Dani Fragoso

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fragoso and the second or maternal family name is Escribano.

Dani Fragoso
Personal information
Full name Daniel Fragoso Escribano
Date of birth (1982-03-31) 31 March 1982
Place of birth Mataró, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Betis B (manager)
Youth career
Espanyol
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Espanyol B 5 (0)
2001–2002 Alcorcón 20 (1)
2002–2004 Extremadura 68 (1)
2004–2006 Barcelona B 83 (3)
2007 Ciudad Murcia 18 (0)
2007–2008 Granada 74 19 (1)
2008–2010 Cádiz 79 (3)
2010–2011 Albacete 22 (0)
2011–2012 Melilla 45 (0)
2013 Atlético Baleares 17 (0)
2013–2014 Hospitalet 16 (2)
2014 Chivas USA 2 (0)
2014–2015 Lleida Esportiu 28 (0)
2015–2016 San Roque 30 (0)
2016–2017 La Roda 31 (0)
2017 Cacereño 4 (0)
2017–2019 Jaén 67 (1)
Total 554 (12)
Managerial career
2019–2025 Betis (youth)
2025– Betis B
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel 'Dani' Fragoso Escribano (born 31 March 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is currently the manager of Betis Deportivo Balompié.

Club career

Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Fragoso played youth football for RCD Espanyol and Real Madrid. He made his senior debut with the former's B-team during the 2000–01 season, in Segunda División B, and spent most of his career in that tier, representing CF Extremadura, FC Barcelona B, Cádiz CF, UD Melilla, CD Atlético Baleares, CE L'Hospitalet, Lleida Esportiu and La Roda CF.

At the professional level, Fragoso appeared for Ciudad de Murcia – later renamed Granada 74 CF – Cádiz and Albacete Balompié,[1] being relegated with all the clubs from Segunda División. With the second, he only missed two league games during the 2009–10 campaign, scoring in a 4–3 home win against Albacete.[2]

On 3 March 2014, aged nearly 32, Fragoso moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer.[3] Just five weeks later, however, he was waived,[4] returning to his homeland and joining Lleida.[5]

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring in 2019, Fragoso joined the youth structure at Real Betis, where he would work for five seasons, before taking charge of the Juvenil División de Honor team during the 2024–25 season. On 26 December 2025, Fragoso replaced the sacked Javi Medina at Betis Deportivo Balompié in Group 2 of the Primera Federación, with the side occupying last place in the standings.[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 March 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Betis B 26 December 2025 Present 12 5 2 5 21 24 −3 041.67 [7]
Total 12 5 2 5 21 24 −3 041.67 —

Honours

Cádiz

References

  1. ^ El Albacete contrata al central Fragoso y logra la cesión del lateral izquierdo Toni (Albacete sign stopper Fragoso and seal the loan of left-back Toni); Marca, 20 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Gran remontada del Cádiz ante el Albacete para luchar por la permanencia (Great Cádiz comeback against Albacete in fight for survival); Diario AS, 7 March 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Chivas sign Dani Fragoso Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; Major League Soccer, 3 March 2014
  4. ^ Chivas USA waive midfielder Daniel Fragoso and defender Andrew Ribeiro Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Chivas USA, 10 April 2014
  5. ^ OFICIAL: Lleida Esportiu, se incorpora Dani Fragoso (OFFICIAL: Lleida Esportiu, Dani Fragoso added); Todo Mercado Web, 4 July 2014 (in Spanish
  6. ^ "Dani Fragoso dirigirá al Betis Deportivo" [Dani Fragoso will manage Betis Deportivo] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Matches Dani Fragoso, 2025–26 season". BDFutbol.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.