Juan Carlos Garrido
Garrido as manager of Al Ain in 2019
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Garrido Fernández
Date of birth (1969-03-29) 29 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current team
 USM Alger (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
1993–1998 El Puig
1998–1999 Onda
2003 Villarreal B
2004 Villarreal B
2004–2005 Villarreal B
2008–2010 Villarreal B
2010–2011 Villarreal
2012–2013 Club Brugge
2013–2014 Betis
2014–2015 Al Ahly
2016–2017 Ettifaq
2017–2019 Raja
2019 Al Ain
2019–2020 Étoile du Sahel
2020 Wydad
2021 Castellón
2022 Ismaily
2023 Wydad
2023– USM Alger

Juan Carlos Garrido Fernández (born 29 March 1969) is a Spanish football manager and the current head coach of USM Alger.

He managed Villarreal and Betis in La Liga before working for several years in the Arab world, winning the CAF Confederation Cup with Egypt's Al Ahly and Morocco's Raja CA.

Football career

Villarreal

Born in Valencia,[1] Garrido started managing at only 24, his first club being local amateurs El Puig Club de Fútbol. In the 1998–99 season he coached CD Onda in Tercera División as the side was Villarreal CF's farm team, a club to which he would be closely associated in the following years.

In 2003, Garrido led the reserves[2]– Onda was now an independent team – to a fourth-division promotion, then was in charge of them for a couple of months in 2004 also in that tier. In October 2004, he was again named manager of the B side in the place of José del Solar,[3] and narrowly missed out another promotion after finishing fifth.

After the appointment of Luis García as manager in May 2005, Garrido returned to his previous duties in the backroom staff.[4] On 18 January 2008, he replaced sacked Juan Carlos Oliva at the helm of Villarreal B,[5] eventually leading them to the 11th position in Segunda División B and achieving a first-ever Segunda División promotion the following campaign.[6]

On 1 February 2010, Garrido was appointed first-team manager following the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde after a 0–2 home loss against CA Osasuna.[7] On 26 April, before the season in La Liga was over, he was handed a contract set to expire in June 2011;[8] the side finished in seventh position but, after RCD Mallorca were deemed ineligible for participation in the UEFA Europa League by UEFA due to financial irregularities, the Valencians took their place.[6]

In his first full season, Garrido led the club to the fourth place in the league, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[9] The team also reached the semi-finals in the Europa League, being ousted by eventual winners FC Porto.[10][11]

Garrido and Villarreal could not manage one single point in the Champions League in 2011–12,[12] and the latter ranked dangerously close to the relegation zone in the league in that period.[13] On 21 December 2011, following a 0–2 home loss against CD Mirandés in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey (1–3 on aggregate), he was sacked.[14]

Club Brugge and Betis

On 15 November 2012, Garrido replaced fired Georges Leekens at Club Brugge KV.[15][16] He was relieved of his duties in September of the following year, replacing fired Pepe Mel at the helm of Real Betis two months later;[17] on 19 January 2014, after only nine official matches and only one win, he was himself sacked after three consecutive defeats – the last one in the league 5–0 at home to Real Madrid – and with the Andalusians finishing dead last.[18]

Africa and Arabia

On 8 July 2014, Garrido was appointed at Al Ahly SC in the Egyptian Premier League. Late into the month, he led his new team to a 1–0 win against Séwé FC for the CAF Confederation Cup[19] which the club eventually won, also conquering the Egyptian Super Cup; on 3 May 2015, however, he was dismissed.[20][21]

On 6 November 2016, Garrido was appointed manager of Ettifaq FC in the Saudi Professional League, signing a seven-month deal with an option for another season according to result and team performance.[22] He was relieved of his duties the following February, with the side in eighth place after 22 matches.[23]

Garrido switched clubs and countries again in June 2017, joining Raja CA from Morocco.[24] His first game in charge of the latter took place on 10 September, in a 1–1 away draw against Olympique Club de Khouribga.[25] He won the year's Throne Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi on 18 November,[26] and a year later the CAF Confederation Cup with a 4–3 aggregate win over AS Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[27]

A month after being sacked by Raja,[28] in February 2019 Garrido replaced Zoran Mamić at UAE Pro League club Al Ain FC for the rest of the season.[29] At its closure, he was succeeded by another Croat, Ivan Leko.[30]

Garrido was hired by Tunisia's Étoile Sportive du Sahel on 20 November 2019, on a deal until June 2021.[31] Less than three months later, however, he was dismissed due to poor results.[32]

On 25 February 2020, Garrido returned to Casablanca, joining Raja's rivals Wydad AC.[33] He was fired in September despite taking the team to the Champions League semi-finals, as they were trailing Raja by four points on the domestic front.[34]

Garrido returned to Spain on 12 January 2021 after nearly seven years, being appointed manager of CD Castellón in the second division.[35] He was dismissed on 21 May, as the club faced relegation with two games remaining.[36]

On 20 September 2022, Garrido went back to Egypt's top flight, taking over at last-placed Ismaily SC.[37] He was shown the door on 9 December, after taking two points from five games.[38]

Garrido was hired again by Wydad on 26 February 2023, replacing Mehdi Nafti who had performed poorly at the recent edition of the FIFA Club World Cup.[39] He was dismissed by club chairman Said Naciri on 5 May with the club one point behind AS FAR in the league and awaiting the Champions League semi-finals.[40]

USM Alger

On October 17, 2023, Juan Carlos Garrido was appointed new coach in USM Alger for one season. The Usmist management set its sights on Garrido for his experience, particularly in North Africa.[41] In the case of Tumisang Orebonye, Garrido was accused him for his lack of commitment and enthusiasm in the job. The Spaniard accused his player of cheating, by faking fictitious injuries in order not to take part in matches.[42]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 January 2024[43]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
El Puig Spain 10 June 1993 30 June 1998 188 75 45 68 039.89
Onda Spain 30 June 1998 25 May 1999 38 15 8 15 039.47
Villarreal B Spain 21 January 2003 28 June 2003 19 17 2 0 089.47
Villarreal B Spain 22 February 2004 30 June 2004 18 9 5 4 050.00
Villarreal B Spain 5 October 2004 30 May 2005 32 15 12 5 046.88
Villarreal B Spain 18 January 2008 31 January 2010 84 43 17 24 051.19
Villarreal Spain 31 January 2010 21 December 2011 106 45 23 38 042.45
Club Brugge Belgium 15 November 2012 19 September 2013 37 20 9 8 054.05
Betis Spain 2 December 2013 19 January 2014 10 2 3 5 020.00
Al Ahly Egypt 8 July 2014 4 May 2015 40 22 10 8 055.00
Ettifaq Saudi Arabia 6 November 2016 18 February 2017 12 3 3 6 025.00
Raja Morocco 20 June 2017 28 January 2019 81 39 28 14 048.15
Al Ain United Arab Emirates 18 February 2019 2 June 2019 17 4 4 9 023.53
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 18 November 2019 8 February 2020 13 5 3 5 038.46
Wydad Morocco 25 February 2020 10 September 2020 7 3 2 2 042.86
Castellón Spain 13 January 2021 21 May 2021 19 6 4 9 031.58
Ismaily Egypt 20 September 2022 9 December 2022 8 1 3 4 012.50
Wydad Morocco 26 February 2023 5 May 2023 14 8 5 1 057.14
USM Alger Algeria 17 October 2023 14 9 3 2 064.29
Total 757 341 189 227 045.05

Honours

Al Ahly

Raja Casablanca

References

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