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{{short description|Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)}}
{{family name hatnote|Cuadrat|Xiqués|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carles Cuadrat
| image = Carles Cuadrat 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cuadrat with [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in 2018
| fullname = Carles Cuadrat Xiqués
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Barcelona]], Spain
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]]
| currentclub = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] (Manager)
| youthyears1 = 1978–1988
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| years1 = 1987–1988
| clubs1 = [[FC Barcelona C|Barcelona C]]
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1988–1989
| clubs2 = [[FC Barcelona B|Barcelona B]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1989–1996
| clubs3 = [[CF Gavà|Gavà]]
| caps3 = 187
| goals3 = 33
| years4 = 1990–1997
| clubs4 = [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]]
| caps4 = 32
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1997–1998
| clubs5 = [[CF Gavà|Gavà]]
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 231
| totalgoals = 34
| nationalyears1 = 1985–1988
| nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1998–2005
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (conditioning coach)
| manageryears2 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs2 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] (conditioning coach)
| manageryears3 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs3 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] (conditioning coach)
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs5 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2018–2021
| managerclubs6 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| manageryears7 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs7 = [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]] (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2023
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]] (assistant)
| manageryears9 = 2023–
| managerclubs9 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
}}
'''Carles Cuadrat Xiqués''' (born 28 October 1968) is a Spanish professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]] who is the current head coach of [[Indian Super League]] club [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]].

Cuadrat was a [[Defender (association football)|defender]], who played as a [[left-back]] and spent most of his career with Spanish club [[CF Gavà]]. He also played for [[FC Barcelona (youth)|FC Barcelona reserves]] as well as the Spanish national youth teams.

After retiring as a player, Cuadrat started working as a conditioning coach with various Barcelona teams from 1998 to 2005. He also played the same role in [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia national team]] from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, he joined [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador national team]] as an assistant coach. In 2016, Cuadrat joined Indian club [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] as an assistant coach to [[Albert Roca]] and later appointed as the head coach in 2018. He won the [[Indian Super League]] with the club.

After assistant coaching spells at [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]] and [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]], Cuadrat joined [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] in 2023.

==Playing career==
Born in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], Cuadrat played for various clubs in the Spanish second division. He joined [[La Masia]] at age of ten in 1978. He played for all the FC Barcelona youth teams between 1978 and 1988. Cuadrat was also part of the [[FC Barcelona]] side that won the U19 Spanish Cup in 1986 and 1987.<ref name="Carles Cuadrat profile">{{Cite web|url=http://lajugadafinanciera.com/las-gaunas-fc-barcelona-6-real-madrid-3-copa-de-rey-juvenil/|title=Las Gaunas. FC Barcelona 6 – Real Madrid 3, Final Copa del Rey Juvenil|publisher=fiasports.com|accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref> In 1988, Cuadrat played for [[FC Barcelona]]'s first team in couple of friendlies under then head coach [[Luis Aragonés|Luis Aragones]] alongside the likes of [[Gary Lineker]] and [[Bernd Schuster]] at the [[Camp Nou]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://carloscuadrat.blogspot.com/search/label/Experience%20as%20a%20Football%20Player|title=Carles Cuadrat – Playing under Luis Aragones}}</ref> He played fourteen times for Spanish national youth teams (U15 & U18) during his youth years most notably finishing third in the [[1985 UEFA European Under-16 Championship]].

