 Calderón managingPersepolis in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gabriel Humberto Calderón | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1960-02-07)7 February 1960 (age 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rawson, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Khor Fakkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | El verde | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | El Verde | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1981 | Racing Club | 113 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | →Lanús (loan) | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Independiente | 74 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1987 | Real Betis | 131 | (38) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Paris Saint-Germain | 102 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Sion | 47 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Caen | 36 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Lausanne Sports | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 583 | (116) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1981 | Argentina U21 | 20 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1990 | Argentina | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Stade Malherbe Caen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Lausanne Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Oman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Hilal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Baniyas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Real Betis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Al-Wasl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Qatar SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Persepolis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Khor Fakkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabriel Humberto Calderón (born 7 February 1960) is an Argentinian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer.
Calderón played in several teams including Argentine Racing Club de Avellaneda and Club Atlético Independiente,Spanish Real Betis andFrenchParis Saint-Germain. He was part of theArgentina Under-20 team that won the 1979FIFA World Youth Championship, and also played in the1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and in the1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. After his retirement, he managed Caen, Lausanne Sports and several teams in the Middle East including the Saudi Arabia national team, Omani national team,Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal, Baniyas, Bahrain national team, Al-Wasl, Qatar SC andPersepolis F.C. He also managedLa Liga side Real Betis.
Calderón was born on 7 February 1960 in Rawson,Chubut Province. He began his football career in withClub El Porvenir B team in 1974 and was promoted to the original squad in 1976.
He was promoted to the El Porvenir original team in 1976 and was transferred to the Racing Club de Avellaneda in the next year after good showing and played three seasons and a half season at Club Atlético Lanús as loan.
Then, he played for Club Atlético Independiente for two seasons before moving to La Liga side, Real Betis. He played for Betis 131 times and scored 38 goals for them. In 1987, he moved to Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain and played for the club three seasons. He was one of the key players of PSG in his second season at the club. In 1990, he joined to FC Sion but returned to France to play for Stade Malherbe Caen in 1992. He moved back to Switzerland next year and finished his football career inFC Lausanne-Sport in 1994 at the age of 34.
Calderón played for the Argentina Under-20 team and won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 1981, he was invited to the national team by coachCésar Luis Menotti. He made his debut in a match againstBrazil and scored his only international goal in a match againstDenmark. He was part of the national team in 1982 FIFA World Cup held in Spain and in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy and played along withDiego Maradona. He was key player of the national team in 1990 FIFA World Cup where Argentina reached the final match of the tournament. After the tournament, he retired from international career at the age of 30 after collecting 23 caps and scoring 1 goal for the Argentina national team.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-04-02 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Denmark | 1–0 | Friendly | 1 |
Calderón began his managerial career in 1997 as head coach of Stade Malherbe Caen where he had played between 1992 and 1993. He was appointed as head coach of Lausanne Sports, another former club in 2003 but resigned after just five weeks due to poor results.
Calderón then took over as the coach for theSaudi Arabia national football team at the end of 2004, and successfully guided the Saudi team toqualification for theFootball World Cup 2006 in Germany by beatingUzbekistan 3–0 inRiyadh. Saudi Arabia was the only team in that qualification that lost no matches.[1] Calderón said "Qualifying to the World Cup is the dream of every coach and I'm more than satisfied with our campaign in the qualifiers." "I'm very happy with the qualification since that was the goal I was aiming at when I first arrived in the Kingdom," he added.
However, in December 2005, Calderón was fired by theSaudi Arabia Football Federation as they were dissatisfied by the team's poor showing in the2005 West Asian Games after a defeat toIraq, and was replaced byMarcos Paqueta.
On 9 April 2007, Calderón signed as the coach of theOman national football team and led the team at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Oman began the tournament with a 1–1 draw withAustralia but was defeated 0–2 against co-hostThailand, then made a 0–0 draw with the tournament's winner, Iraq and was eliminated in the Group Stage. On 30 June 2008, he resigned as head coach of Oman national team in order to become the new head coach ofSaudi Al-Ittihad.
