Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino (born 15 October 1955) is a Spanish
football manager
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.
After winning the
Segunda División with
Sevilla
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in
2001, Caparrós was a regular on the
La Liga
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sidelines for the best part of two decades. He coached Sevilla,
Deportivo de La Coruña
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,
Athletic Bilbao,
Mallorca,
Levante,
Granada and
Osasuna in the top flight. He had brief spells in Switzerland and Qatar, and also managed the
Armenia national team for two years.
Football career
Early career
Caparrós was born in
Utrera
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The town is of great historical interest. It was occupied by Muslims in the ...
,
Province of Seville,
Andalusia
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. After an obscure career as a player, he started coaching in his mid-20s, his first club being amateurs San José Obrero CF. The first professional spell came at local
Recreativo de Huelva
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, which he helped reach
Segunda División in
the second
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of his three years.
Caparrós began the
1999–2000 season on
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, ...
's bench, lasting only seven games; his successor
Paquito guided the
Valencians
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to
La Liga
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in third place. He also co-managed the
Andalusia autonomous team with
José Enrique Díaz
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Managerial career
Born in Seville, Andalusia, Díaz made his managerial debut with Tercera División side Riotinto Balompié, and ...
for two
friendlies in the late 1990s.
Sevilla
On 25 May 2000, Caparrós was unveiled as the new
Sevilla FC
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manager. He ended their one-year top-flight exile in his
first season at the
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
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, winning the second division.
With youth products such as
Carlos Marchena,
José Antonio Reyes
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He made his debut for Sevilla aged 16 and signed for English club Arsenal in ...
and
Jesuli –
Sergio Ramos soon followed – and the future signings of
Júlio Baptista,
Adriano
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* Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theor ...
,
Daniel Alves and
Renato, Caparrós set the foundations for future domestic and
European success, but was replaced by
Juande Ramos before any of the actual conquests.
Deportivo and Athletic
In the summer of 2005, Caparrós moved to
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...
, being fired after a poor
second season. He was appointed at
Athletic Bilbao afterwards, beating former club Sevilla in the semi-finals of the
2008–09 edition of the
Copa del Rey
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(4–2 aggregate) and
qualifying for the
UEFA Europa League
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as
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
won
the treble
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.
Caparrós led the ''Lions'' to the sixth position in the
2010–11 campaign, once again
qualifying for the Europa League. On 7 July 2011, after his contract expired – the club also underwent a chairman change after an election – he left Athletic Bilbao, being replaced by Argentine
Marcelo Bielsa
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.
Foreign stints and return to La Liga
On 27 July 2011, Caparrós accepted a one-year offer from
Swiss Super League team
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
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, who had sacked
François Ciccolini after losing the first two games of
the campaign. He resigned after just five matches, following a disagreement with owner
Bulat Chagaev. On 3 October,
RCD Mallorca vice-president
Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
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His career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Betis, and he also served the former in various other capacities.
Playing career
Born in ...
announced that the
Balearic Islands side had reached an agreement with the manager.
On 4 February 2013, after a promising start of
the season, with three home wins and two away draws in the first five rounds, Caparrós was relieved of his duties as Mallorca ranked second-bottom. His last game in charge was a 3–0 away loss against
Real Sociedad.
Caparrós was given a two-year contract extension on 23 May 2014, after finishing his
debut campaign with
Levante UD in tenth position. However, the following week, he left and joined
Granada CF
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of the same league.
On 16 January 2015, as Granada
ranked last in the table and had just been ousted from the domestic cup by Sevilla (
6–1 on aggregate), Caparrós was relieved of his duties. He returned to work in early November of the following year, replacing the sacked
Enrique Martín at the helm of
CA Osasuna
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but being himself dismissed on 5 January 2017 after seven losses in as many league games.
On 2 June 2017, Caparrós left Europe for the first time in his career to manage Qatari club
Al Ahli SC (Doha)
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. He resigned on 27 December, citing personal reasons.
Sevilla return
Caparrós returned to Sevilla on 28 April 2018 following the dismissal of
Vincenzo Montella, being appointed
caretaker manager until the end of
the season. In May, after the signing of
Pablo Machín as his successor, he was named the club's
director of football
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.
On 15 March 2019, Caparrós again took over as caretaker until the end of
the season following the dismissal of Machín after only ten months in charge, after Sevilla were knocked out of the
Europa League round of 16 by
SK Slavia Prague
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.
Armenia
Caparrós moved into international coaching on 10 March 2020, signing with
Armenia
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until 30 November 2021. On his debut on 5 September, the side lost
2–1 away to
North Macedonia
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in the
UEFA Nations League
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The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
. On 18 November, after a 1–0 win against the same opponent, his team won their group and were promoted.
On 28 June 2021, Caparrós' contract was extended until the end of 2022. In his final game on 27 September, Armenia were relegated back to the third tier of the Nations League after a
3–2 loss away to the
Republic of Ireland
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, settled by a
penalty kick
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awarded for handball in added time; his deal with the
Football Federation of Armenia
The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա, ''Hayastani Futboli Federats’ia'') is the governing body of association football in Armenia. Its headquarters are located in Yerevan.
The Fe ...
was mutually terminated two days later. During his spell, the team achieved the longest unbeaten run in its history, nine games.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Sevilla
*
Segunda División:
2000–01[
Individual
*Armenian Coach of the Year: 2020, 2021]
References
External links
*
Athletic Bilbao manager profile
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1955 births
Living people
People from Utrera
Sportspeople from the Province of Seville
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Andalusia
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
CD Leganés players
UB Conquense footballers
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
UB Conquense managers
Recreativo de Huelva managers
Villarreal CF managers
Sevilla FC managers
Deportivo de La Coruña managers
Athletic Bilbao managers
RCD Mallorca managers
Levante UD managers
Granada CF managers
CA Osasuna managers
Swiss Super League managers
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS managers
Qatar Stars League managers
Al Ahli SC (Doha) managers
Armenia national football team managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Armenia
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Armenia