Xavi Tamarit

Xavi Tamarit
Personal information
Full name Xavier Tamarit Gimeno
Date of birth (1982-02-06) 6 February 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Sedaví, Spain
Team information
Current team
 Los Angeles FC (interim head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2011–2012 Valencia Femenino
2026– Los Angeles FC (interim)

Xavier Tamarit Gimeno (born 6 February 1982) is a Spanish football manager. He is the interim head coach of Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

Tamarit was born in Sedaví and raised in Paterna, both in the Province of Valencia. He holds the UEFA Pro and CONMEBOL Pro licences, and graduated in sports science from the University of Valencia and completed postgraduate studies on elite football at the University of Porto. He gave up playing amateur football at 22, believing that dated training ideologies were causing him muscular injuries, and moved to study in Portugal, where his mentor Vítor Frade introduced to him the concept of "tactical periodisation".

Tamarit was assistant to Quique Hernández at Aris Thessaloniki and Levadiakos in Greece. In 2011–12, he had his first experience as a head coach, with Valencia CF Femenino. He started with nine consecutive defeats and was sacked on 25 January with the team 16th of 18, with 10 points from 18 games.

From 2012, Tamarit assisted Mauricio Pellegrino at Valencia, Estudiantes de La Plata, Independiente, Alavés, Southampton, Leganés, Vélez Sarsfield, Universidad de Chile, Cádiz and Lanús. With the last club, he was part of the squad that won the Copa Sudamericana in 2025.

In January 2026, Tamarit moved to Los Angeles FC as assistant to Marc Dos Santos. On 1 October, he was named as interim head coach with six games remaining of the season in Major League Soccer, and the club in 6th in the Western Conference. Nine days later on his debut, the club drew 1–1 at home with leaders Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who had a player sent off after six minutes.

References

  1. 1 2 Torres, David (2 October 2026). "De Sedaví y Paterna a la MLS: Quién es Xavi Tamarit, el nuevo entrenador de Los Ángeles FC" [From Sedaví and Paterna to MLS: Who is Xavi Tamarit, the new manager of Los Angeles FC] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 Lanzillotta, Nahuel (25 October 2015). "Xavi Tamarit, el brazo científico de Pellegrino en Independiente" [Xavi Tamarit, Pellegrino's scientific arm at Independiente]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  3. ↑ Menayo, David (25 January 2012). "Cristian Toro, nuevo entrenador del Valencia féminas" [Cristian Toro, new manager of Valencia Femenino]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Alcaín, Germán (22 September 2020). "Su sumó Xavier Tamarit al cuerpo técnico de Pellegrino en Vélez" [Xavier Tamarit added to Pellegrino's coaching team at Vélez] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (1 October 2026). "LAFC names Xavi Tamarit interim coach to steer late playoff push". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Gross, Josh (10 October 2026). "LAFC settles for draw with Vancouver". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 14 October 2026.