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Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier López Alfaro
Date of birth	(1962-11-01) 1 November 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Osuna, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 12 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1981	Sevilla B
1981–1990	Sevilla	258	(20)
1990–1997	Espanyol	207	(27)
Total		465	(47)
National team
1981	Spain U18	2	(0)
1981	Spain U19	4	(0)
1981	Spain U20	3	(1)
1983–1984	Spain U21	9	(1)
1983	Spain amateur	2	(0)
1982–1986	Spain	20	(1)
Teams managed
1998–2000	Espanyol (youth)
2000–2001	Coria
2001–2002	Jaén
2002–2003	Extremadura
2003–2004	Figueres
2004–2005	Numancia
2006–2008	Badalona
2008	Eivissa-Ibiza
2009	Atlético Baleares
2010	Sevilla C
Honours Representing  Spain UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1984 France
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Francisco Javier López Alfaro (born 1 November 1962), known simply as Francisco, is a Spanish former professional football player and manager. He played as a central midfielder.

Playing Career: Clubs

Francisco was born in Osuna, a town in Andalusia, Spain. He played for two main clubs during his career: Sevilla FC, which was his hometown team, and RCD Espanyol. He played in 436 matches in La Liga, which is Spain's top football league.

He started his first season in La Liga in 1981–82. He played 20 games for Sevilla that year, scoring one goal. He helped his team finish seventh in the league.

In the 1992–93 season, Francisco's team, Espanyol, was moved down to a lower league. However, they quickly earned promotion back to the top league the very next year. Francisco was a very important player for the team during this time. He stopped playing football professionally in 1997, when he was almost 35 years old.

Managerial Career

After he stopped playing, Francisco became a football manager. He started by coaching the youth teams at Espanyol.

He then managed several other teams, including Coria CF, Real Jaén, CF Extremadura, UE Figueres, and CD Numancia. He was the manager for Numancia when they were in La Liga during the 2004–05 season. However, he was let go after only ten games, and the team was later moved down to a lower league.

In 2006, he joined CF Badalona, a team in Spain's third division. Later, he also managed CD Atlético Baleares and Sevilla FC C.

Playing Career: International

Francisco also played for the Spanish national team. He played in 20 games for Spain and scored one goal.

He was chosen to play in two big international tournaments: the UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. His first game for Spain was on 27 October 1982. Spain won that game against Iceland 1–0.

At the 1984 European Championships, Spain reached the final. Francisco played in two matches during this tournament. One of these was the final game, where Spain lost 2–0 to the host country, France.

International Goals

Here is a list of the goals Francisco scored for the Spanish national team:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 September 1986	El Molinón, Gijón, Spain	Greece	2–0	3–1	Friendly

Honours

Player

Espanyol

• Segunda División: 1993–94 (This means they won the second division league title.)

Spain

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1984 (This means Spain finished second in the European Championship.)

See also

In Spanish: Francisco López Alfaro para niños

• List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)