| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Barragán Escobar | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-04-10)10 April 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Manises, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eldense (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levante | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1984 | Levante | 40 | (3) |
| 1982–1983 | →Ceuta (loan) | ||
| 1984–1989 | Elche | 150 | (33) |
| 1989–1991 | Mallorca | 57 | (11) |
| 1991–1995 | Deportivo La Coruña | 114 | (35) |
| 1995–1996 | Salamanca | 42 | (12) |
| 1996–2000 | Elche | 103 | (19) |
| 2002–2004 | Alone | ||
| Total | 506 | (113) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Spain | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Elche (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Elche | ||
| 2011–2014 | Ponferradina | ||
| 2014–2016 | Cádiz | ||
| 2016–2017 | Mirandés | ||
| 2017–2018 | Hércules | ||
| 2020–2021 | Recreativo | ||
| 2025 | Eldense B | ||
| 2025– | Eldense | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Claudio Barragán Escobar (born 10 April 1964) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. He is themanager ofEldense.
His career was closely associated toElche as both a player and manager,[1] but he was also an important part of theDeportivo de La Coruña teams of the 90s. He amassedLa Liga totals of 259 games and 66 goals over nine seasons, also representing in the competitionMallorca andSalamanca, and added 181 matches and 32 goals in theSegunda División.
Barragán appeared forSpain in 1992 and 1993. He started working as a coach in 2008.
Known asClaudio in his playing days, he was born inManises,Province of Valencia, and made his senior debut at only 16 with localLevante UD. He scored three goals over two fullSegunda División seasons – being relegated in1982 – and was also loaned to lowlyAgD Ceuta.[1]
In summer 1984, Claudio signed for neighbouringElche CF, making hisLa Liga debut on 18 November 1984 in a 1–0 away loss againstRCD Español and finishing hisfirst season with 18 games and two goals, including one in a 6–1 defeat atReal Madrid[2] as the team were eventually relegated; he would achieve another promotion with the club in1988, followed byimmediate relegation.[1]
After two top-flight seasons inRCD Mallorca, reaching theCopa del Rey final in1990–91,[3] Claudio joinedDeportivo de La Coruña in the 1991 off-season. He netted ten times in 34 matches in hisfirst year as theGalicians narrowly avoided relegation, beatingReal Betis in thepromotion/relegation playoffs.[4]
In the following summer, however, the club bought BraziliansBebeto andMauro Silva, amongst others, andSuper Depor came to fruition, achieving two top-two and one top-three finishes. Claudio formed an extremely efficient attacking partnership with the former, with the pair combining for 67 league goals from1992 to1994; he won the only trophy of his career in 1995, theSpanish Cup againstValencia CF, and also scored four goals in nine games in theUEFA Cup over two seasons.[5][4]
Claudio lost his importance in Deportivo in the1994–95 campaign after the emergence of youngerJavier Manjarín and the summer signings ofEmil Kostadinov andJulio Salinas, and left the team altogether prior to the start of thefollowing season, after the appointment of new managerJohn Toshack. Aged 31, he signed withUD Salamanca, scoring 11 goals in his first year but being relegated from the top tier.[1][4]
In December 1996, after suffering an injury and losing his starting place with theCastile and León side, Claudio returned to Elche, helping the club to two promotions fromSegunda División B before retiring professionally at the age of 36.[1] After two years out of football, he played a couple of seasons with amateurs Club Deportivo Alone fromGuardamar del Segura, inAlicante.[6]
During his spell with Deportivo, Claudio earned sixcaps forSpain.[4] His debut came on 14 October 1992 in a1994 FIFA World Cupqualifier againstNorthern Ireland (0–0 inBelfast).[7]
Barragán joined Elche's coaching staff shortly after retiring, going on to work as an assistant with the club. Just seven games into2008–09, he replaced firedDavid Vidal at the helm of the first team,[8] finally leading them to the 12th position; he himself was sacked in early October 2009, after roughly one year in charge.[9]
On 14 January 2011, Barragán was appointed atSD Ponferradina also in the second division,[10] eventually not being able to preventrelegation. Hewon immediate promotion with aplay-off win overCD Tenerife, and remained at the club until his contract expired in June 2014.[11]
Barragán replaced the dismissedAntonio Calderón as manager ofCádiz CF in the third tier on 24 November 2014.[12] In hisfirst season, the side won their group and dispatchedHércules CF in the play-off semi-finals before losingthe final 3–1 on aggregate toAthletic Bilbao B; he was relieved of his duties on 18 April 2016, when a run of one point in four matches put the Andalusians in fourth place.[13]
For 42 days at the end of 2016 and the start of the new year, Barragán managed second-divisionCD Mirandés, winning once and losing three of his four games in charge.[14] In October 2017, he succeededGustavo Siviero at Hércules one league below. He was fired the following February, with them seven points off the play-offs and having not won in 2018.[15]
On 11 February 2020, Barragán succeededAlberto Monteagudo at 13th-placedRecreativo de Huelva; he signed for the rest ofthe campaign, with the option of one more if the team qualified for the national cup.[16] He was dismissed on 24 January 2021 as the club eventuallysuffered a double relegation to the fifth tier.[17]
On 4 March 2025, after more than four years of inactivity, Barragán joinedCD Eldense as head coach of theirreserves in theLliga Comunitat.[18] On 19 October, he took over the first team on a temporary basis followingJavier Cabello's sacking,[19] being confirmed on the role on 14 November.[20]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Elche |  | 13 October 2008 | 4 October 2009 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 031.82 | [21] |
| Ponferradina | | 14 January 2011 | 12 June 2014 | 160 | 63 | 43 | 54 | 207 | 179 | +28 | 039.38 | [22] |
| Cádiz | | 24 November 2014 | 18 April 2016 | 72 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 109 | 58 | +51 | 052.78 | [23] |
| Mirandés | | 7 December 2016 | 17 January 2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 025.00 | [24] |
| Hércules | | 17 October 2017 | 12 February 2018 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 025.00 | [25] |
| Recreativo | | 11 February 2020 | 25 January 2021 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 033.33 | [26] |
| Eldense B | | 4 March 2025 | 20 October 2025 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 064.29 | |
| Eldense | | 20 October 2025 | Present | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 050.00 | [27] |
| Total | 331 | 137 | 90 | 104 | 442 | 347 | +95 | 041.39 | – | |||
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