Jesús Candelas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Candelas Rodrigo | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iran national futsal team | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1987–1989 | Marsanz Torrejón | ||
| 1989–1992 | Algón | ||
| 1992–1996 | Mejorada | ||
| 1996–1998 | Caja Segovia | ||
| 1998–2008 | Interviu Boomerang | ||
| 2013– | Iran (futsal) | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 04 Ma 2014 (UTC) | |||
Jesus Candelas Rodrigo (born 7 October 1957 in Madrid) is a Spanish futsal coach who has been head coach of the Iran national futsal team since 2013.[1]
Career
Spain
Candelas has managed four teams in Spain, which he first managed Algon for three years which his performance was bad. In 1996 when he managed Caja Segovia he led 2 championship titles and runners-up for Genk Tournament, after when he left Caja, he was appointed as Boomerang manager which he was successful leading them in a total of 3 championships and LFNS division runner-up and super cup winner in 2001.
Iran
During his term as the head coach of Iran he performed descent, before becoming coach on March 2013 Candelas was appointed as technical director of Iran futsal team in the September of 2012. He was appointed as teams head coach after Ali Sanei's contract with team meli was terminated it was due to poor and disappointing results at the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th. Candelas had his debut right after the lost against Colombia at the world cup, Iran had two friendly matches at Qom were they tied both games against Russia. Candelas was supposed to be a Interim coach but when he impressed Iranians by managing 15 undefeated streak matches, Abbas Torabian and Kafashian decided to let him stay for longer. In July 2013 he extended his contract with Iran for another year.[2] One big achievement he did for Iran was being undefeated for many matches in a row, making Iran champions at 2013 Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, two bronze at Grand Prix de Futsal and a runner up medal by only losing to Japan on penalties at the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship hosted by Vietnam.
Honours
Spain
- Primera División: 5
- 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
- Copa de España (LNFS): 4
- 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
- Supercopa de España: 5
- 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08
- UEFA Futsal Cup: 2
- 2003-04, 2005–06
- Intercontinental Cup: 4
- 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1
- 2007-08
- Iberian Cup: 2
- 2004, 2006
Iran
- AFC Futsal Championship: 0
- 2014 Runner-Up
- Grand Prix de Futsal: 0
- Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games: 1
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 February 2015.
| Team | From | To | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | |||
| Mejorada FS
|
September 1992 | April 1996 | 92 | 32 | 17 | 43 | 34.78 | 310 | 356 | -46 |
| Inter Movistar
|
September 1998 | April 2008 | 313 | 198 | 61 | 54 | 63.26 | 1430 | 811 | +619 |
| Iran
|
March 2013 | Present | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 76.19 | 239 | 80 | +159 |
Notes and references
External links
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