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Since the beginning of 2020, Argentine Gabriel Hambrito Calderón has not led any team, and recently his name has teamed up with Zamalek to lead the team, succeeding Frenchman Patrice Carteron.
The Argentine has seen short-term successes as a player and coach, but his name always resonates in the Arab region thanks to his early successes.
As FilGoal.com well knows, the 60-year-old Argentine is among the nominees to lead Zamalek.
“I cannot confirm or deny anything at the moment on this matter until there is something concrete, and we will see what can happen.” Thus spoke the agent of the Argentine coach to FilGoal.com, and until there is something tangible for you in Calderón’s career.
The Argentine midfielder began his career with Racing Club and Independiente locally, then Real Betis and Paris Saint-Germain, and later retired in the Swiss Lausanne jersey in 1994.
With his country, he won the 1979 Youth World Cup with Diego Armando Maradona and played the 1982 and 1990 World Cups, and had a penalty against Germany in the final match of the World Cup in Italy.
30 years after the victory of Nacional Manshaft, Calderón attacked the referee for not counting a penalty in his favor, Lothar Matthews, directing him angry words, saying: “Be honest and admit the mistake.”
Calderon Technical Director
Calderón started training in France after 3 years of retirement as he led the French club for 3 seasons after playing in their ranks for one season, then the Swiss team Lausanne in 2003 and left after only 5 weeks due to bad results.
In 2004, he became the first coach from the Latin continent to technically lead the Saudi national team after Brazilian Luis Alberto Pereira at the 1998 World Cup.
Calderón spoke about his experience with the Saudi Arabian team on the FIFA website, saying: “I remember the Saudi Arabian team when I took over training during a difficult period after we participated in the 17th Gulf Cup. in Qatar and we came out of the first round, but in the end we managed to qualify for the World Cup without losing. Any match, which is a great achievement. In the penultimate match against Uzbekistan, the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh was full three hours ago and it was incredible. “
In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Saudi Arabia did not lose a match, the team scored 10 goals and conceded one goal, but a 5-1 defeat in December 2005 to Iraq at the West Asian Championship led to its exit.
Regarding the dismissal, he continued: “I was fired from coaching the Saudi national team despite my leadership in the World Cup and so far I do not know the reason for my dismissal. Well, the decision was made, but the results obtained after that were not good. “.
At the 2006 World Cup, Saudi Arabia drew 2-2 against Tunisia, losing to Spain and Ukraine, and promised the World Cup in Germany under the leadership of Brazilian Pakita.
The Argentine led the Omani national team to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, but was fired in the first round and was fired in June 2008 and went on to coach the Saudi Federation of Jeddah.
Union and her innocence
In the 2008-09 season, he led the team to the Saudi League title at the expense of Al-Hilal by 5 points and beat their traditional rivals in the last round with two goals to one.
The Argentine revealed the secret of his brilliance with the federation, “The secret was the relationship between the players and me because the relationship was more than wonderful and the players participated in training with great encouragement. There was mutual respect between them and me, and in my opinion this is important that the players give everything they can, and that’s why I believe. ” We achieved many remarkable results. “
Al-Ittihad won their last league title so far after suffering only one defeat, and the team reached the 2009 AFC Champions League final, but lost the final match to South Korean Pohang Steazers 2-1, and he also won the Copa del Rey.
He added: “I had a great team and several distinguished players, which helped me to achieve positive results. The group was good, there are distinguished talents and their personality was wonderful because they were happy to work with me, and this played a role in achieving a great success with the federation. We have achieved great success together. “
A crisis emerged while he was in charge of coaching the federation in 2009 after he declared his club the “People’s Club” and Hilal “the club of family wisdom.” However, the Spanish newspaper “S” acquitted him of the accusations, saying on its official website that his statements were misunderstood.
After a season and a half, Calderón left Al-Ittihad, and in late 2010 he took over traditional rival Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia.
Crescent and what preceded Guardiola
In one of Al Hilal’s matches, he involved the Argentine, Mohamed Al Shalhoub, in the position of defensive midfielder, which raised doubts at the time and clarified his point of view, saying: “I changed the position of the player in a game, as many coaches do, as I named Mohamed Al Shalhoub, who was the playmaker of the team at the time. In one of the games, as a defensive midfielder. “
“In this game, this position will give him more freedom to free himself. Guardiola recently played with two center-backs to capture the ball. I did it 10 years ago.”
With Al Hilal, he won the 2010-2011 Saudi League without losing after succeeding Belgian Eric Gretes at the time, and also won the King’s Cup.
The Argentine narrated the secret of his success with the two poles of Saudi soccer, “There is a secret recipe for success, which is to get good players in addition to the distinctive relationship that the coach must bring together with the players. All these factors help to to achieve a good result and personally work for the benefit of the group, which is what has helped me in the past. To achieve positive results. “
Calderón’s departure from Al-Hilal was produced by a defeat by Al-Ittihad in the Custodian Cup of the Two Holy Mosques by three free games.
In 2011, he took over the UAE coach Baniyas and lost the final of the President’s Cup to Al Jazira, 3-1.
Calderón poured out his anger on the referee because the goal was calculated for Al Jazeera despite an error in favor of his team in the manner of “rugby” if he said at the press conference: “If you give the other team the first goal In the final match, it will be difficult and difficult, it was a mistake in the game of rugby, not a simple mistake. It is terrible. “
After his departure from Bani Yas, he was a candidate to coach the Iranian Persepolis in the summer of 2012, but then the task was assigned to Manuel José, the Portuguese.
Then he trained the Bahrain team for 14 months and ended with his dismissal, and he returned to training in Europe again after 10 years from the Spanish Real Betis portal.
Andalusian failure
Calderón took over as Real Betis coach, succeeding Spanish Juan Carlos Garrido, former Al-Ahly and Wydad coach, in January 2014.
“I was not thinking of a specific date, but when this exact situation appeared, I came running. Betis need all their fans to support the team,” the Argentine said on the website of the Spanish federation.
In the first match he lost 4-2 to Celta de Vigo, and despite 4 wins and 12 losses in the League, he was fired after the team fell to the second Spanish division, at the bottom of the table, and said goodbye to his eternal rival, Sevilla, of the final price of the European League.
Athletic Emirates
The Argentine returned to the Arab region and trained Al Wasl, the Emirati, for two seasons.
Calderón said after the start of the season about the competition: “My ambition does not change. The situation is different between clubs, but my ambition is always the same. In the Emirates, the clubs Al-Ahly, Al-Jazira and Al-Ain they pay large sums, which are the ones who spend the most. “
He added, “Al Wasl does not pay the same sums, and I know the difficulty of my task, but at the same time Atlético de Madrid does not spend the same amounts as Barcelona and Real Madrid, but Atlético got the league title” .
“I’m trying to achieve something like this and this is what I’m fighting for,” he said.
A few hours before New Year 2016, his apartment was completely destroyed in a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during which he lost most of his personal belongings undamaged.
During the two seasons the team did not surpass sixth place in the league under his leadership.
In 2017, he coached the Qatari club for just two months, during which he managed 9 matches, lost 7 and won 1.
Then, at the beginning of last season, he coached the Iranian team Persepolis, and reached the top of the league table, but the club’s financial problems pushed him to leave at the beginning of last January because they did not meet the deadline to pay his salary. .
Since then, Calderón has been awaiting his new coaching assignment after a long career in the Gulflands.