Cuadrat played for [[Catalonia]]n clubs [[FC Barcelona B]], [[CF Gavà]] and [[CE Sabadell FC|CE Sabadell]] in [[Segunda División B]] between 1988 and 1998. With his playing career cut short by injury in 1998 at the age of 30, Cuadrat began working as a Physical Coach for the FC Barcelona Youth Academy.<ref name="Carles Cuadrat profile" />

==Coaching career==
During his second stint as a player at [[CF Gavà]] he also worked as director at CF Gava Youth Academy between 1995 and 1998. In 1998 he joined the FC Barcelona under–15 team as assistant and physical coach under Albert Benaiges. He worked as coach and physical trainer for various FC Barcelona youth teams in years followed.<ref name="Carles Cuadrat profile"/>

In 2009 Cuadrat joined former FC Barcelona manager [[Frank Rijkaard]]'s technical staff as Physical trainer at the Turkish giants [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goalzz.com/?n=78902|title=Galatasaray and coach Frank Rijkaard go their separate ways
|website=goalzz.com|access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> He was also in the technical staff Rijkaard at [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] between 2011 and 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/breve-regreso-frank-rijkaard_788428.html|title=El breve regreso de Frank Rijkaard|last=Aragón|first=El Periódico de|work=El Periódico de Aragón|access-date=17 October 2018|language=ES}}</ref> In 2014, when [[Albert Roca]], who was assistant coach to Frank Rijkaard at Galatasaray and Saudi Arabia, became [[Football Manager|manager]] of [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]], he enlisted service of Cuadrat as assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/sport/20140322/282398397367308|title=|via=PressReader|access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> Cuadrat, 54, began his coaching career in India in 2016 as the Assistant Coach of Bengaluru FC (BFC).<ref>{{cite web|date=27 April 2023|title =Carles Cuadrat appointed as new coach of East Bengal|url=https://footballexpress.in/carles-cuadrat-appointed-as-new-coach-of-east-bengal/|website= FootballExpress.in}}</ref> He moved to then [[I-League]] side [[Bengaluru FC]], who moved to the [[Indian Super League]] in 2017, with Roca in 2016 as an assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theindianleague.in/2016/07/bengaluru-fc-assistant-coach.html|title=CARLES CUADRAT WILL BE ASSISTANT TO ALBERT ROCA|publisher=theindianleague.in|date=8 July 2016|accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref> During his two-year stint, the club won the [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]] in 2017, [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]] in 2018 apart from being the first Indian side to reach the [[AFC Cup]] final in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Bengaluru-FC-first-Indian-club-to-reach-AFC-Cup-final/articleshow/54942481.cms|title=Bengaluru FC first Indian club to reach AFC Cup final|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> On 29 December 2017 Carles Cuadrat parted ways with the club by mutual consent owing to health concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aravind|date=3 December 2017|title=Bengaluru FC part ways with assistant coach Carles Cuadrat|url=https://www.mykhel.com/football/bengaluru-fc-part-ways-with-assistant-coach-carles-cuadrat-077352.html|access-date=25 June 2020|website=mykhel.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2017|title=Looking back at how much this club has achieved, I can only smile: Cuadrat|url=https://www.bengalurufc.com/2017/features/looking-back-much-club-achieved-can-smile-cuadrat/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=BengaluruFC.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

