Óscar Gilsanz
Óscar Manuel Gilsanz González is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Gilsanz was born in Betanzos, A Coruña, Galicia, and was a youth product of hometown side Betanzos. After making his first team debut in 1991, he became a regular starter and scored a career-best ten goals in the 1995–96 season.Gilsanz moved to Bullense in the middle of 1996, before returning to Betanzos the following January. He retired in 2005, aged 32, after a one-year spell at Sporting Sada.
Managerial career
Gilsanz already managed Betanzos' youth sides at the age of 14, and was subsequently in charge of several categories at the club. In July 2007, he left to take over the senior side of Laracha, but was dismissed in November.Gilsanz returned to Betanzos in 2008, now as manager of the main squad. He led the club to a promotion to Tercera División in 2011, before resigning in October of that year due to "presidential interference".
In 2014, Gilsanz took over fellow fourth division side Villalbés. He renewed his contract with the club on 21 May of the following year, and led the side to the play-offs in 2018. After missing out promotion, he left on 24 June of that year.
On 4 July 2018, Gilsanz returned to Laracha, with the club now being Deportivo La Coruña's farm team. He left in 2019 after their relegation, but returned to Dépor in 2020 as manager of the Juvenil side.
Gilsanz led the side to the 2020–21 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol title, and replaced Juan Carlos Valerón at the helm of Deportivo B on 2 July 2021, also renewing his contract for two further seasons. On 9 June 2023, after achieving promotion to Segunda Federación, he agreed to a two-year extension.
On 30 October 2024, Gilsanz became an interim manager of Deportivo's main squad in Segunda División, after the dismissal of Imanol Idiakez. On his first professional match three days later, he led the side to a 5–1 away routing of Cartagena, and was subsequently confirmed as manager of the club until the end of the season on 5 November.
On 9 June 2025, Deportivo announced that Gilsanz ceased to be the first team manager; the club also offered him a role as coordinator of their manager school, which he rejected.