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Albert Celades

Celades with the New York Red Bulls in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Albert Celades López
Date of birth	(1975-09-29) 29 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.77 m
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1990–1994	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1995	Barcelona B	14	(3)
1995–1999	Barcelona	72	(4)
1999–2000	Celta	24	(1)
2000–2005	Real Madrid	56	(1)
2003–2004	→ Bordeaux (loan)	27	(3)
2005–2008	Zaragoza	71	(2)
2009	New York Red Bulls	17	(1)
2010	Kitchee	0	(0)
Total		281	(15)
National team
1991–1992	Spain U16	2	(0)
1992	Spain U17	3	(0)
1993–1994	Spain U18	8	(1)
1996–1998	Spain U21	8	(1)
1998–2000	Spain	4	(0)
1998–2005	Catalonia	7	(1)
Teams managed
2013–2014	Spain U16
2014–2018	Spain U21
2017	Spain U17
2018	Spain (assistant)
2018	Real Madrid (assistant)
2019–2020	Valencia
Honours Men's football Representing  Spain (as manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2017
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Albert Celades López was born on September 29, 1975. He is a Spanish former football player who used to play as a defensive midfielder. Today, he is a football manager.

Albert was known for being a smart player with good defensive skills. He played for famous clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid. During his 12 seasons in La Liga, Spain's top football league, he played 223 matches and scored eight goals. He won ten major titles with these clubs.

Celades also played for the Spanish national team in the 1998 World Cup.

Playing Career Highlights

Club Football Journey

Albert Celades was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He joined FC Barcelona's youth team when he was young. He started playing for the main Barcelona team in the 1995–96 season. In his first professional year, he played 16 games and scored two goals. Barcelona finished third in La Liga that season.

In the 1997–98 season, Celades played 36 matches. He often played as a sweeper, which is a defensive position. That year, his team, led by Louis van Gaal, won the national title after three years without one. He also helped Barcelona win the 1997 UEFA Super Cup by playing in both matches against Borussia Dortmund.

After playing one year for RC Celta de Vigo, Celades joined Real Madrid in 2000. He didn't play in every game, but he helped Real Madrid win two league titles and the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League. In the 2003–04 season, he played on loan for Ligue 1 team FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France.

From 2005 to 2008, Celades played for Real Zaragoza. In his first year there, he helped the club reach the Copa del Rey final. He played regularly for Zaragoza until they were moved down to a lower league at the end of the 2007–08 season.

In 2009, he joined the New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States. He retired from playing football on October 24, 2009, after the MLS season ended. However, in early 2010, he briefly played for Kitchee SC in Hong Kong in a special tournament.

International Matches for Spain

Celades played four times for the Spanish national team. He was part of the team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He came on as a substitute in two matches, against Nigeria and Paraguay. Spain did not get past the group stage in that tournament.

His first game for Spain was on June 3, 1998. It was a friendly match against Northern Ireland in Santander, which Spain won 4–1. His last game for Spain was in 2001, during a qualifying match for the 2002 World Cup. He also played for the Catalonia team, which is a regional team in Spain.

Coaching Career

On May 7, 2014, Albert Celades became the manager of the Spanish under-21 team. Before that, he had managed the under-16 team. In October 2014, his under-21 team lost a play-off match against Serbia. This meant they could not play in the 2015 UEFA European Championship, where they would have been the defending champions.

On July 18, 2018, Celades left his job with the Royal Spanish Football Federation. He had managed youth teams for five years. He also worked as an assistant coach for the main Spanish national team during the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, and UEFA Euro 2016. On August 3, 2018, he became an assistant coach for Real Madrid, working again with Julen Lopetegui.

On September 11, 2019, Celades became the manager of Valencia CF after the previous manager was let go. His first game as Valencia's manager was three days later, a 5–2 loss to his old club, Barcelona. The next week, all the Valencia players did not attend a press conference with him. They did this to show support for the previous manager.

Celades was removed from his job at Valencia on June 29, 2020. At that time, the team was in eighth place in the league, with six games left to play.

Managerial Statistics

Here is a summary of Albert Celades's coaching record:

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Spain U16		1 July 2013	7 May 2014	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04	−1	&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
Spain U21		7 May 2014	18 July 2018	&&&&&&&&&&&&&034.&&&&&034	&&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04	&&&&&&&&&&&&&082.&&&&&082	&&&&&&&&&&&&&028.&&&&&028	+54	&&&&&&&&&&&&&070.59000070.59
Valencia		11 September 2019	29 June 2020	&&&&&&&&&&&&&041.&&&&&041	&&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015	&&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012	&&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014	&&&&&&&&&&&&&054.&&&&&054	&&&&&&&&&&&&&064.&&&&&064	−10	&&&&&&&&&&&&&036.59000036.59
Career totals				&&&&&&&&&&&&&081.&&&&&081	&&&&&&&&&&&&&043.&&&&&043	&&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019	&&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019	&&&&&&&&&&&&0147.&&&&&0147	&&&&&&&&&&&&&098.&&&&&098	+49	&&&&&&&&&&&&&053.&9000053.09

Honours and Trophies

Albert Celades won many titles during his playing career:

With Barcelona

• La Liga (Spanish League): 1997–98, 1998–99
• Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup): 1996–97, 1997–98
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
• UEFA Super Cup: 1997

With Real Madrid

• La Liga (Spanish League): 2000–01, 2002–03
• Supercopa de España (Spanish Super Cup): 2001
• UEFA Champions League: 2001–02

With Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey runner-up (finished second): 2005–06

See also

In Spanish: Albert Celades para niños