Martí Cifuentes

Manager

Birthday July 7, 1982

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain

Age 41 years old

Nationality Spain

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1982

Martí Cifuentes Corvillo (born 7 July 1982) is a Spanish football coach who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers.

Cifuentes had short spells coaching in the youth departments of Ajax and Millwall.

2014

He began his managerial career in Segunda División B club Sant Andreu in 2014, He went on to fellow Segunda División B club Hospitalet ahead of the 2015–16 season.

2018

In 2018, Cifuentes moved to Sweden to be in charge of AIK's reserve team and academy.

On 31 May 2018, Cifuentes was announced as Sandefjord's new head coach on a contract that would keep him at the club until the end of the 2020 season.

2019

He took over mid-season a team that had gained only five points in their first twelve games in the 2019 season.

The results improved during the rest of the season, but Sandefjord was relegated from Eliteserien on 11 November with one game to spare, although they lost only six of 18 games after Cifuentes took over.

In the following 2019 season, Cifuentes' first full season in charge, Sandefjord finished the 1. divisjon in second place and were promoted back to Eliteserien.

2020

In 2020, Sandefjord finished in eleventh place in the top tier, eight points clear of the relegation zone, the club's best result in eleven years.

On 28 December 2020, Cifuentes was announced as AaB's new head coach from 1 January 2021 on a contract that would keep him at the club till summer of 2023.

He led the club in 37 Danish Superliga fixtures, averaging 1.51 points per game.

When he left the club halfway through the 2021–22 campaign, AaB was placed fourth in the table after 17 rounds.

On 12 January 2022, Cifuentes was appointed as the new head coach of Hammarby IF.

He signed a three-year deal with the Swedish club, after they had activated a release clause in his contract with AaB.

The transfer officially came to effect on 24 January, after further negotiations between the two clubs regarding his notice period at AaB.

Cifuentes had a strong opening to the 2022 season, leading the side to five straight league wins, awarding him Allsvenskan Manager of the Month in April.

The club also reached the final of the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, but lost by 4–5 on penalties to Malmö after the game ended in a 0–0 draw.

In August, Cifuentes won the award Allsvenskan Manager of the Month for the second time during the season.

Eventually, Hammarby finished third in the table, thus qualifying for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

In 2023, Hammarby had a tough first half of the season, being placed eighth in the Allsvenskan table after 15 rounds.

The side eventually picked up form and only lost one out of 12 league games between round 17 and 28.

In the second qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, Hammarby lost 1–2 on aggregate, after extra time, to Dutch Eredivisie club Twente.

On 30 October 2023, with two fixtures left of the season, he left the club with immediate effect, after Hammarby had reached an agreement with Queens Park Rangers for his transfer.

On 30 October 2023, it was announced that Cifuentes had been appointed the new manager of EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers.