| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo María Grandes Melgarejo | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto de Santa María, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Minaa (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Xerez | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Torredonjimeno | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Xerez Deportivo (youth) | ||
| 2017–2021 | Cádiz (youth) | ||
| 2021–2022 | UD Logroñés (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Vélez (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | San Fernando (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Iraq (match analyst) | ||
| 2024 | Iraq Olympic (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Al-Minaa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pablo Grandes Melgarejo (born 14 October 1986) is a Spanishfootball coach and current manager ofIraq Stars League clubAl-Minaa.[1][2][3]
Grandes began playing football in the lower categories of his hometownPuerto de Santa María, then in the youth team ofXerez. InAndalusia he played forTorredonjimeno in theTercera División and had a small experience in a team in theScottish Second Division in 2010. He returned to play in the Andalusian teams and at the same time obtained his coaching license by working as a player trainer in Puerto de Santa María.[4]
Grandes began his coaching career in the youth team ofCádiz, then he was the assistant manager atUD Logroñés,Vélez, andSan Fernando. He has always worked as a coach except for the Cádiz youth academy where he did everything: technical training, scouting, analysis.[4][5]
On November 5, 2022,Jesús Casas was appointed coach of theIraq national team by theIFA.[6] Casas chose Grandes to be part of his assistant staff as a match analyst, and he was able to lead the Iraq to win theArabian Gulf Cup for the first time in 35 years, as they had previously worked together atCádiz youth, when Casas was the coach and Grandes his assistant.[4][7]
On May 27, 2024, the coach of theIraq Olympic,Radhi Shenaishil, chose Grandes to join his assistant staff in the2024 Summer Olympics inParis, while continuing to work with the national team staff as well.[8][9][10]
On July 29, 2024, the management ofAl-Minaa, which is active in theIraq Stars League, announced that it had contracted with Grandes to lead its team in the league.[11][12][13] On February 8, 2025, the club's management dismissed him after the negative results that Al-Minaa team had achieved in the last rounds and its delay in theIraq Stars League teams' ranking until it reached an area close to therelegation zone.[14]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Al-Minaa |  | 29 July 2024 | 8 February 2025 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 033.33 | |||
| Total | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 033.33 | ||||||