Claudio Giráldez

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Claudio Giráldez
Personal information
Full name Claudio Giráldez González
Date of birth (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth O Porriño, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Celta (manager)
Youth career
Porriño Industrial
2001–2006 Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Real Madrid C
2007 Real Madrid B 1 (0)
2008–2009 Atlético Madrid B 35 (4)
2009–2011 Pontevedra 35 (1)
2010 Pontevedra B 2 (0)
2011–2013 Ourense 67 (1)
2013–2014 Coruxo 18 (0)
2014–2019 Porriño Industrial (21)
Managerial career
2019–2021 Gran Peña
2022–2024 Celta Fortuna
2024– Celta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudio Giráldez González (born 24 February 1988) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player. He is the current manager of La Liga club Celta Vigo.

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Playing career

Born in O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Giráldez joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 2001, from hometown side Porriño Industrial. He made his senior debut with the C-team during the 2006–07 season, in Tercera División.

In 2007, after one appearance with Real's reserves in Segunda División B, Giráldez moved to cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid and was assigned to the B-team also in the third division. [1]

Giráldez returned to his home region in 2009, joining fellow third tier side Pontevedra. [2] He signed for Ourense in the fourth level on 28 July 2011, [3] helping in their promotion to the third division in his first season; he left the latter club in May 2013. [4]

On 17 June 2013, Giráldez agreed to a deal with Coruxo in the third level. [5] After being sparingly used during the campaign, he returned to his first club Porriño in 2014, where he scored a career-best eight goals during the 2015–16 season.

Giráldez helped Porriño in their promotion to the fourth division in 2018, and retired in the following year, aged 31. [6]

Managerial career

In 2015, while still a player, Giráldez was also named manager of Porriño Industrial's Juvenil squad. In the following year, he joined Celta's structure, and was a manager of their Cadete B, Cadete A and Juvenil B squads. [6]

On 27 June 2019, Giráldez was named in charge of Gran Peña, Celta's farm team, [7] and also remained manager of their Juvenil B team. On 10 August 2021, he was appointed manager of the Juvenil División de Honor squad. [8]

On 2 July 2022, Giráldez replaced Onésimo Sánchez at the helm of Celta's B-team; [9] the club officially announced his new role ten days later. [10] In his first season in charge of the B's, he led them to the play-offs, losing in the semi-finals to eventual winners Eldense.

On 12 March 2024, Giráldez was named manager of Celta's first team, replacing Rafael Benítez. [11] His first professional match in charge occurred five days later, as his side won 2–1 at Sevilla. [12]

Managerial statistics

As of 21 December 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Gran Peña Flag of Spain.svg 27 June 201910 August 202136136174448−4036.11
Celta Fortuna Flag of Spain.svg 2 July 202212 March 2024673116209772+25046.27 [13]
Celta Vigo Flag of Spain.svg 12 March 2024present30145115543+12046.67 [14]
Career total133582748196163+33043.61

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References

  1. "Giráldez: "Me gustaría luchar por el playoff con el Atlético"" [Giráldez: "I would like to fight for the play-offs with Atlético"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. "El club decide hacerle ficha a Claudio Giráldez en el cuadro filial" [The club decide to register Claudio Giráldez in the reserve team] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. "Claudio Giráldez y Eder Díez redondean el plantel del Ourense" [Claudio Giráldez and Eder Díez round the squad of Ourense] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "Luisito confirma un total de ocho bajas en el Ourense" [Luisito confirms a total of eight departures at Ourense] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. "El Coruxo ata a Claudio Giráldez" [Coruxo tie up Claudio Giráldez] (in Spanish). VAVEL. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Claudio, en el horizonte" [Claudio, at the horizon] (in Spanish). Atlántico. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. "Claudio Giráldez entrenará al Gran Peña" [Claudio Giráldez will manage Gran Peña] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. "Claudio Giráldez, nuevo entrenador del Celta de División de Honor Juvenil" [Claudio Giráldez, new manager of Celta of División de Honor Juvenil] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  9. "El Celta despide a Onésimo y Claudio Giráldez es su sustituto" [Celta sack Onésimo and Claudio Giráldez is his substitute] (in Spanish). Atlántico. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. "Claudio Giráldez, será el entrenador del Celta B las dos próximas temporadas" [Claudio Giráldez, will be the manager of Celta B the following two seasons] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. "Claudio Giráldez dirigirá desde este miércoles al primer equipo del RC Celta" [Claudio Giráldez will manage from this Wednesday the first team of RC Celta] (in Spanish). RC Celta Vigo. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  12. "El Celta de Giráldez se da un alegrón" [Giráldez's Celta give themselves a big happiness] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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    "Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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