Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was two weeks old.

[3] The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) appointed Quereda as women's national team coach in 1988, a position he has held until 2015, which makes him one of the longest serving football coaches of all time.

This has led to criticisms to the RFEF of indifference for the women's national team.

[6] In May 2011 Laura del Río, a striker with 40 goals in 39 caps for Spain, said that she would never play for the national team again while Quereda was still in charge.

After Spain's poor performance and early elimination from the tournament in Canada, the entire 23-player squad publicly called for him to be sacked.