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Atletico Madrid sack coach Resino". BBC Sport. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  15. ^ Aznar, Luis (23 October 2009). "Abel se despide sin rencor en una rueda de prensa surrealista" [Abel says goodbye holding no grudge in surrealistic press conference]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  16. ^ "El Valladolid destituye a su entrenador Antonio Gómez" [Valladolid dismiss their manager Antonio Gómez]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  17. ^ Bailador, Ignacio (11 December 2010). "Un gran Barkero decide el derbi" [Great Barkero decides derby]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  18. ^ Gómez, Iván (22 January 2012). "Abel Resino se convierte en nuevo técnico del Granada" [Abel Resino becomes new Granada coach]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  19. ^ "Abel Resino sustituye a Paco Herrera en el banquillo del Celta" [Abel Resino replaces Paco Herrera in Celta bench] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  20. ^ "Abel Resino, nuevo entrenador del Granada" [Abel Resino, new manager of Granada]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  21. ^ "El Granada anuncia a Sandoval tras la destitución de Abel" [Granada announce Sandoval after Abel's dismissal]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  22. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2005–06 season". BDFutbol.
  23. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2006–07 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Abel Resino, 2007–08 season". BDFutbol.
  24. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2008–09 season". BDFutbol.
  25. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2008–09 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Abel Resino, 2009–10 season". BDFutbol.
  26. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2010–11 season". BDFutbol.
  27. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2011–12 season". BDFutbol.
  28. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2012–13 season". BDFutbol.
  29. ^ "Matches Abel Resino, 2014–15 season". BDFutbol.
  30. ^ Guasch, Tomás (30 June 1991). "Fiesta rojiblanca en el Bernabéu" [Red-and-white party at the Bernabéu]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  31. ^ "A clash replete with history". La Liga. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  32. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  33. ^ "Todos los porteros que se quedaron con el Premio Zamora" [All the goalkeepers that got the Zamora Trophy] (in Spanish). Goal. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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