Francis Cagigao

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Francis Cagigao Souto
Personal information
Full name Francis Cagigao Souto
Date of birth (1969-11-11) 11 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Paddington, London, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1988 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Barcelona B 9
1989–1991 Racing Santander 2
1991–1993 Southend United 2
1993–1994 Racing de Ferrol 27
1994–1995 Yeclano Deportivo 33
1995–1999 [1] [2] Club Lemos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Cagigao Souto (born 11 November 1969) is a London born Spanish football Sporting Director/Head of Recruitmentscout, Coach and former player and currently serves as the Global Director, in charge of recruitment and strategy, of Galatasaray in Turkey. He played for Arsenal, where he won the FA Youth Cup in 1988 under Pat Rice, Barcelona B, Racing de Santander, Southend United, Racing de Ferrol and Yeclano Deportivo in the second tier. A Spanish u19/20 International, his career was cut short at the age of 29 due to injury. He coached Club Lemos to the Segunda División B play-offs in Spain.

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Career

He is respected worldwide as Arsenal's longest serving senior scout with over 23 years at the club and has been Head of International Scouting for several years with expertise and a network mainly in Europe and South America.

The trilingual Cagigao worked under Arsène Wenger for 21 years, followed by Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta. He has close ties with the Spanish FA where he has served as an instructor on the Director of Football course. [3]

He was responsible for direct participation in the signings of players such as Lauren, Cesc Fabregas, Jose Antonio Reyes, Santi Cazorla, Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta, Emiliano Martinez, Granit Xhaka, Alexis, Carlos Vela, Hector Bellerin, Robin van Persie, Gabriel Martinelli, William Saliba and Kieran Tierney.

In 2020, he became the Technical Director of the Football Federation of Chile where he worked for two years.[ citation needed ]

In 2023, he becomes the Global Director of Galatasaray in Turkey.

Honours

Club

Arsenal [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "ESTATÍSTICAS". Ogol.com.br.
  2. ↑ "Bio". BD Futbol.com.
  3. ↑ "Curso superior de formación de directores deportivos – Ponentes" (PDF). RFEF.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Interview with our Arsenal's Spanish scout". Hupu.com.
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