Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart (born 5 September 1980), known as Xisco, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played mainly as a left winger.
After two years with Valencia's equivalent, he moved on loan to Recreativo de Huelva of Segunda División,[2] scoring ten goals in his first season.
[3] Xisco returned to Valencia in summer 2003 for two additional seasons, making 22 appearances as the Che conquered the 2004 league title; he scored once as a substitute on 2 November 2003 to conclude a 5–0 away win against Mallorca.
[5] Xisco signed with Real Betis in 2005 on a six-year deal,[6] often delivering in various attacking positions and displaying all-around teamwork.
[11][12] In the dying minutes of the August 2009 transfer window, Xisco rescinded his Betis contract and joined Levante also in the second division, for two seasons.
[17] Already aged 30, Xisco moved abroad for the first time, signing with Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia and sharing teams with several compatriots.
[22] In September of the following year, he stood in as manager of farm team Pobla de Mafumet in the Tercera División, after the promotion of Rodri to the Nàstic job.
[32] Xisco was sacked on 3 October 2021, with the side being 15th after seven matches; it was the 13th change in the club's hotseat since the arrival of owner Gino Pozzo in 2012.
[33] In an official statement, Watford wrote that the coach had been presiding over a "negative trend at a time when team cohesion should be visibly improving".
[42] His first competitive game in charge was at home to newly relegated Southampton, a 2–1 defeat,[43] and culminated in a 1–0 away loss to West Bromwich Albion on 3 October.