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| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]] | | position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]] | ||
| currentclub = [[ | | currentclub = [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] | ||
| youthyears1 = 1978–1988 | | youthyears1 = 1978–1988 | ||
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | | youthclubs1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | ||
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| nationalgoals1 = 1 | | nationalgoals1 = 1 | ||
| manageryears1 = | | manageryears1 = 2014–2015 | ||
| managerclubs1 = [[ | | managerclubs1 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] (assistant) | ||
| manageryears2 = | | manageryears2 = 2016–2017 | ||
| managerclubs2 = [[ | | managerclubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] (assistant) | ||
| manageryears3 = | | manageryears3 = 2018–2021 | ||
| managerclubs3 = [[ | | managerclubs3 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] | ||
| manageryears4 = | | manageryears4 = 2021–2022 | ||
| managerclubs4 = [[ | | managerclubs4 = [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]] (assistant) | ||
| manageryears5 = | | manageryears5 = 2023 | ||
| managerclubs5 = [[ | | managerclubs5 = [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]] (assistant) | ||
| manageryears6 = | | manageryears6 = 2023–2024 | ||
| managerclubs6 = [[ | | managerclubs6 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] | ||
| manageryears7 = | | manageryears7 = 2025 | ||
| managerclubs7 = [[ | | managerclubs7 = [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] (assistant) | ||
| manageryears8 = | | manageryears8 = 2025 | ||
| managerclubs8 = [[ | | managerclubs8 = [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] (interim) | ||
| manageryears9 = | | manageryears9 = 2025– | ||
| managerclubs9 = [[ | | managerclubs9 = [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] | ||
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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)| | '''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 the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines national team]]. | ||
Cuadrat was a [[Defender (association football)|defender]], who played as a [[left-back]] and spent most of his career with Spanish club [[CF Gavà|Gavà]]. He also played for [[FC Barcelona (youth)|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 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 | After assistant coaching spells at [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]] and [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]], Cuadrat joined [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] in 2023, where he won the [[2024 Super Cup (India)|2024 Super Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | title=East Bengal crowned champions of Super Cup | work=The Times of India | date=28 January 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-crowned-champions-of-super-cup/articleshow/107208966.cms }}</ref> However, following a poor start to the [[2024–25 Indian Super League|24-25 ISL season]], Cuadrat resigned as head coach.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cuadrat steps down as East Bengal coach | work=The Times of India | date=October 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/carles-cuadrat-resigns-as-east-bengal-fc-coach-amid-disappointing-start/articleshow/113829876.cms }}</ref> | ||
==Playing career== | ==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 | 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 Barcelona youth teams between 1978 and 1988. Cuadrat was also part of the [[FC Barcelona|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|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130633/http://lajugadafinanciera.com/las-gaunas-fc-barcelona-6-real-madrid-3-copa-de-rey-juvenil/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1988, Cuadrat played for [[FC Barcelona|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|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114105441/https://carloscuadrat.blogspot.com/search/label/Experience%20as%20a%20Football%20Player|url-status=live}}</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|Barcelona B]], [[CF Gavà|Gavà]] and [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]] in the [[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 Barcelona Youth Academy.<ref name="Carles Cuadrat profile" /> | |||
==Managerial career== | |||
During his second stint as a player at [[CF Gavà|Gavà]], he also worked as director at Gavà Youth Academy between 1995 and 1998. In 1998, he joined the Barcelona under–15 team as assistant and physical coach under Albert Benaiges. He worked as coach and physical trainer for various Barcelona youth teams in years followed.<ref name="Carles Cuadrat profile"/> | |||
Cuadrat | In 2009, Cuadrat joined former Barcelona manager [[Frank Rijkaard]]'s technical staff as a 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|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123851/http://www.goalzz.com/?n=78902|url-status=live}}</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|work=El Periódico de Aragón|access-date=17 October 2018|language=ES|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017163113/https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/breve-regreso-frank-rijkaard_788428.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, when [[Albert Roca]], who was assistant coach to [[Frank Rijkaard]] at [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team results (1980–1999)|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=PressReader - Sport: 2014-03-22 - el Salvador, con ADN Barça|via=PressReader|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123608/https://www.pressreader.com/spain/sport/20140322/282398397367308|url-status=live}}</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|access-date=30 April 2023|archive-date=30 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430090324/https://footballexpress.in/carles-cuadrat-appointed-as-new-coach-of-east-bengal/|url-status=live}}</ref> He moved to then [[I-League]] side [[Bengaluru FC|Bengalaru]], 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|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930154429/http://www.theindianleague.in/2016/07/bengaluru-fc-assistant-coach.html|url-status=live}}</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 news|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]]|date=19 October 2016 |access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073701/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Bengaluru-FC-first-Indian-club-to-reach-AFC-Cup-final/articleshow/54942481.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 December 2017 Carles Cuadrat parted ways with the club by mutual consent owing to health concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|author=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|language=en|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627145310/https://www.mykhel.com/football/bengaluru-fc-part-ways-with-assistant-coach-carles-cuadrat-077352.html|url-status=live}}</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=Bengaluru FC|language=en-US|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627112711/https://www.bengalurufc.com/2017/features/looking-back-much-club-achieved-can-smile-cuadrat/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
== | After [[Albert Roca]]'s departure as head coach at the end of [[2017–18 Bengaluru FC season|2017–18 season]], Bengaluru 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|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617104543/http://www.goal.com/en/news/carles-cuadrat-bengaluru-fc-head-coach/1s4yoj4pp50ns1nnc8nc3hlyhp|url-status=live}}</ref> He led them to their maiden [[2018–19 Indian Super League#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 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201124328/https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/bfc-crowned-isl-champions-723765.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Having won the 2018–19 [[Indian Super League]] final 1–0 against [[FC Goa|Goa]], Cuadrat's [[Bengaluru FC|Bengalaru]] 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|date=18 March 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926154200/https://scroll.in/field/916980/isl-final-cuadrats-bengaluru-fc-implement-plans-to-perfection-against-fc-goa-to-clinch-title|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425123031/https://www.mykhel.com/football/isl-feature-can-cuadrat-do-what-roca-could-not-at-bengaluru-112818.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In | 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|Bengalaru]] the first team to reach the playoff as defending champions, since [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] in the 2015–16 edition of the tournament. The defending champions had failed to make it to the top four the following season, with [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] (in 2015) and [[Bengaluru FC|Bengalaru]] (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|date=16 March 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422085635/https://scroll.in/field/956284/data-check-isl-got-more-prolific-and-physical-in-2019-20-season-as-indian-goal-tally-shrunk|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was [[ATK (football club)|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|date=8 March 2020 |access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330050701/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-isl-atk-storm-into-third-final-oust-champions-bengaluru-fc-3-2-on-aggregate/348475|url-status=live}}</ref> The Kolkata side would go on to claim the title, winning 3–1 against [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] 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|date=14 March 2020 |language=en|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318194935/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/atk-best-chennaiyin-in-hero-isl-2019-20-final-to-clinch-record-third-title|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Under Cuadrat, Bengaluru has set many Indian Super League and club records: | |||
In | # In [[2018–19 Indian Super League|2018–19]], an 11-match unbeaten run made [[Bengaluru FC|Bengalaru]] the team with the longest unbeaten streak in the [[Indian Super League]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP--> | ||
# In [[2018–19 Indian Super League|2018–19]], Bengaluru won six matches in a row, another feat unmatched in the Indian Super League. | |||
# [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]'s eleven clean sheets in the [[2019–20 Indian Super League|2019–20]] season 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|website=Sportstar|date=14 March 2020|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118194410/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/isl/isl-2019-20-final-atk-roy-krishna-golden-boot-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-bengaluru-fc-hugo-boumous/article31070220.ece|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006105734/https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/sportscene/setting-it-up-in-style-800623.