[2] Granero left the Che in 1986, then spent a couple of years in Segunda División with Recreativo de Huelva, playing no matches in the 1987–88 season.
[9][10][11] On 18 October 2011, Granero was appointed at Deportivo Alavés in the third division, after Luis de la Fuente was dismissed.
[12] He left the Mendizorrotza Stadium the following June,[13] and continued working at that level the next two seasons with Real Oviedo.
[14] On 28 May 2014, Granero was signed as head coach of Veria FC, as the Super League Greece team's director of football was compatriot Quique Hernández.
[16] Granero headed back abroad on 24 November 2017, signing for the upcoming year to Chengdu Better City F.C.