Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez (born 17 June 1978), known simply as Francisco, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of UCAM Murcia CF.
His career was closely associated with Almería as both a player and manager, and he started coaching the first team at the age of 35.

Francisco was born in Almería, Andalusia. After starting out with local Polideportivo Almería he joined Valencia CF, never making it however past its B-side. In 2002 he returned to his hometown, joining Unión Deportiva in the second division and scoring at an impressive rate.

In 2004–05, as his contract expired, Francisco seized the opportunity to make his La Liga debuts and signed with Albacete Balompié: the season was a disaster, with relegation for the team and only three goals for the player – he netted against Real Madrid, albeit in a 1–6 away loss.

Subsequently, Francisco returned to his previous club, and was fairly played by as it achieved a first-ever promotion to the top level in 2007, but would never play in that category again, resuming (with little individual and team success) his career in divisions two and three.

Francisco started his managerial career in 2010, coaching teams in various categories at his main club Almería. On 29 June 2013, after two seasons with the reserves, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad, freshly returned to the top flight.

After narrowly avoiding relegation in the last matchday, Francisco inked a new one-year deal with the Rojiblancos on 27 May 2014. On 9 December, however, he was relieved of his duties after only managing two points out of 24.

On 13 December 2016, after more than two years without a club, Francisco was named manager of UCAM Murcia CF in division two.

As of 21 January 2017

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Almería B		2 June 2011	29 June 2013	7001760000000000000♠76	7001290000000000000♠29	7001220000000000000♠22	7001250000000000000♠25	7002102000000000000♠102	7002106000000000000♠106	−4	7001381609999999999♠38.16
Almería		29 June 2013	9 December 2014	7001570000000000000♠57	7001150000000000000♠15	7001130000000000000♠13	7001290000000000000♠29	7001620000000000000♠62	7001980000000000000♠98	−36	7001263200000000000♠26.32
UCAM Murcia		13 December 2016	Present	7000500000000000000♠5	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	−2	7001200000000000000♠20.00
Total				7002138000000000000♠138	7001450000000000000♠45	7001370000000000000♠37	7001560000000000000♠56	7002166000000000000♠166	7002208000000000000♠208	−42	7001326100000000000♠32.61

Manager

• La Liga: Manager of the Month November 2013, May 2014