José Manuel Aira

José Manuel Aira Lindoso (born 14 March 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a centre-back, currently manager of Deportivo Alavés B.

José Manuel Aira
Aira with Sochaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Aira Lindoso
Date of birth (1976-03-14) 14 March 1976
Place of birth Ponferrada, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Alavés B (manager)
Youth career
1989–1991 CD Fuentesnuevas
1991–1995 Ponferradina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Deportivo B 147 (7)
1996–2002 Deportivo La Coruña 2 (0)
1999–2000Tenerife (loan) 23 (0)
2000–2001 → Racing Ferrol (loan) 41 (2)
2001–2002 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 22 (1)
2002–2005 Poli Ejido 68 (4)
2005–2006 Racing Ferrol 28 (1)
2006–2010 Lugo 136 (6)
2010–2011 Racing Ferrol 36 (6)
Total 503 (27)
Managerial career
2011–2014 Racing Ferrol
2014–2016 Murcia
2016–2017 Albacete
2018 Rudeš
2018 Sochaux
2018–2020 Cultural Leonesa
2020–2021 Marbella
2022 UCAM Murcia
2022– Alavés B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Having made two La Liga appearances for Deportivo de La Coruña, he spent most of his playing career in the Segunda División, playing 182 games for five teams, mainly Racing de Ferrol and Poli Ejido.

Aira's managerial career was mainly spent at the lower levels, apart from seven games with Albacete after winning promotion from Segunda División B in 2017, and brief spells with Rudeš of Croatia and Sochaux in France the following year.

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