Pablo Amo


Pablo Amo Aguado is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the manager of the Spanish under-18 team.
In a career undermined by injuries, he amassed La Liga totals of 67 matches and five goals over eight seasons, mainly with Deportivo de La Coruña. He started playing professionally with Sporting de Gijón.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Amo started playing professional football with Sporting de Gijón, representing the Asturians during three Segunda División seasons. Joining Deportivo de La Coruña in 2002–03 he went very much unnoticed until the 2007–08 campaign, when he excelled in a five-man defence devised by coach Miguel Ángel Lotina.
On 13 January 2008, in his first match for Depor in three years, Amo scored and was sent off in a 3–4 away loss against Villarreal CF, also managing to find the net in a 2–0 home win over FC Barcelona three months later. However, he spent the following season on the sidelines, bothered by an Achilles tendon ailment.
On 3 August 2009, Amo was deemed surplus to requirements at Deportivo and moved to Real Zaragoza on a two-year deal. His first season was again severely hindered by constant physical problems, but his team retained their La Liga status.
On 21 July 2010, aged 32, Amo moved abroad for the first time, signing with Panserraikos F.C. in Greece for one year. In the summer of 2011 he joined Cypriot First Division club Olympiakos Nicosia but, again plagued by injuries, was released in the following transfer window.

Coaching career

After retiring, Amo worked as José Molina's assistant coach for the Association of Spanish Footballers. The duo worked to form a team with players unemployed of La Liga in a tour made in China and in Spain during august-September 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Amo was a coach at Evergrande Football School in China. Amo was responsible for developing, training and coaching players and trainer/coaches, and also head coach of the schools U10s and U17s. In the summer 2014, Amo moved to Sydney, Australia, where he worked as a youth coach. Amo's idea was to open an academy with an Australian friend.
In the summer 2016, Amo returned working together with José Molina. He was appointed Molina's assistant coach at Indian club ATK. The duo won the Indian Super League in their first season at the Indian club. Amo left ATK alongside Molina at the end of 2016.
On 14 November of the following year, he was appointed Molinas assistant coach at Ascenso MX club Atlético San Luis ahead of the Clausura tournament; Molina and his staff, including Amo, was relieved of their duties by the latter on 18 February 2018 after just two wins in 11 matches in all competitions, with their side in last position in the league. In October 2018 he was once again hired as Molinas assistant, this time at the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Molina had been appointed sporting director and Amo was set to support him.
On 19 December 2019, Amo was appointed head coach of the Spanish U18 national team.