Carles Cuadrat
Carles Cuadrat Xiqués (born 28 October 1968) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Indian Super League club East Bengal.
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Cuadrat with Bengaluru in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carles Cuadrat Xiqués | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal (head coach) | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Spain U18 | 14 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | El Salvador (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bengaluru (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Bengaluru | ||
| 2021–2022 | Aris Limassol (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Midtjylland (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | East Bengal | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cuadrat was a defender, who played as a left-back and spent most of his career with Spanish club CF Gavà. He also played for FC 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.