Paco Jémez

Paco Jémez is exactly my kind of football figure. Born in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, he spent 11 seasons as a central defender, played 269 La Liga matches mainly for Deportivo and Zaragoza, and even featured for Spain at Euro 2000. But what really wins me over is his managerial philosophy. A former defender who built his coaching identity around bold, possession-hungry attacking football shows real conviction rather than caution. I love that contradiction, the stopper turned evangelist for daring play. He's a stubborn, principled character, and that personality is precisely what makes him compelling.

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Name (English)

Paco Jémez

Name (Japanese)

フランシスコ・ヘメス・マルティン

Reading

ふらんしすこ・へめす・まるてぃん

Born

April 18, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco%20J%C3%A9mez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311040

Tags

• Las Palmas
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.