| Pablo Grandes | |
| Full Name: | Pablo María Grandes Melgarejo |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Puerto de Santa María, Spain |
| Currentclub: | Al-Minaa (manager) |
| Youthclubs1: | Xerez |
| Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs1: | Torredonjimeno |
| Manageryears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs1: | Xerez Deportivo (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 2017–2021 |
| Managerclubs2: | Cádiz (youth) |
| Manageryears4: | 2021–2022 |
| Manageryears5: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs5: | Vélez (assistant) |
| Manageryears6: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs6: | San Fernando (assistant) |
| Manageryears7: | 2022–2024 |
| Managerclubs7: | Iraq (match analyst) |
| Manageryears8: | 2024 |
| Managerclubs8: | Iraq Olympic (assistant) |
| Manageryears9: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs9: | Al-Minaa |
Pablo Grandes Melgarejo (born 14 October 1986) is a Spanish football coach and current manager of Iraq Stars League club Al-Minaa.[1] [2] [3]
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]
Grandes began his coaching career in the youth team of Cádiz, then he was the coach at Logroñés B, then Vélez, and San Fernando as an assistant manager. He has always worked as a coach except for the Cádiz youth academy where he did everything: technical training, scouting, analysis.[5]
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.[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]
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]
| From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2021 | 31 March 2022 | ||||||||
| Al-Minaa | 29 July 2024 | Present | |||||||
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