[6] He later became a managerial, taking charge of Real Jaén for two years, during which he took them from the Tercera División to La Liga along with a Federation Cup.
[7][8] Born in Huelva on 22 October 1909, Bracero began his footballing career in his hometown club Libertad FC in 1926, aged 17, where he quickly established himself as a decisive player, scoring his side's only goal in a 1–1 draw with rivals Gimnástico on 14 August of that year.
[11][12] A few months later, he started in the 1935 Spanish Cup final against Sabadell, scoring his side's third goal to seal a 3–0 victory.
[12][13][14] Once the conflict was over, Bracero joined Club Aviación, the future Atlético Madrid, where he was a member of Athletic's historic 1939–40 season, in which the club won the 1939 Campeonato Mancomunado Centro and the 1939–40 La Liga under coach Ricardo Zamora; however, he did not play a major role in these triumphs since he only started two league matches during the season.
[7][17] He went on to manage Granada CF (1953–54), CD San Fernando (1955–56), CD Badajoz (1956–58),[7][8] and again Recreativo de Huelva in the 1958–59 season, during which the club won 25 matches, which made Bracero in the most successful Huelva coach in a single campaign, ahead of Salmerén and the Uruguayan Victor Esparrago with 23 each.