Personal information | |||
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Full name | Igor Oca Pulido | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Basauri, Spain | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2011–2016 | Levante (youth) | ||
2016–2017 | Atlético Madrid (youth) | ||
2017 | Alavés (youth) | ||
2017–2019 | Alavés B | ||
2019–2020 | Atlético San Luis (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Sestao River | ||
2021–2022 | Emelec (assistant) | ||
2022 | Independiente Juniors (interim) | ||
2023 | Universidad Católica del Ecuador |
Igor Oca Pulido (born 7 May 1981) is a Spanish football manager.
Born in Basauri, Biscay, Basque Country, Oca began his managerial career with Levante UD's Juvenil D side in 2011, after previously working as a fitness coach for the youth teams of Villarreal CF, Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. On 5 June 2014, he was named in charge of the Juvenil A squad of the former.[1]
On 8 July 2016, Oca was appointed manager of Atlético Madrid's Juvenil División de Honor team.[2] Ahead of the 2017–18 season, he initially took over Deportivo Alavés' Juvenil A squad,[3] before replacing Aitor Orueta at the helm of the reserves on 3 October 2017.[4]
Oca was dismissed by the Miniglorias on 4 March 2019, being replaced by Iñaki Alonso.[5] On 30 May, he moved abroad after being named assistant manager of Mexican club Atlético San Luis, being also in charge of their under-20 team.[6]
Oca returned to his home country on 8 December 2020, after being appointed in charge of Tercera División side Sestao River Club.[7] The following 15 June, after achieving promotion to Segunda División RFEF, he left the club.[8]
On 25 August 2021, Oca moved to Ecuador and joined Ismael Rescalvo's staff at Emelec, as his assistant.[9] On 24 March of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Independiente del Valle, as the new Head of Youth Football.[10] He was also interim coach of the reserve team for three months in that year.[11]
On 28 November 2022, Oca returned to managerial duties after being named manager of Universidad Católica del Ecuador.[12] Despite qualifying the club to the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, he left on 5 December 2023 as his contract was not renewed.[13]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Alavés B | ![]() |
3 October 2017 | 4 March 2019 | 63 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 105 | 61 | +44 | 46.03 | [14] |
Sestao River | ![]() |
7 December 2020 | 15 June 2021 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 72.73 | [15] |
Universidad Católica del Ecuador | ![]() |
28 November 2022 | 5 December 2023 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 37.50 | [16] |
Total | 117 | 57 | 35 | 25 | 187 | 112 | +75 | 48.72 | — |