Enrique "Quique" Hernández Martí (born 30 October 1958) is a Spanish
football manager.
Football career
Born in
Anna, Valencia, Hernández started managing in his early 20s. For the following twenty years, with the exception of the
1995–96 season with
UD Almería in
Segunda División, he coached exclusively in his native
Valencian Community, the vast majority of the clubs being from the lower leagues.
In the
1996–97 campaign, Hernández was one of three managers for
Hércules CF as they eventually suffered
La Liga relegation. He also worked with four teams in the second division in the 2000s,
UE Lleida,
CD Numancia,
Recreativo de Huelva and
Albacete Balompié,
being relegated with the first and
promoting with the third.
From 2008 to 2010 Hernández coached in
Greece, helping
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. to
the sixth position in the
Super League Greece and
suffering relegation with
Levadiakos FC – he had already been briefly in charge of the former in
2006–07. In the 2011 summer, he returned to his country and signed for
SD Huesca in the second level.
On 28 May 2014, after a further two seasons in the second tier with former side Hércules, reaching the milestone of managing the club for more than 200 official matches,
[1] Hernández returned to Greece, being appointed
director of football at
Veria FC.
[2]
Quique was appointed president of Hércules CF in January 2018.
[3] He led the club until the summer of 2020, when he became sporting director of
CF Intercity. He led Intercity to two promotions in two seasons, reaching the
Primera Federación before resigning in June 2022.
[4]
