FRANCISCO ‘PANCHO' GUERRERO, 1st team head coach

Not many football clubs can boast a world cup winning goal scorer as their first team coach, but that´s exactly who we have here at ACFC. Pancho scored in Argentina U20´s win against Brazil in the 1995 Youth World Cup. Hailing from Buenos Aires, Pancho played at the very top level in his native country of Argentina, spending the majority of his time at the world famous club Independiente before moving to Switzerland to play for 2 of Switzerland's biggest clubs, FC Zurich and FC Basel.

Moving into coaching, Pancho has coached at Alicante CF & CD Campello (Spain) and Coquimbo Unido & CD O Higgins (Chile) before joining ACFC midway through the 2021/22 season, where he guided the team to their highest ever finish of 5th place.

Phil joined ACFC Academy in 2017, having previously coached at Crystal Palace FC. After moving to Spain, Phil gained a Masters degree in Talent Identification and Player Development from Real Madrid.

In addition to his role at the as U19s coach, Phil works as the Director of Methodology at Alicante City FC.