Carles Martínez
Novell
age 42 · in charge since 4 June 2026 (5 months)
- Pts / game
- 1.78
- Won
- 56%
- Games
- 9
- League
- 5th
- League matches in this job · Bundesliga position now
12th longest-serving manager in the Bundesliga now
1.78
Points / game
MGR
B04
Novell
5
W
1
D
3
L
+3
GD
WWWLLW
Pressure
No reported pressure
No rated source has reported his job in danger in the last 30 days.
A level of reporting from rated sources over the last 30 days, not a probability of being sacked.
Leverkusen's managers, league matches
Compared with those before him
- Carles Martínez NovellJun 2026 – now · 9 games, 5–1–31.78 pts/game
- Kasper HjulmandSept 2025 – Jun 2026 · 32 games, 17–7–81.81 pts/game
- Erik ten HagJul 2025 – Sept 2025 · 2 games, 0–1–10.50 pts/game
- Xabi AlonsoOct 2022 – May 2025 · 68 games, 47–18–3 · from Aug 2023, the first game we hold2.34 pts/game
Bars out of three points a game (winning every game). Short spells say little: a two-game interim can top this list.
Leverkusen since Jun 2026
Signings on his watch
- Spent · 10 in
- ≈ £131.6m€153.5m
- Received · 6 out
- ≈ £84.4m≈ €98.3m
- Net spend
- ≈ £47.2m≈ €55.2m
Biggest signings
- Guéla DouéStrasbourg≈ £25.7m€30m
- Afonso MoreiraLyon≈ £25.4m€29.5m
- Moussa DiabyAl Ittihad≈ £24m€28m
- Miguel GutiérrezNapoli≈ £22.3m€26m
- Facundo MedinaMarseille≈ £19.7m€23m
Biggest sales
- Piero HincapiéArsenal£34.5m≈ €40m
- Kerim AlajbegovicJuventus≈ £25.7m€30m
- Exequiel PalaciosIpswich≈ £19.3m€22.5m
- Matej KovarPSV≈ £4.3m€5m
- Alejo SarcoSporting Gijón≈ £682k€800k
See all 10 in and 6 out
In · 10
- Moussa DiabyAl Ittihad≈ £24m€28m
- Guéla DouéStrasbourg≈ £25.7m€30m
- Facundo MedinaMarseille≈ £19.7m€23m
- Miguel GutiérrezNapoli≈ £22.3m€26m
- Kennet EichhornHertha≈ £7.7m€9m
- Afonso MoreiraLyon≈ £25.4m€29.5m
- Kerim AlajbegovicRed Bull Salzburg≈ £6.9m€8m
- Jeanuël BelocianRacing SantanderLoan
- Alejo SarcoSporting GijónLoan
- Abdoulaye FayeCelta VigoLoan
Out · 6
- Exequiel PalaciosIpswich≈ £19.3m€22.5m
- Kerim AlajbegovicJuventus≈ £25.7m€30m
- Alejo SarcoSporting Gijón≈ £682k€800k
- Matej KovarPSV≈ £4.3m€5m
- Alejandro GrimaldoAtlético–
- Piero HincapiéArsenal£34.5m≈ €40m
Plus 6 players sent out on loan.
Fees where reported or official, each converted at its own day’s exchange rate (≈); undisclosed fees aren’t counted. A manager doesn’t always choose who comes and goes.
Career
Managerial career
- B04Bayer Leverkusen4 Jun 2026 – present9 league games · 5–1–3 · 1.78 pts/gameWikidata
- TOUToulouse1 Jul 2023 – 17 May 2026Left101 league games · 34–27–40 · 1.28 pts/game · from Aug 2023, the first game we holdWikidata