Dani Fragoso
Spanish footballer
Daniel 'Dani' Fragoso Escribano (born 31 March 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is currently the manager of Betis Deportivo Balompié.
Club career
Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Fragoso played youth football for RCD Espanyol and Real Madrid. He made his senior debut with the former's B-team during the 2000–01 season, in Segunda División B, and spent most of his career in that tier, representing CF Extremadura, FC Barcelona B, Cádiz CF, UD Melilla, CD Atlético Baleares, CE L'Hospitalet, Lleida Esportiu and La Roda CF.
At the professional level, Fragoso appeared for Ciudad de Murcia – later renamed Granada 74 CF – Cádiz and Albacete Balompié, being relegated with all the clubs from Segunda División. With the second, he only missed two league games during the 2009–10 campaign, scoring in a 4–3 home win against Albacete.
On 3 March 2014, aged nearly 32, Fragoso moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer. Just five weeks later, however, he was waived, returning to his homeland and joining Lleida.
Coaching career
Shortly after retiring in 2019, Fragoso joined the youth structure at Real Betis, where he would work for five seasons, before taking charge of the Juvenil División de Honor team during the 2024–25 season. On 26 December 2025, Fragoso replaced the sacked Javi Medina at Betis Deportivo Balompié in Group 2 of the Primera Federación, with the side occupying last place in the standings.
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