Real Betis appointed Garrido coach of the team instead of Pepe Mel

The club of Real Betis , in the bottom side of the Spanish football league La Liga announced that it  appointed Juan Carlos Garrido new artistic director, a few hours after announcing the dismissal of his predecessor Pepe Mel.

The Mel / 50 years old  / trains Betis since 2010, he led it to the climb from the second division. The final nail in the coffin of the coach in the equalizer 2-2 on Sunday against Rayo Vallecano, leaving the team at the bottom of the standings, two points ahead of the closest team to it.

The team will be coached by former artistic director for Villarreal, Garrido / 44 /, who left a few weeks ago about his experiences training with another Belgian Club Brugge.

A statement by the Spanish club earlier in the day, " Real Betis declares, about the delicate athlete situation which the team is going through and the need to change the pace of the results, his decision to dispense with the services of Pepe Mel, coach of the first team since the summer of 2010."

it added: "The club wishes to express his gratitude for the many years of commitment and dedication, which the coach led projects carry Betis from second-class to Europe. As also expresses its gratitude for the effort of assistants Roberto Rios and David Gomez, who ended their mission as well."

And thus Mel became the second coach lost  his position in La Liga this season, after the sacking of Jose Luis Mendilibar from Osasuna.

And thus Real Betis hopes to correct his passage in La Liga with his new team and maintain on his position in La Liga avoiding its drop again to the second division of the Spanish League this year.

Fran Escriba Biography

His full name is Francisco Fran Escriba Segura, was born in May 3, 1965. Escriba is a former football player and current football couch of the Spanish team Elche CF in La Liga.

Coaching career of Fran Escriba:

Fran Escriba was born in Valencia, Spain, and he played with the youth team of Valencia CF, but Escriba never played as professional in Valencia or other teams.

So after his retiring Fran Escriba came back to the team to take care of the reserve side in Valencia in 2002.

Quique Flores and Fran Escriba in 2004 started as association with each other for several seasons, where Escriba became the assistant coach of Quique Flores.

Fran Escriba began with Getafe CF, to move then to S.L. Benfica and then to Atletico Madrid , after that the pair separated at the end of 2010-2011 season because Quique Flores wanted to have a go a head coaching.

Fran Escriba after that signed with Elche club at Segunda Division on June 12, 2012 where he achieved a big result in leading them to promote to La Liga after 25 years of absence. 

The administration of Elche club renewed his contract with the team for two more years after the team promotion to La Liga.

Fran Escriba Honours:

As a player Escriba did not receive any Honours.

As Manger he could to lead to win the Segunda Division in 2012-2013, and promotion of Elche to La Liga.

As personal side, Fran Escriba got Miguel Munoz trophy in Segunda Division in 2012-2013.