On 30 June 2008, he returned to Saudi Arabia to become newAl-Ittihad head coach. In his first season at Al-Ittihad, he eventually won the Saudi Premier League by beating Al-Hilal 2–1 in the final match of the league played atKing Fahad Stadium in Riyadh and finished the season in first place, five points ahead of runner-up, Al-Hilal.[2] However, there was no success in the league, as Al-Ittihad were eliminated from the2008 ACL and lost the final game ofKing Cup of Champions toAl-Shabab. In the second and final season at Al-Ittihad, he won King Cup of Champions which beat Al-Hilal in the final match. He also led the club to the final match of2009 AFC Champions League, win the Group A and defeated compatriot Al-Shabab 2–1 in the Round of 16. Then, beat UzbekPakhtakor 5–1 aggregate andNagoya Grampus 8–3 to reach to the final. They facedPohang Steelers in Tokyo, Japan but was beaten by Korean side 1–2 and finished the tournament as runner-up. Two months after that, Calderón was sacked on 13 January 2010.[3] He was linked to Argentina national team to succeedDiego Maradona in 2010.
On 5 November 2010, Calderón was announced as the new head coach ofAl-Hilal. Calderón would succeedEric Gerets who departed to take charge of theMoroccan national team. He led the club to become2010–11 league champions without any loss, and to theCrown Prince Cup title. He also led the club to the knockout stage of2011 ACL but was defeated by his former club, Al-Ittihad in the Round of 16. Despite his achievements at the club, he was dismissed at the end of the season and on 19 July 2011 following the club's 3–0 defeat to league rivals Al Ittihad in the first leg of2011 King Cup of Champions.
On 23 November 2011, he was appointed asUAE Pro-League sideBaniyas SC's head coach. Baniyas was in 11th place before his arrival and was at the bottom of the league along withSharjah but he saved the club from relegation and finished the league in 9th place. He also led the club to the final match of theUAE President's Cup but was defeated byAl-Jazira. Under his management, Baniyas reached the knockout stage of theAFC Champions League for the first time in the club's history but was defeated by Al-Hilal, Calderón's former side in the Round of 16. After this defeat, he announced that he would not renew his contract with Baniyas. He officially left the club on 30 May 2012. He was linked toPersepolis in June 2012 but that job went toManuel José.
On 28 October 2012, Calderón was announced as head coach ofBahrain national football team to succeedPeter Taylor after the latter's dismissal.[4] His first taste as manager came on 9 December 2012 in match withYemen in2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship. He was sacked on 13 August 2013.
On 19 January 2014, he was appointed as head coach ofLa Liga sideReal Betis, replacingJuan Carlos Garrido.[5] He separated after the end of season.
In October 2014, Calderón was named the head coach ofAl-Wasl.[6] In May 2016, he left the club by mutual consent.
On 5 July 2017, he signed a two-year contract withQatar SC.[7] he was sacked on 22 November 2017.
On 1 July 2019, Calderón was appointed manager of reigningPersian Gulf Pro League andIranian Hazfi Cup title-holdersPersepolis, a post that was left vacant by the departure ofBranko Ivanković, who left to manageAl-Ahli Saudi FC.[8] On 12 January 2020, he resigned from his position as Persepolis coach due to financial troubles.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Win % | |||
| SM Caen | July 1997 | May 2000 | 118 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 158 | 131 | +27 | 036.44 |
| Lausanne Sports | July 2003 | December 2003 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | November 2004 | December 2005 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 045.00 |
| Oman | April 2007 | June 2008 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 046.43 |
| Al-Ittihad | June 2008 | January 2010 | 63 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 153 | 76 | +77 | 069.84 |
| Al-Hilal | December 2010 | July 2011 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 067.57 |
| Baniyas | November 2011 | May 2012 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 045.83 |
| Bahrain | October 2012 | August 2013 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Real Betis | January 2014 | May 2014 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 028.57 |
| Al-Wasl | October 2014 | May 2016 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 036.84 |
| Qatar SC | September 2017 | November 2017 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 011.11 |
| Persepolis | July 2019 | January 2020 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 073.68 |
| Khor Fakkan | February 2022 | May 2022 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 020.00 |
| Total | 404 | 189 | 106 | 109 | 636 | 476 | +160 | 046.78 | ||
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