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
# Cuadrat's side went 385 minutes without conceding a goal at home, with 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|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005900/http://www.flashscore.com/team/bengaluru/tCnsmWKr/results/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
# Bengaluru's biggest ever win was recorded under Carles Cuadrat in the 2019–20 campaign when the Blues beat [[Paro FC|Paros]] 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|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130203351/https://www.bengalurufc.com/2020/match-news/bengaluru-fc-romp-9-1-win-paro-fc-kanteerava/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On 6 January 2021, it was announced that Carles Cuadrat and [[Bengaluru FC|Bengalaru]] had 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|archive-date=6 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106121918/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/bengaluru-fc-part-ways-head-coach-carles-cuadrat/1dm6f0ckn7yk3198r3jwypel8m|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In the 2021–2022 season, he joined the recently promoted [[Aris Limassol FC|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/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527141323/https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/aris/o-egkafalos-piso-apo-ton-liaso/ |url-status=dead }}</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/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522131026/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/ |url-status=dead }}</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" |date=23 May 2022 |url=https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/aris/spoliarits-eichame-pisti-kai-pigame-gia-to-the-last-dance/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527141830/https://protathlima.cyprustimes.com/podosfairo/kypros/a-katigoria/aris/spoliarits-eichame-pisti-kai-pigame-gia-to-the-last-dance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In January 2022, Cuadrat signed for danish club [[FC Midtjylland|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/ |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618235500/https://www.fcm.dk/nyheder/carles-cuadrat-og-niels-lodberg-fuldender-traenerteamet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as an assistant of Albert Capellas. The club plays his best ever european season getting in front of [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] and [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]] in the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] group stage, and only getting out of the competition in the knock out playoffs against [[Sporting CP|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 |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618235500/https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/gran-sorpresa-europa-league-llegar-83492938 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]] finished the 2022-23 season by once again qualifying 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/ |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609222319/https://www.fcm.dk/kampe/viborg-ff-fc-midtjylland-09-06-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On 25 April 2023, Cuadrat was announced as the head coach for the [[Indian Super League]] side [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]], where he signed a two year contract from 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Bengal FC appoint Carles Cuadrat as new head coach on two-year deal | date=26 April 2023 |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/east-bengal-fc-appoint-carles-cuadrat-as-new-head-coach-on-two-year-deal?via=whatsapp |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618235458/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/east-bengal-fc-appoint-carles-cuadrat-as-new-head-coach-on-two-year-deal?via=whatsapp |url-status=live }}</ref> He is one of the most successful managers 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|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425154816/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-appoint-carles-cuadrat-as-new-coach/articleshow/99766153.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In | In his first month, he achieved two historic milestones: reaching the final of the prestigious [[Durand Cup]] after 19 years without doing so,<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Bengal reaches Durant Cup |date=29 August 2023 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/east-bengal-reaches-durand-cup-final-penalty-shootoutr-northeast-united-fc-indian-football/article67248912.ece}}</ref> and winning the local derby against [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] after more than four years and nine games without doing so.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-13 |title=East Bengal end derby jinx vs Mohun Bagan |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-end-derby-jinx-vs-mohun-bagan/articleshow/102690731.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-12-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Before finishing the first round of the [[Indian Super League]], Cuadrat had already achieved a third record; [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] recorded their biggest ever victory in the [[Indian Super League]] (ISL), a 5-0 triumph over [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISL 2023-24: East Bengal Rout NorthEast United 5-0 {{!}} India.com |url=https://www.india.com/sports/isl-2023-24-east-bengal-rout-northeast-united-5-0-6560356/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref> On 28 January 2024, East Bengal won their first ever [[2024 Indian Super Cup|Indian Super Cup]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Bengal win the Super Cup - Defeat defending champions Odisha FC in the Final |url=https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/east-bengal-win-the-super-cup-defeat-defending-champions-odisha-fc-in-the-final/view/news/433057 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.transfermarkt.co.in |language=en}}</ref> as an unbeaten champion under Cuadrat's coaching, ending a 12-year trophy drought.