![]() In the dying minutes of the August 2009 transfer window, Xisco rescinded his Betis contract and joined Levante also in the second division, for two seasons. Dark spots included being replaced after having himself been used as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Málaga, on 11 January 2009. In a rocky 2008–09 season, which ended in relegation, Xisco only featured in nine games, scoring once. He netted three times in 2006–07, including a couple of late goals against Racing de Santander and Gimnàstic de Tarragona as the Andalusians only avoided top-flight relegation in the last matchday. Xisco signed with Real Betis in 2005 on a six-year deal, often delivering in various attacking positions and displaying all-around teamwork. He added eight matches in their victorious run in the UEFA Cup also in that year, but remained on the bench in the final against Marseille. Xisco returned to Valencia in summer 2003 for two additional seasons, making 22 appearances as the Che conquered the 2004 league title he scored once as a substitute on 2 November 2003 to conclude a 5–0 away win against Mallorca. He then joined Tenerife for 2001–02, before returning (always on loan) to his previous club for the 2002–03 campaign, still in La Liga. After two years with Valencia's equivalent he moved on loan to Recreativo de Huelva of Segunda División, scoring ten goals in his first season. He began in the youth ranks of local Mallorca, making ten senior appearances for the B team in the Segunda División B in 1998. Xisco was born in Manacor, Balearic Islands. In July 2023, he joined Sheffield Wednesday as head coach before being dismissed in October after failing to win any matches in charge. He signed for Anorthosis in October that year, but left three months later. That same month, he became manager of Huesca before being replaced in June 2022. In December 2020, he was appointed at Watford, achieving promotion to the Premier League in his first season but being sacked in October 2021 despite the club sitting 15th. ![]() ![]() In 2019, Xisco rejoined Dinamo Tbilisi as part of the technical team, and in 2020 became their head coach. Starting in 2011, he played four seasons in Georgia with Dinamo Tbilisi. He played 194 matches and scored 20 goals over nine seasons in La Liga, spending four years at Betis, also representing Valencia, Tenerife, Recreativo and Levante and winning the 2004 UEFA Cup with Valencia. He is the manager of Slovak First Football League club DAC Dunajská Streda. *Club domestic league appearances and goalsįrancisco Javier Muñoz Llompart (born 5 September 1980), known as Xisco, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played mainly as a left winger. ![]()
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