José Manuel Díaz

José Manuel 'Manolo' Díaz Fernández (born 30 August 1968) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward, and a manager.

Born in Madrid, Díaz began his managerial career at the Juvenil squad of Real Madrid, leaving the club in 2006 after the arrival of the new president Ramón Calderón. After a brief period in Mexico he returned to Spain, and was appointed at CDA Navalcarnero in summer 2008.

A year later, after the return of Florentino Pérez as a president, Díaz was named coach of Real Madrid C. In 2011–12 he led the team to the second place in the regular season, and despite losing in the playoffs, saw them achieve promotion to Segunda División B due to administrative relegations.

On 19 November 2013, Díaz replaced fired Alberto Toril at the helm of the B-side. His first match in charge was four days later, a 0–0 home draw against CD Numancia; late into the year, he finally took the reserves out of the last position in Segunda División, after winning 13 out of a possible 15 points and four consecutive wins.

Díaz returned to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 24 June 2017, being appointed youth system coordinator. In late October 2018, as Santiago Solari was named Julen Lopetegui's successor in the first team, he replaced the former at Castilla.

As of 2 June 2019