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-28 |title=East Bengal end 12-year trophy drought to win Super Cup after Cleiton's extra-time winner |url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/_/id/39406510/east-bengal-vs-odisha-live-updates-score-commentary-2024-super-cup-final |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> The Red and Gold Brigade beat [[Odisha FC|Odisha]] 3-2 in extra time at the [[Kalinga Stadium]] in Bhubaneshwar. | ||
After starting the second season with two consecutive victories in the Durand Cup,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Amitabha Das |date=2024-08-07 |title=Durand Cup 2024: East Bengal beats Downtown Heroes to record consecutive wins |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/east-bengal-vs-downtown-heroes-highlights-match-report-durand-cup-2024-ebfc-beats-dhfc/article68497910.ece |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> the team failed to make it past the preliminary round of the AFC Champions League after losing to Turkmenistan's Altyn Asir, but despite the defeat they qualified directly for the group stage of the AFC Challenge League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Amitabha Das |date=2024-08-14 |title=East Bengal loses 2-3 to Altyn Asyr in AFC Champions League 2 prelims, will play in Challenge League |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/east-bengal-loses-2-3-to-altyn-asyr-afc-champions-league-2-prelims-ebfc-vs-altyn-goals-highlights/article68525928.ece |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> In this way, Cuadrat returned the club to a continental competition after nine years for the Kolkata-based club without participating.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=When did East Bengal last play in Asia before its AFC Champions League 2 Prelims match against Altyn Asyr? |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/when-did-east-bengal-last-play-in-asia-eb-vs-altyn-asyr-afc-champions-league-2-prelims/article68522102.ece |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> | |||
A bad losing streak at the start of the 11th edition of the Indian Super League led Cuadrat to step aside as head of the team on September 30, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Carles Cuadrat Steps Down as Head Coach of East Bengal FC |url=https://www.news18.com/football/carles-cuadrat-steps-down-as-head-coach-of-east-bengal-fc-9068709.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Carles Cuadrat steps down as East Bengal FC head coach |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/carles-cuadrat-steps-down-as-east-bengal-fc-head-coach |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.indiansuperleague.com |language=en}}</ref> | |||
On 21 March 2025, it was announced that Cuadrat had agreed to become the assistant coach of the [[Philippines national football team]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Philippine Men's National Football Team (@pmnft_official) on X | work=X (formerly Twitter) | url=https://x.com/pmnft_official/status/1902938957937250620 }}</ref> Following the departure of head coach [[Albert Capellas]] for personal reasons, Cuadrat took over as the interim head coach; later on, he became the permanent coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Albert Capellas steps down as coach of PH men's national team |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/5/31/football-albert-capellas-steps-down-as-coach-of-ph-mens-national-team-2329 |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=May 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Carles Cuadrat named new head coach of PH men's team |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/7/23/football-carles-cuadrat-named-new-head-coach-of-ph-men-s-team-0723 |access-date=July 24, 2025 |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> | |||
==Managerial statistics== | ==Managerial statistics== | ||
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|algin=left|6 January 2021 | |algin=left|6 January 2021 | ||
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|<ref name="2018–19season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/ | |<ref name="2018–19season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te69589/bengaluru-fc/all-matches/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2018/2019 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502092148/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2019/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2019–20season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te69589/bengaluru-fc/all-matches/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2019/2020 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502090645/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2020/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2020–21season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te69589/bengaluru-fc/all-matches/ |title=Bengaluru FC » Fixtures & Results 2020/2021 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502090647/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bengaluru-fc/2021/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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|align=left|25 April 2023 | |align=left|25 April 2023 | ||
|algin=left| | |algin=left|30 September 2024 | ||
{{WDL| | {{WDL|40|17|7|16|for=87|against=47|diff=yes}} | ||
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flashscore.in/team/east-bengal/hh02MvfE/results/ |title=East Bengal results |website=flashscore.in |access-date=12 August 2023 |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812161352/https://www.flashscore.in/team/east-bengal/hh02MvfE/results/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2023–24season">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te17734/east-bengal-club/all-matches/ |title=East Bengal FC » Fixtures & Results 2023/2024 |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Sabyasachi |date=2024-04-09 |title=পাঞ্জাবের বিরুদ্ধে তিন পয়েন্ট পাওয়ার জন্য আমরা তৈরি: কার্লস কুয়াদ্রাত |url=https://bongfootball.in/punjabfc-vs-eastbengal-isl-2023-24-match-preview/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Bong Football |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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* [[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> | * [[UEFA European Under-17 Championship|UEFA European Under-16 Championship]] third-place: [[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 |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502091157/https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/2636--cuadrat-xiques-carles |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
