Josep Gombau

Josep Gombau
Gombau in 2012
Personal information
Full name Josep Gombau Balague
Date of birth (1976-06-05) 5 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Amposta, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years Team
1982–1992 Amposta
Managerial career
1993–1999 Amposta
1999–2003 Espanyol (youth)
2003–2009 Barcelona (youth)
2009–2013 Kitchee
2013–2015 Adelaide United
2016–2017 Australia U23
2016–2017 Australia (assistant)
2017–2018 Western Sydney Wanderers
2018–2020 Delhi Dynamos
2020–2022 Queensboro
2022–2023 Odisha
2023 Persebaya Surabaya
2024– Aston Villa U21s

Josep Gombau Balague (born 5 June 1976) is a Spanish professional football manager. He is the current Head Coach of the Aston Villa U21s.[1]

He is a former Barcelona youth team coach and has held multiple positions at the club's youth academy.[2]

  1. ^ "Aston Villa appoint Josep Gombau as Under-21 Head Coach". Aston Villa Football Club. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ^ Kin Cheung (27 May 2011). "Kitchee's head coach Josep Gombau Balague, former coaching staff at the FC Barcelona soccer team, leaves after the first half of the Japan earthquake – photo". Eurosport (Photograph). Hong Kong. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Kitchee's head coach Josep Gombau Balague, former coaching staff at the FC Barcelona soccer team, leaves after the first half of the Japan Earthquake Relief Charity match Spanish's soccer team Villarreal against Hong Kong's local team Kitchee in Hong Kong Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)