 Calderón (right) as manager ofFuenlabrada in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Calderón Burgos | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-06-02)2 June 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Cádiz, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juventud Torremolinos (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Cádiz | 47 | (2) |
| 1989–1991 | Mallorca | 62 | (4) |
| 1991–1996 | Rayo Vallecano | 175 | (27) |
| 1996–2000 | Lleida | 130 | (16) |
| 2000–2001 | Airdrie | 24 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Kilmarnock | 24 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Raith Rovers | 50 | (3) |
| Total | 512 | (55) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Raith Rovers | ||
| 2004–2005 | Cádiz (youth) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Cádiz B | ||
| 2007–2008 | Cádiz | ||
| 2008–2010 | Huesca | ||
| 2010–2011 | Albacete | ||
| 2011–2012 | Tenerife | ||
| 2012 | Huesca | ||
| 2014 | Cádiz | ||
| 2016–2018 | Fuenlabrada | ||
| 2018 | Nogoom | ||
| 2018–2019 | Salamanca | ||
| 2019–2021 | Linense | ||
| 2021–2022 | Salamanca | ||
| 2022 | Deinze (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Deinze (caretaker) | ||
| 2023– | Juventud Torremolinos | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antonio Calderón Burgos (born 2 June 1967) is a Spanish formerfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder, currentlymanager ofTercera Federación clubJuventud de Torremolinos CF.
Over eight seasons, he amassedLa Liga totals of 213 games and 18 goals, forCádiz,Mallorca andRayo Vallecano.[1] He also played 201 matches in theSegunda División, in a professional career that lasted 18 years and ended in Scotland.
Calderón started a managerial career in the 2000s, working in both countries and with several teams.
Born inCádiz,Andalusia, Calderón made his senior andLa Liga debut with hometown'sCádiz CF, in the1986–87 season. In 1989, he signed withRCD Mallorca also in the top division, spending two years there.
Calderón then joinedMadrid'sRayo Vallecano, helping the teampromote from theSegunda División in his debut campaign with a career-best nine goals in 36 games; during his spell with the club, he would experience onerelegation and another promotion. He finished his career in Spain withUE Lleida of the second division, eventually amassing totals of 416 matches and 49 goals across the two major tiers ofSpanish football.
Aged 33, Calderón moved abroad, playing half a season withAirdrieonians and one and a half withKilmarnock,[2] his debut for the latter being a start againstDunfermline Athletic (2–1 home win)[3] and his first and only goal occurring in a 3–1 away loss toRangers.[4] In 2002 he stayed in Scotland, retiring atRaith Rovers where he acted asplayer-coach.[5]
Calderón continued his coaching career in his country, first briefly managing first professional club Cádiz as it was not finally able to preventdivision-two relegation.[6] He then signed withSD Huesca,[7]recently promoted to precisely that league. With him in charge forthe full campaign, they finished in a comfortable 11th position.
In2009–10, Calderón repeated the feat; 13th place, although only two points clear of the relegation zone. In July 2010 he moved to another side in the second tier,Albacete Balompié.[8] In February of the following year, with theCastilla–La Mancha team ranking 19th out of 22,eventually suffering relegation, he was fired.[9]
In July 2011, Calderón signed forCD Tenerife in the third division. On 22 January of the following year, following a 2–3 home defeat againstSporting de Gijón B, he was relieved of his duties,[10] as theCanarians were ultimatelynot promoted.
For2012–13, Calderón returned to Huesca which was still in the second tier.[11] He was sacked after a 4–0 loss atUD Las Palmas in December,[12] and the club eventually dropped down to the third division after a five-year stay.
Calderón succeededRaül Agné at third-tierCádiz CF in March 2014.[13] After taking them tothe playoffs (eliminated byCE L'Hospitalet) his contract was renewed for another year in June.[14] However, he was dismissed as soon as November for a poor run of results.[15]
In October 2016, Calderón was appointed atCF Fuenlabrada of the third league afterJosip Višnjić was fired.[16] He again took the team from theMadrid outskirts tothe post-season – 2–0 aggregate quarter-final loss toCF Villanovense – and was sacked in January 2018 after a ten-game winless run, despite still being in third place.[17]
Calderon moved toEgyptian Premier League newcomersNogoom FC in August 2018.[18] He leftGiza for personal reasons in September, and in October he was back in his country's third division withSalamanca CF UDS.[19] A day after saving the side from the drop with a12th-place finish, he resigned in May 2019.[20]
On 16 December 2019, Calderón joinedReal Balompédica Linense also in the third tier.[21] He left on a mutual agreement in May 2021, afterqualifying them forPrimera División RFEF.[22]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Raith Rovers |  | 3 June 2002 | 15 June 2004 | 85 | 29 | 23 | 33 | 107 | 114 | −7 | 034.12 | [23] |
| Cádiz B |  | 21 March 2005 | 10 October 2007 | 92 | 39 | 19 | 34 | 124 | 114 | +10 | 042.39 | [24] |
| Cádiz | | 10 October 2007 | 6 April 2008 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 032.00 | [25] |
| Huesca | | 27 June 2008 | 1 July 2010 | 87 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 84 | 91 | −7 | 028.74 | [26] |
| Albacete | | 1 July 2010 | 13 February 2011 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 020.00 | [27] |
| Tenerife | | 1 July 2011 | 22 January 2012 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 040.91 | [28] |
| Huesca | | 8 August 2012 | 11 December 2012 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 021.05 | [29] |
| Cádiz | | 19 March 2014 | 24 November 2014 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 051.85 | [30] |
| Fuenlabrada | | 25 October 2016 | 8 April 2018 | 67 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 96 | 59 | +37 | 046.27 | [31] |
| Nogoom |  | 3 August 2018 | 14 September 2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 025.00 | |
| Salamanca | | 7 October 2018 | 20 May 2019 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 035.48 | [32] |
| Linense | | 17 December 2019 | 17 May 2021 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 041.67 | [33] |
| Salamanca | | 7 July 2021 | 15 February 2022 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 021.05 | [34] |
| Total | 539 | 195 | 165 | 179 | 633 | 582 | +51 | 036.18 | — | |||
Airdrieonians
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