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Pablo Grandes
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Pablo Grandes Melgarejo (born 14 October 1986) is a Spanish football coach and current manager of Saudi Second Division League club Najran.[1][2][3]
Key Information
Early years
[edit]Grandes began playing football in the lower categories of his hometown Puerto de Santa María, then in the youth team of Xerez. In Andalusia he played for Torredonjimeno in the Tercera División and had a small experience in a team in the Scottish 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]
Managerial and coaching career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Grandes began his coaching career in the youth team of Cádiz, then he was the assistant manager at UD Logroñés, Vélez, and San Fernando. He has always worked as a coach except for the Cádiz youth academy where he did everything: technical training, scouting, analysis.[4][5]
Iraq & Iraq Olympic
[edit]On November 5, 2022, Jesús Casas was appointed coach of the Iraq national team by the IFA.[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 the Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time in 35 years, as they had previously worked together at Cádiz youth, when Casas was the coach and Grandes his assistant.[4][7]
On May 27, 2024, the coach of the Iraq Olympic, Radhi Shenaishil, chose Grandes to join his assistant staff in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, while continuing to work with the national team staff as well.[8][9][10]
Al-Minaa
[edit]On July 29, 2024, the management of Al-Minaa, which is active in the Iraq 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 the Iraq Stars League teams' ranking until it reached an area close to the relegation zone.[14]
Najran
[edit]On 13 August 2025, Grandes was appointed as manager of Saudi Second Division League club Najran.[15]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 October 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Al-Minaa | 
|
29 July 2024 | 8 February 2025 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33.33 | |||
| Najran | 
|
13 August 2025 | present | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | |||
| Total | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33.33 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Iraq coach makes decision after assistant signs with Al-Minaa". dzairsport.net. 29 July 2024.
- ^ "الاسباني بابلو غراندز مدرباً لفريق الميناء". today-agency.net (in Arabic). 29 July 2024.
- ^ "الميناء يتعاقد مع المدرب بابلو غرنانديز". ysscores.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Pablo Grandes: "El jugador iraquí tiene un gran gen competitivo"". golsmedia.com (in Spanish). 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes, nuevo entrenador del Juvenil A". sfcd.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "الإسباني خيسوس كاساس مدرباً للمنتخب العراقي رسمياً". arabic.euronews.com (in Arabic). 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes. "La llegada de LaLiga es importantísima para el fútbol de Irak"". arabic.euronews.com (in Spanish). 7 September 2023.
- ^ "راضي شنيشل يستعين بمساعدي كاساس". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes: un portuense en los próximos Juegos Olímpicos". lavozdigital.es (in Spanish). 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes: de Las Marías a París pasando por el Poli". lavozdigital.es (in Spanish). 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Al-Minaa signs coach Pablo Gernandez". ysscores.com. 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes asume el cargo de entrenador del Al Minaa SC". informacional.es (in Spanish). 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes, nuevo entrenador del Al Minaa SC". lavozdigital.es (in Spanish). 29 July 2024.
- ^ "الميناء يقرر إقالة مدربه إثر الخسارة أمام الكرمة". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Pablo Grandes cambia Irak por Arabia Saudí". lavozdigital.es (in Spanish). 14 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Pablo Grandes coach profile at Lapreferente.com
- Pablo Grandes at WorldFootball.net