Pablo Adrián Guede Barrirero (born 12 November 1974) is an

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professional

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Guede represented local sides

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and Nueva Chicago before moving to Spain in 1997, with

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side

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. In November of that year, however, he left the club and moved to

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

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, helping in their promotion at the end of the season. In 1999, after achieving another promotion with Málaga, Guede signed for

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

in the second division. Rarely used, he moved to third level's

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'', ...

in January 2001, and also achieved promotion with the side. In January 2002, Guede joined

Motril CF Motril Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Motril, Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1984 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Escribano Castilla'', with a capacity of 4,400 seat ...

in division three, and subsequently resumed his career in the category, representing

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and

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...

. He retired from professional football with the latter in 2006, aged 31.

Managerial career

Early career

In 2006, after ending his playing spell at Melilla, Guede became the technical secretary of the very same club. He left in 2008 to became a youth manager at lowly Atlético Juval, and was also the manager of the main squad during the 2010–11 season when it returned to an active status. On 26 January 2011, Guede was named manager of

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club

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. He left the club due to personal reasons in February 2013, being replaced by his assistant Daniel Pérez Vivar; the club achieved promotion at the end of the campaign. In November 2013, Guede signed as coach for Nueva Chicago of the

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, returning thereby his homeland Argentina following seventeen years outside. He resigned in May 2014, after leading the side back to the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

Palestino

In mid-2014, Guede moved to

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side

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. After finishing fourth in the league table and also qualified to the liguilla for enter the

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, he reached the team's qualification to continental contest after beat 6–1 to

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

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which broke a 37-year absence from the team at the

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tournament. At the Libertadores he reached an historical qualification to the group stage over

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, but once there the club failed to advance the knockout stage after finishing third behind

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and

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from

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too. On 13 November 2015, after long negotiations, it was confirmed that Guede would leave Palestino in order to undertake the coaching of the prestigious Argentine club

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the following season.

San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo officially named Guede as manager on 5 January 2016. He won the

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with the side before resigning on 15 June.

Colo-Colo

On 15 July 2016, Guede returned to Chile after being appointed manager of

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. He was presented at his new club three days later. Guede led the side to the

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title in his first season, while also winning the 2017 Transición tournament and two

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accolades in

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and

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. On 19 April 2018, he resigned.

Al-Ahli

On 15 May 2018, Guede moved overseas and was named in charge of Saudi club Al-Ahli for two years. He was sacked the following 4 February, with the side in the fourth place in the league.

Monarcas Morelia

On 22 August 2019, Guede switched teams and countries again after being named manager of

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side Monarcas Morelia. He left the club the following 24 May, amidst the

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Tijuana

On 19 June 2020, Guede took over

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also in the Mexican first division. He resigned on 12 April of the following year, after a poor run of results.

Necaxa

On 27 September 2021, Guede was appointed manager of

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. The following 8 February, he was sacked after winning only three points out of 12 in the league and being in charge for ten matches.

Málaga

On 2 April 2022, Guede replaced sacked

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at the helm of former side Málaga. He was himself dismissed on 20 September, after a poor start of the new season.

Managerial statistics

Honours

San Luis - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-08 - Pablo Guede - 02

Player

Málaga *

: 1998–99

Manager

Nueva Chicago *

: 2013–14 San Lorenzo *

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Colo-Colo *

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: 2017–T *

References

External links

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