===Manager=== | ===Manager=== | ||
'''Bengaluru''' | '''Bengaluru''' | ||
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2018–19 Indian Super League | * [[Indian Super League]]: [[2018–19 Indian Super League|2018–19]] | ||
'''East Bengal''' | |||
* [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]: [[2024 Indian Super Cup|2024]] | |||
* [[Durand Cup]] runner-up: [[2023 Durand Cup|2023]] | |||
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carles Cuadrat Xiqués | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Philippines | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1988 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Barcelona C | 11 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Barcelona B | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1996 | Gavà | 187 | (33) |
| 1990–1997 | Sabadell | 32 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Gavà | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 231 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1988 | Spain U18 | 14 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2015 | El Salvador (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bengaluru (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Bengaluru | ||
| 2021–2022 | Aris Limassol (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Midtjylland (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2024 | East Bengal | ||
| 2025 | Philippines (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Philippines (interim) | ||
| 2025– | Philippines | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Carles Cuadrat Xiqués (born 28 October 1968) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the Philippines national team.
Cuadrat was a defender, who played as a left-back and spent most of his career with Spanish club Gavà. He also played for 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 and Saudi Arabia national team from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, he joined El Salvador national team as an assistant coach. In 2016, Cuadrat joined Indian club 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 and Midtjylland, Cuadrat joined East Bengal in 2023, where he won the 2024 Super Cup.[1] However, following a poor start to the 24-25 ISL season, Cuadrat resigned as head coach.[2]
Playing career[edit | edit source]
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 Barcelona youth teams between 1978 and 1988. Cuadrat was also part of the Barcelona side that won the U19 Spanish Cup in 1986 and 1987.[3] In 1988, Cuadrat played for Barcelona's first team in couple of friendlies under then head coach Luis Aragones, alongside the likes of Gary Lineker and Bernd Schuster at the Camp Nou.[4] 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 Catalonian clubs Barcelona B, Gavà and Sabadell in the 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 Barcelona Youth Academy.[3]
Managerial career[edit | edit source]
During his second stint as a player at Gavà, he also worked as director at Gavà Youth Academy between 1995 and 1998. In 1998, he joined the Barcelona under–15 team as assistant and physical coach under Albert Benaiges. He worked as coach and physical trainer for various Barcelona youth teams in years followed.[3]
In 2009, Cuadrat joined former Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard's technical staff as a physical trainer at the Turkish giants Galatasaray.[5] He was also in the technical staff Rijkaard at Saudi Arabia between 2011 and 2013.[6] In 2014, when Albert Roca, who was assistant coach to Frank Rijkaard at Galatasaray and Saudi Arabia, became manager of El Salvador, he enlisted service of Cuadrat as assistant coach.[7] Cuadrat, 54, began his coaching career in India in 2016 as the Assistant Coach of Bengaluru FC (BFC).[8] He moved to then I-League side Bengalaru, who moved to the Indian Super League in 2017, with Roca in 2016 as an assistant coach.[9] During his two-year stint, the club won the Federation Cup in 2017, Super Cup in 2018 apart from being the first Indian side to reach the AFC Cup final in 2016.[10] On 29 December 2017 Carles Cuadrat parted ways with the club by mutual consent owing to health concerns.[11][12]
After Albert Roca's departure as head coach at the end of 2017–18 season, Bengaluru appointed Cuadrat as head coach for 2018–19 season.[13] He led them to their maiden Indian Super League title in his first season as head coach.[14] Having won the 2018–19 Indian Super League final 1–0 against Goa, Cuadrat's Bengalaru 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.[15][16]
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 Bengalaru the first team to reach the playoff as defending champions, since ATK in the 2015–16 edition of the tournament. The defending champions had failed to make it to the top four the following season, with ATK (in 2015) and Bengalaru (in 2020) the only teams to do so.[17] However, it was ATK that stopped Bengaluru's charge to the final with an aggregate win of 3–2 in the playoffs.[18] The Kolkata side would go on to claim the title, winning 3–1 against Chennaiyin in the final.[19]
Under Cuadrat, Bengaluru has set many Indian Super League and club records:
- In 2018–19, an 11-match unbeaten run made Bengalaru the team with the longest unbeaten streak in the Indian Super League.[citation needed]
- In 2018–19, Bengaluru won six matches in a row, another feat unmatched in the Indian Super League.
- Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's eleven clean sheets in the 2019–20 season means that Bengaluru hold the League record for most clean sheets in a single season.[20]
- 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.[21]
- Cuadrat's side went 385 minutes without conceding a goal at home, with 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.[22]
- Bengaluru's biggest ever win was recorded under Carles Cuadrat in the 2019–20 campaign when the Blues beat Paros 9–1 at the Kanteerava in the AFC Cup qualifiers.[23]
On 6 January 2021, it was announced that Carles Cuadrat and Bengalaru had parted ways on mutual consent.[24]
In the 2021–2022 season, he joined the recently promoted Aris Limassol (founded in 1930) of Cyprus,[25] achieving with the team best season of their history,[26] 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.[27]
In January 2022, Cuadrat signed for danish club Midtjylland[28] 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.[29] Midtjylland finished the 2022-23 season by once again qualifying for a UEFA competition.[30]
On 25 April 2023, Cuadrat was announced as the head coach for the Indian Super League side East Bengal, where he signed a two year contract from 2023.[31] He is one of the most successful managers in Indian club football history.[32]
In his first month, he achieved two historic milestones: reaching the final of the prestigious Durand Cup after 19 years without doing so,[33] and winning the local derby against Mohun Bagan after more than four years and nine games without doing so.[34] Before finishing the first round of the Indian Super League, Cuadrat had already achieved a third record; East Bengal recorded their biggest ever victory in the Indian Super League (ISL), a 5-0 triumph over NorthEast United.[35] On 28 January 2024, East Bengal won their first ever Indian Super Cup[36] as an unbeaten champion under Cuadrat's coaching, ending a 12-year trophy drought.[37] The Red and Gold Brigade beat Odisha 3-2 in extra time at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar.
After starting the second season with two consecutive victories in the Durand Cup,[38] the team failed to make it past the preliminary round of the AFC Champions League after losing to Turkmenistan's Altyn Asir, but despite the defeat they qualified directly for the group stage of the AFC Challenge League.[39] In this way, Cuadrat returned the club to a continental competition after nine years for the Kolkata-based club without participating.[40]
A bad losing streak at the start of the 11th edition of the Indian Super League led Cuadrat to step aside as head of the team on September 30, 2024.[41][42]
On 21 March 2025, it was announced that Cuadrat had agreed to become the assistant coach of the Philippines national football team.[43] Following the departure of head coach Albert Capellas for personal reasons, Cuadrat took over as the interim head coach; later on, he became the permanent coach.[44][45]
Managerial statistics[edit | edit source]
- As of match played 18 November 2025
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bengaluru | 14 June 2018 | 6 January 2021 | 57 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 87 | 64 | +23 | 47.37 | [46][47][48] | |
| East Bengal | 25 April 2023 | 30 September 2024 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 47 | +40 | 42.50 | [49][50][51] | |
| Philippines | 1 June 2025 | Present | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 75.00 | ||
| Career Total | 99 | 53 | 17 | 29 | 183 | 115 | +68 | 53.54 | ||||
Honours[edit | edit source]
Player[edit | edit source]
Spain U16
- UEFA European Under-16 Championship third-place: 1985[52]
Manager[edit | edit source]
Bengaluru
East Bengal
- Super Cup: 2024
- Durand Cup runner-up: 2023
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