Claudio Giráldez

Claudio Giráldez
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Giráldez González
Date of birth	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*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Real Madrid C
2007	Real Madrid B
2008–2009	Atlético Madrid B
2009–2011	Pontevedra
2010	Pontevedra B
2011–2013	Ourense
2013–2014	Coruxo
2014–2019	Porriño Industrial
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.

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 27 January 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref
Gran Peña		27 June 2019	10 August 2021	36	13	6	17	44	48	−4	036.11
Celta Fortuna		2 July 2022	12 March 2024	67	31	16	20	97	72	+25	046.27	^[13]
Celta Vigo		12 March 2024	present	35	15	6	14	63	55	+8	042.86	^[14]
Career total				138	59	28	51	204	175	+29	042.75	—

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "El Coruxo ata a Claudio Giráldez" [Coruxo tie up Claudio Giráldez] (in Spanish). VAVEL. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Claudio, en el horizonte" [Claudio, at the horizon] (in Spanish). Atlántico. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Claudio Giráldez entrenará al Gran Peña" [Claudio Giráldez will manage Gran Peña] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
"Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links

Claudio Giráldez at BDFutbol
Claudio Giráldez manager profile at BDFutbol
Claudio Giráldez at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Claudio Giráldez at Soccerway

[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.

[Atl-6] "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.

[13] "Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
"Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[14] "Matches Claudio Giráldez, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

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