Born in Capileira, Granada, Andalusia,[1] Estévez began his managerial career with Vélez Rubio CF in 2004, in the Regional Preferente.
[6] Estévez left Guijuelo at the end of the 2014–15 season, and was appointed UD Almería B manager on 23 December 2015, replacing Miguel Rivera.
[10] Estévez was sacked by Burgos on 7 October 2019,[11] and was named CD Badajoz manager roughly one year later.
[12] Despite finishing the 2020–21 campaign as the best team of the division, his side was unable to achieve promotion after losing the last round of the play-offs; on 2 July 2021, he left the club on a mutual agreement.
[14] He led the side to a promotion to Segunda División after 59 years of absence, after defeating Raúl's Real Madrid Castilla in the finals of the play-offs.