After [[Albert Roca]]'s departure as head coach at the end of [[2017–18 Bengaluru FC season|2017–18 season]], Bengaluru FC appointed Cuadrat as head coach for [[2018–19 Bengaluru FC season|2018–19 season]].<ref name="BFC head coach">{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/carles-cuadrat-bengaluru-fc-head-coach/1s4yoj4pp50ns1nnc8nc3hlyhp|title=Carles Cuadrat appointed Bengaluru FC head coach|publisher=Goal|date=14 June 2018|accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref> He led them to their maiden [[2018–19 Indian Super League season#Final|Indian Super League]] title in his first season as head coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bheke header lands BFC the title |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/bfc-crowned-isl-champions-723765.html |website=Deccan Herald |date=17 March 2019 |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref> Having won the 2018–19 Indian Super League final 1–0 against FC Goa, Cuadrat's Bengaluru FC side'' ''became the only team in the history of the League to have finished in first place in the regular league and win the title in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/916980/isl-final-cuadrats-bengaluru-fc-implement-plans-to-perfection-against-fc-goa-to-clinch-title|title=ISL final: Cuadrat's Bengaluru FC implement plans to perfection against FC Goa to clinch title|last=Nayak|first=Nicolai|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mykhel.com/football/isl-feature-can-cuadrat-do-what-roca-could-not-at-bengaluru-112818.html|title=ISL feature: Can Cuadrat do what Roca could not at Bengaluru FC?|last=Warrier|first=Sajith B.|date=1 March 2019|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2019–20, Cuadrat took the team back to the playoffs in the Indian Super League for a third consecutive season, being the only club in the Indian Super League to reach the playoff in every appearance. The feat also made Bengaluru FC the first team to reach the playoff as defending champions, since [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] in the 2015–16 edition of the tournament. Defending champions had failed to make it to the top four the following season, with ATK (in 2015) and Bengaluru FC (in 2020) the only teams to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/956284/data-check-isl-got-more-prolific-and-physical-in-2019-20-season-as-indian-goal-tally-shrunk|title=Data check: ISL got more prolific and physical in 2019–20 season as Indian goal tally shrunk|last=Shukla|first=Kaushal|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> However, it was ATK that stopped Bengaluru's charge to the final with an aggregate win of 3–2 in the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-isl-atk-storm-into-third-final-oust-champions-bengaluru-fc-3-2-on-aggregate/348475|title=ISL: ATK Storm into Third Final, Oust Champions Bengaluru FC 3–2 on Aggregate|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> The Kolkata side would go on to claim the title, winning 3–1 against [[Chennaiyin FC]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/atk-best-chennaiyin-in-hero-isl-2019-20-final-to-clinch-record-third-title|title=ATK best Chennaiyin in Hero ISL 2019–20 final to clinch record third title|website=Indian Super League|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

'''Under Cuadrat, Bengaluru has set many Indian Super League and club records:'''

# In [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]], an 11-match unbeaten run made Bengaluru FC the team with the longest unbeaten streak in the Indian Super League.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
# In [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]], Bengaluru FC won six matches in a row, another feat unmatched in the Indian Super League.
# [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]'s 11 clean sheets in [[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]] means that Bengaluru hold the League record for most clean sheets in a single season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/isl/isl-2019-20-final-atk-roy-krishna-golden-boot-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-bengaluru-fc-hugo-boumous/article31070220.ece|title=ISL final: Valskis wins Golden Boot, Gurpreet takes Golden Glove|last=Sportstar|first=Team|website=Sportstar|date=14 March 2020 |language=en|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
# From December 2017 to December 2019, Bengaluru went a League-record 17 matches unbeaten at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, the longest such run in the Indian Super League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/sportscene/setting-it-up-in-style-800623.html|title=Setting it up in style|date=1 February 2020|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
# Cuadrat's BFC side went 385 minutes without conceding a goal at home, with FC Goa's 61st-minute strike on 3 January followed by ATK's 86th-minute goal on 22 February, over a run of four League games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flashscore.com/team/bengaluru/tCnsmWKr/results/|title=Bengaluru results – Football, India|website=flashscore.com|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
# Bengaluru FC's biggest ever win was recorded under Carles Cuadrat in the 2019–20 campaign when the Blues beat [[Paro FC]] 9–1 at the Kanteerava in the [[AFC Cup]] qualifiers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bengalurufc.com/2020/match-news/bengaluru-fc-romp-9-1-win-paro-fc-kanteerava/|title=Bengaluru FC romp to 9–1 win over Paro FC at Kanteerava|date=1 February 2020|website=BengaluruFC.com|language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

On 6 January 2021, it was announced that Carles Cuadrat and Bengaluru FC have parted ways on mutual consent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISL 2020-21: Bengaluru FC part ways with head coach Carles Cuadrat {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/bengaluru-fc-part-ways-head-coach-carles-cuadrat/1dm6f0ckn7yk3198r3jwypel8m|access-date=2021-01-06|publisher=Goal|language=en}}</ref>

