Juan Ramón López Caro

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Juan Ramón López Caro
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón López Caro
Date of birth	March 23, 1963 (age 44)
Place of birth	Lebrija, Spain
Teams managed
2001-2005 2005-2006 2006 2006-2007	Real Madrid B Real Madrid Racing de Santander Levante UD
* Appearances (Goals)

Juan Ramón López Caro, known as López Caro (born March 23, 1963 in Lebrija, Spain) is a football manager who has managed teams like Real Madrid and Levante UD of the Spanish La Liga.

Lopéz Caro came to Real Madrid in 2001 to take charge of the reserve team - Real Madrid Castilla (at the time called as Real Madrid B). The 42-year-old quietly earned a reputation at Madrid after lifting the B team back into the Segunda división. In 2005/2006, he became first team coach, replacing Brazilian Vanderlei Luxemburgo who was fired on December 4, 2005. Prior to that, he had worked at RCD Mallorca and was on the bench during their brief run in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000.

On 27th May 2006 it was announced that he would take over as head coach of Spanish La Liga side Racing de Santander, but he joined Levante UD 2 months later. However, midway through the season, with his team lying in 17th place in the table, he was sacked on January 15, 2007.

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He surname is López-Caro, former from father, latter from mother.