Juan Ramón López Caro
 Caro in a press conference as Oman manager in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Ramón López Caro | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Lebrija, Spain | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dalian Yifang (Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Lebrijana | |||
| Betis | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1992–1993 | Lebrijana | ||
| 1993–1995 | Lebrija | ||
| 1995–1997 | Los Palacios | ||
| 1997–1998 | Dos Hermanas | ||
| 1998–1999 | Melilla | ||
| 1999–2001 | Mallorca B | ||
| 2001–2005 | Real Madrid B | ||
| 2005–2006 | Real Madrid | ||
| 2006 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2006–2007 | Levante | ||
| 2007–2008 | Celta | ||
| 2008–2010 | Spain U21 | ||
| 2010 | Vaslui | ||
| 2013–2014 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2016 | Oman | ||
| 2016– | Dalian Yifang | ||
Juan Ramón López Caro (born 23 March 1963) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of the China League One club Dalian Yifang.
Football career
Born in Lebrija, Province of Seville, Andalusia, López Caro began working as coach before his 30th birthday, with clubs in his city of birth. His first job at the professional level arrived in the 1998–99 season, as he led UD Melilla to the first position in Segunda División B, albeit without promotion in the playoffs.
Lopéz Caro signed with Real Madrid in the 2001 summer, from RCD Mallorca B, being in charge of the reserve team also in the third level and achieving promotion to Segunda División in 2005.[1] He was promoted to the main squad in December of that year following the sacking of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and his first game was a 1–2 away loss against Olympiacos F.C. for the campaign's UEFA Champions League.[2]
In the following years López Caro worked with Racing de Santander – he did not actually appear in any competitive games[3]– Levante UD[4] and Celta de Vigo,[5] being at the helm of the second side in La Liga for less than five months.[6] In June 2010, after two years with the Spanish under-21s, he moved abroad, joining Liga 1's FC Vaslui[7] and becoming the best paid coach in the competition's history.[8] He was relieved of his duties in October, after enduring a rocky spell in Romania.[9][10]
Honours
Club
- Melilla
- Real Madrid B
Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Gulf Cup of Nations: Runner-up 2014
References
- ↑ "El Madrid B toca el cielo" [Madrid B knocks on heaven's door] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "La juventud no es suficiente" [Youth is not enough] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "Caro: "Voy a luchar a muerte"" [Caro: "I will fight to the death"] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "López Caro no llegará a entrenar al Racing y se incorpora al Levante" [López Caro will not coach Racing and joins Levante] (in Spanish). El Día. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "López Caro, nuevo entrenador del Celta tras la marcha de Stoichkov" [López Caro, new Celta manager after departure of Stoichkov] (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "El Levante destituye a López Caro y ficha a Abel Resino para sustituirle" [Levante fires López Caro and signs Abel Resino as his replacement] (in Spanish). Diario Información. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "López Caro accepts Vaslui baton". UEFA.com. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Cel mai scump antrenor din istoria Ligii I a ajuns la Vaslui" [Best paid coach in history of Liga I joins Vaslui] (in Romanian). ProSport. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ↑ "La increíble pesadilla de López Caro en Rumanía" [The incredible nightmare of López Caro in Romania] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "López Caro, destituido como técnico del Vaslui" [López Caro, fired as Vaslui coach] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
External links
- Juan Ramón López Caro manager profile at BDFutbol