Fran Escriba

Fran Escriba is a Valencian professional football manager and a former player. 

He is currently involved as the manager of Elche CF. As a former player, he played as a left winger and spent his youth career with Valencia CF. 

In his senior career, he played for several clubs like Mestalla, Nules, Andorra, Torrent, etc.

His two daughters are his obsession

Escriba is happily married to his wife, with whom he shares two children. 

According to him, his two daughters have always been his obsession. 

When they were little, he would dedicate all his free time to his daughters, but now, since they have grown up, he spends less time as compared to before. 

The family resides in Valencia.

His coaching career so far

Escriba previously worked as an assistant coach for Getafe, Valencia, Benfica, Atletico Madrid before taking over the managerial post at Elche in 2012. 

In his three seasons with the club, he led the club to La Liga in his first season. 

After Elche's Administrative relegation, he was appointed the manager of Getafe CF but was sacked from the post after a season. 

He joined the Spanish club Villarreal in August 2016. In his first season, he successfully led the club to fifth position and further to the qualification to the UEFA Europa League. 

However, he was dismissed from his post after Villarreal placed 14th in La Liga. 

Out of the total of six games, they won against Real Betis, and Alaves and lost to Levante and Real Sociedad and drew with Espanyol. 

They suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat to Getafe. After his departure, he joined Celta but was sacked after four consecutive defeats. 

At the same time, the club also felt that he was unable to change course, which also became another reason for his dismissal. 

He returned to his former club Elche in February 2021. Escriba saved Elche from relegation with a 2-0 home victory over Athletic Bilbao.

His dismissal from the Getafe was the most hurtful one

To date, Escriba has been dismissed thrice. When asked about his most hurtful dismissal, Escriba's answer was Getafe. 

He said Getafe was only the place where he did not feel control of the dressing room. 

He was hurt by the fact that the coaches should have the privilege of the dressing room, whatever may be the relationship with the president or the press, which he did not get even in the good times. 

According to Escriba, he was comfortable at Villarreal and still have a good relationship with the club people. He still has players he worked with.

Getafe president Angel Torres confessed to doing wrong with Escriba for holding on to him for too long. 

According to him, he should have sacked him sooner.

His hobbies

There is a bucket list of hobbies Escriba enjoys outside football. The first one is he is fond of running. 

Since he resides nearby the river, he usually runs. He loves to read, travel, and watch Danish series. 

One day a week is his golf time, where he takes out time to play golf. There will always be something going with him.

Net Worth

According to the sources, his estimated net worth is:

Age

1. He was born on 3rd May 1965. He is currently 56 years old.

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