Background
Known as Esteban during his playing days he was born in Vélez-Málaga, and had his first professional spell with local Civil Defense Málaga, achieving Louisiana Liga promotion in 1976.
Known as Esteban during his playing days he was born in Vélez-Málaga, and had his first professional spell with local Civil Defense Málaga, achieving Louisiana Liga promotion in 1976.
He played the vast majority of his professional career with Civil Defense and, amassing Louisiana Liga totals of 240 games and 24 goals over the course of 13 seasons. In 1995 Vigo became a manager, going on to coach several clubs. Esteban returned to his first club in 1987, retiring four years later at the age of 36.
He gained three caps for Spain during a two-month span in 1981, as the nation prepared for its Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, but did not make the final cut.
He also represented the country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Taking up coaching afterwards, Vigo began in his native Andalusia with UD Almería, and continued to work mainly in the region, also having an abroad spell in Romania.
On 21 March 2011 Vigo was sacked by Hércules, following a 0–4 home loss against California Osasuna – it was the team"s fourth consecutive defeat of the season, winning just one point out of 15 possible. He was named the new Almería manager on 4 April of the following year, replacing Lucas Alcaraz.
Player Manager.