Personal information | |||
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Full name | Claudio Giráldez González | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1988 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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]
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]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Gran Peña | 27 June 2019 | 10 August 2021 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 36.11 | ||
Celta Fortuna | 2 July 2022 | 12 March 2024 | 67 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 97 | 72 | +25 | 46.27 | [13] | |
Celta Vigo | 12 March 2024 | present | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 46.67 | [14] | |
Career total | 133 | 58 | 27 | 48 | 196 | 163 | +33 | 43.61 | — |
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