Héctor Berenguel del Pino (born 11 October 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right-back or a central defender, currently manager.
Berenguel appeared in 162 La Liga matches in a 16-year professional career, mainly in representation of Deportivo (five seasons). He added 111 games and nine goals in the Segunda División.
Playing career
Known as just Héctor as a player, Berenguel was born in Almería, Andalusia, and started playing with local Polideportivo Almería in the Segunda División B. In 1995 he signed with another side in that tier, Elche CF, achieving promotion to Segunda División two years later.
After Elche got relegated the immediate season after, Berenguel returned to his native region and joined Sevilla FC. An everpresent fixture during his three-year tenure he won two promotions to La Liga, scoring a career-high five goals in 2000–01 but also experiencing relegation the previous campaign; his first match in the competition came on 22 August 1999, in a 2–2 home draw against Real Sociedad.
Free agent Berenguel signed for Deportivo de La Coruña after the Galicians' league conquest, and proceeded to be relatively used, helping them to the 2002 edition of the Copa del Rey. In summer 2006 he moved to RCD Mallorca in the same league on a two-year contract, where he managed 29 league appearances in his second year, retiring after helping the Balearic Islands team to a final seventh place.
Managerial career
Berenguel returned again to his region in the 2009 off-season, taking charge of CD Roquetas' youth academy. In 2011–12 he had his first senior coaching experience, starting the division three season with local Polideportivo Ejido, with the club folding after a couple of months.
Berenguel spent three seasons in charge of CD Comarca del Mármol, helping in their promotion to Tercera División in his first season. In 2019, after three years without a club, he became Fran Fernández's assistant AD Alcorcón, and followed Fernández to CD Tenerife and back to Alcorcón, always under the same role.
On 3 July 2023, Berenguel returned to managerial duties after being named San Fernando CD manager. On 16 October, after just eight matches, he was sacked.