Arsenio Iglesias Pardo (born 24 December 1930) is a Spanish

Spain

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 football coach

Coach (sport)

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. He was born in the town of Arteixo

Arteixo

Arteixo is a municipality of Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Its area is 93.76 km² and its population is 29,762...

, Galicia.

As a player he participated in a total of 12 seasons in La Liga

La Liga

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, the top football division in Spain

Spain

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. He played in the division for Deportivo La Coruna

Deportivo de La Coruña

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 (1951/52–1956/57), Sevilla FC

Sevilla FC

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 (1957/58), Granada CF

Granada CF

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 (1958/59–1960/61) and Real Oviedo

Real Oviedo

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 (1963/64–1964/65), and scored 50 La Liga goals.

He later coached Deportivo de La Coruña

Deportivo de La Coruña

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 on three separate occasions, and during his third spell the club won the 1994–95 Copa del Rey. Iglesias also coached Elche CF

Elche CF

Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Elche, Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, holding home matches at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, with a capacity of 38,750 seats.-Recent seasons:-Season to...

 and SD Compostela

SD Compostela

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, and had a 6 month spell in charge of Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

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 in 1996.

As of 2008 he was managing the Galicia autonomous football team with Fernando Vázquez

Fernando Vázquez

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.