Pablo Sanz Iniesta (born 30 August 1973) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder,[1][2] and the current[when?] assistant manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Sanz Iniesta | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-08-30) 30 August 1973 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Barcelona B | 68 | (11) |
| 1994–1995 | Gimnàstic | 36 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Barcelona B | 56 | (1) |
| 1997–2004 | Rayo Vallecano | 168 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Numancia | 21 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Sabadell | 19 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2016 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Spain (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Sevilla (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pablo Sanz was a Barcelona youth product and started his playing career at Barcelona B as midfielder. Due to a lack of playing time, he left for Gimnàstic after just one season. However, he returned to Barcelona B after another season, playing 56 matches and scoring one goal. After Barcelona, he joined Rayo Vallecano in 1997, playing for seven seasons before leaving in 2004, spending the majority of his career with them. He played 168 matches and scored 10 goals.[3]
In 2004, he joined Numancia and played one season and played 21 games and scored 1 goal, before leaving in 2005. His career ended with Sabadell, as he joined them in 2005 and stayed for one year, but retired at the end of 2006.[4]
In 2016, he joined Spain as an assistant of Julen Lopetegui. In 2018, he left the team with Lopetegui,[5] and joined him in Real Madrid as an assistant.[6] In 2019, he was appointed as the assistant coach of Sevilla.[7][8] And in 2022, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers as Julen Lopetegui's assistant.[9]