Claudio Giráldez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Giráldez González | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | O Porriño, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celta (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Porriño Industrial | |||
| 2001–2006 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Real Madrid C | ||
| 2007 | Real Madrid B | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Atlético Madrid B | 35 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Pontevedra | 35 | (1) |
| 2010 | Pontevedra B | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Ourense | 67 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Coruxo | 18 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Porriño Industrial | (21) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Gran Peña | ||
| 2022–2024 | Celta B | ||
| 2024– | Celta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Claudio Giráldez González (born 24 February 1988) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a left back. He is the manager of La Liga club Celta Vigo.
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]
