Fran Alonso

Fran Alonso
Alonso with the Houston Dash in 2024
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Alonso López
Date of birth (1976-06-13) 13 June 1976 (age 50)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo La Coruña (women) (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2018–2019 Lewes Women
2020–2023 Celtic Women
2024 Houston Dash
2024–2026 Deportivo La Coruña (women)

Francisco Javier "Fran" Alonso López (born 13 June 1976) is a Spanish football manager. He was most recently manager of Deportivo de La Coruña in Liga F, having previously managed Celtic F.C. Women and the Houston Dash.

Career

Alonso joined Southampton in 2012 and worked as first-team technical coach under Mauricio Pochettino from 2012 to 2014 and under Ronald Koeman from 2014 to 2016. During the same period he was also head coach and later technical director of Southampton Women. In 2016 he moved to Everton as an assistant coach, working under Koeman and subsequently Sam Allardyce, and also assisting the club's women's team. He left Everton in 2018.

In 2018, Alonso was appointed manager of English side Lewes. In 2020, he was appointed manager of Scottish woman's side Celtic.

On 22 December 2023, Alonso was appointed manager for National Women's Soccer League side Houston Dash. Alonso went on a leave of absence for unspecified reasons on 22 June 2024, and on 1 October 2024 the Dash parted ways with him.

Alonso was appointed by Deportivo de La Coruña on 25 November 2024, with the team second from bottom of Liga F in its first season back in the top flight. The club avoided relegation in 2024–25 and again in 2025–26, finishing 12th, which took it into a third consecutive season in the top division for the first time in its history. He managed 49 league matches at the club, winning 13, drawing 13 and losing 23.

Coaching statistics

As of matches played on 31 May 2026.
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Lewes F.C. Women December 2018 December 2019 254318016.0
Celtic F.C. Women January 2020 January 2024 1401131017080.7
Houston Dash February 2024 October 2024 17359017.6
Deportivo La Coruña (women) November 2024 June 2026 53141326026.4
Total 2351343170057.0

Honors

Manager

Celtic Women

References

  1. 1 2 "Fran Alonso se despide del Dépor ABANCA 49 partidos y dos permanencias después" (in Spanish). Riazor.org. 29 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "El Deportivo anuncia el adiós de su técnico a final de curso" (in Spanish). VAVEL. 16 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Fran Alonso to lead Houston Dash as next head coach". Houston Dash. 22 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Who is Fran Alonso? The Celtic Women's manager headbutted by Rangers coach Craig McPherson". Football Scotland.
  5. ↑ "Who is Fran Alonso?". footballscotland.co.uk (Archived). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Fran Alonso's career heading upwards along with Celtic". thenational.scot. 18 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Fran Alonso: How Mauricio Pochettino and Koeman guided Lewes Women boss". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ Whyatt, Katie (14 December 2018). "Fran Alonso eyes Super League giants after making switch from Premier League to Lewes' women's team". The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk (Archived). Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ "Fran Alonso: Forget title, Celtic changed Scottish women's football". heraldscotland.com. 21 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Alonso aims to bring Pochettino and Koeman style to Celtic". news.stv.tv. 16 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "SWPL now more attractive to foreign players - Fran Alonso". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Fran Alonso: Celtic boss dreaming of SWPL 1 title triumph". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "Fran Alonso to lead Houston Dash as next head coach". houstondynamofc.com (Press release). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Staff, The Equalizer (1 October 2024). "Houston Dash, Fran Alonso part ways after coach's three-month absence – Equalizer Soccer". equalizersoccer.com.
  15. ↑ "Fran Alonso – Deportivo Abanca" (in Spanish). La Preferente.