In 2021–2022 season he joined the recently promoted Aris Limassol (founded in 1930) of Cyprus,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ο εγκέφαλος πίσω από τον Λιάσο |url=https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/aris/o-egkafalos-piso-apo-ton-liaso/}}</ref> achieving with the team best season of their history,<ref>{{Cite web |title="Ιδιαίτερες ευχαριστίες στους φίλους και τους διοικούντες την Ανόρθωση / Είμαστε ο ΑΡΗΣ και είμαστε στην Ευρώπη" |url=https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/anorthosi/idiaiteres-eycharisties-stoys-filoys-kai-toys-dioikoyntes-tin-anorthosi-eimaste-o-aris-kai-eimaste-stin-eyropi/}}</ref> qualifying for the first time for the play-off for the Title and getting a place in UEFA European competition also for the first time in the history of the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Σπόλιαριτς: "Είχαμε πίστη και πήγαμε για το… The Last Dance" |url=https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/aris/spoliarits-eichame-pisti-kai-pigame-gia-to-the-last-dance/}}</ref>

In January of 2022, Cuadrat signed for danish club FC Midtjylland <ref>{{Cite news |title=CARLES CUADRAT OG NIELS LODBERG FULDENDER TRÆNERTEAMET |url=https://www.fcm.dk/nyheder/carles-cuadrat-og-niels-lodberg-fuldender-traenerteamet/}}</ref>as an assistant of Albert Capellas. The club plays his best ever european season getting in front of Lazio and Sturm Graz in the Europa League group stage, and only getting out of the competition in the knock out playoffs against Sporting Lisboa. <ref>{{Cite news |title=La gran sorpresa de la Europa League puede llegar con sabor blaugrana |url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/gran-sorpresa-europa-league-llegar-83492938}}</ref> FC Midtjylland finish the 2022-23 season getting again the qualification for a UEFA competition.<ref>{{Cite news |title=SIMSIR SPARKEDE MIDTJYLLAND I EUROPA |url=https://www.fcm.dk/kampe/viborg-ff-fc-midtjylland-09-06-2023/}}</ref>

On 25 April 2023, Cuadrat was announced as the head coach for the Indian Super League side [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]], where he signed a two years contract from 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Bengal FC appoint Carles Cuadrat as new head coach on two-year deal |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/east-bengal-fc-appoint-carles-cuadrat-as-new-head-coach-on-two-year-deal?via=whatsapp}}</ref> He is one of the most successful manager in Indian club football history.<ref name="cuadrat">{{cite web|first=Nilesh|last=Bhattacharya|date=25 April 2023|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-appoint-carles-cuadrat-as-new-coach/articleshow/99766153.cms|title=East Bengal appoint Carles Cuadrat as new coach|work=The Times of India|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|25 April 2023}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
!rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|-
!{{Tooltip|M|Matches coached}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|align=left|14 June 2018
|algin=left|6 January 2021
{{WDL|57|27|13|17|for=86|against=63|diff=yes}}
|<ref name="2018–19season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2019/3/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2018/2019 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="2019–20season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2020/3/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2019/2020 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="2020–21season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2021/3/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2020/2021 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|align=left|25 April 2023
|algin=left|''Present''
{{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}
|
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|57|27|13|17|for=86|against=63|diff=yes}}
!
|}

==Honours==
===Player===

'''Spain U16'''
* [[UEFA European Under-17 Championship|UEFA European Under-16 Championship]]: [[1985 UEFA European Under-16 Championship|1985]]<ref name="fcbp">{{cite web |url=https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/2636--cuadrat-xiques-carles |title=Carles Cuadrat Xiques stats FC Barcelona Players |website=players.fcbarcelona.com}}</ref>

===Manager===

'''Bengaluru'''
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BDFutbol|302040}}
*[https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/2636--cuadrat-xiques-carles Carles Cuadrat Xiques] FC Barcelona Players
*[https://carloscuadrat.blogspot.com/?m=0 Carles Cuadrat] website

{{East Bengal Club managers}}
{{Indian Super League winning managers}}

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