Gabriel Calderón

Gabriel Calderón
Personal information

Full name	Gabriel Humberto Calderón
Date of birth	7 February 1960 (1960-02-07) (age 52)
Place of birth	Rawson, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Baniyas (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1976–1977	El Porvenir	25	(3)
1977–1978	Racing Club	28	(3)
1978	Lanús	24	(0)
1979–1981	Racing Club	85	(13)
1981–1983	Independiente	74	(15)
1983–1987	Betis	131	(38)
1987–1990	Paris Saint-Germain	102	(11)
1990–1992	Sion	47	(17)
1992–1993	Caen	36	(2)
1993–1994	Lausanne Sports	31	(5)
Total		583	(107)
National team
1981–1990	Argentina	23	(1)
Teams managed
1997–2000	Caen
2003	Lausanne Sports
2004–2005	Saudi Arabia
2007–2008	Oman
2008–2010	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2010–2011	Al-Hilal
2011–	Baniyas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gabriel Humberto Calderón (born 7 February 1960 in Rawson, Chubut Province) is a former Argentine football midfielder.

Calderón played in several teams including Argentine Racing Club de Avellaneda and Club Atlético Independiente, Spanish Real Betis and French Paris Saint-Germain. He was part of the Argentina Under-20 team that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, and also played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

After his retirement and a short period working as TV commentator, Calderón moved to coaching. He coached former teams of Caen (1997~2000) and Lausanne (2002~2003).

Calderón then took over as the coach for the Saudi Arabia national football team at the end of 2004, and successfully guided the Saudi team to qualification for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh. Calderón said "Qualifying to the World Cup is the dream of every coach and I'm more than satisfied with our campaign in the qualifiers." "I'm very happy with the qualification since that was the goal I was aiming at when I first arrived in the Kingdom," he added.

However, in December 2005, Calderón was fired by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation as they were dissatisfied by the team's poor showing in the West Asian Games, and was replaced by Marcos Paqueta.

On the 9th of April 2007, Calderón signed as the coach of the Oman national football team. In June 2008 he was hired by Al-Ittihad and eventually won the Saudi Premier League by beating Al-Hilal 2-1 in the final match of the league played on King Fahad Stadium in Riyadh.

On November 5, 2010, Calderón was announced as the new head coach of 2009/2010 Saudi champions Al-Hilal. Calderón would succeed Eric Gerets who departed to take charge of the Moroccan national team. He led the club to 2010-11 league champions and Crown Prince Cup winners. However, despite his achievement, he was dismissed on 19 July 2011 following the club's 3-0 defeat to league rivals Al Ittihad in the first leg of 2011 King Cup of Champions.

On 23 November 2011, he was appointed as UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC's head coach.

Coach Honours

With Al-Iittihad
- Winner of Saudi Premier League - 2009

With Al-Hilal

- Winner of Saudi Premier League - 2011 (Without losing any match)

- Winner of Crown Prince Cup - 2011

External links

World Cup history
(Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)

Argentina squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Ardiles 2 Baley 3 Barbas 4 Bertoni 5 Calderón 6 Díaz 7 Fillol 8 Galván 9 Gallego 10 Maradona 11 Kempes 12 Hernández 13 Olarticoechea 14 Olguín 15 Passarella (c) 16 Pumpido 17 Santamaría 18 Tarantini 19 Trossero 20 Valdano 21 Valencia 22 Van Tuyne Coach: Menotti

Argentina squad – 1989 Copa América Third Place

1 Pumpido 2 Batista 3 Alfaro Moreno 4 Balbo 5 Brown 6 Basualdo 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Calderón 12 Clausen 13 Díaz 14 Enrique 15 Giusti 16 Monzón 17 Ruggeri 18 Islas 19 Sensini 20 Troglio 21 Gorosito 22 Falcioni Coach: Bilardo

Argentina squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Pumpido (Comizzo) 2 Batista 3 Balbo 4 Basualdo 5 Bauza 6 Calderón 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Dezotti 10 Maradona (c) 11 Fabbri 12 Goycochea 13 Lorenzo 14 Giusti 15 Monzón 16 Olarticoechea 17 Sensini 18 Serrizuela 19 Ruggeri 20 Simón 21 Troglio 22 Cancelarich Coach: Bilardo

Oman squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1 Sulaiman Al-Mazroui • 2 Mohammed Al-Noobi • 3 Juma • 4 Said • 5 Fahad • 6 Issam • 7 Sultan • 8 Badar • 9 Hashim Saleh • 10 Fawzi • 11 Yousuf • 12 Ahmed Al Mahaijri • 13 Mohammed Al-Ghassani • 14 Younis Al Mushaifri • 15 Ismail • 17 Hassan Al Gheilani • 18 Hamed • 20 Amad • 21 Ahmed Al Mukhaini • 24 Younis Al Mahaijri • 25 Sulaiman Al Shukairi • 26 Ali Al-Habsi • 28 Hussain Al-Hadhri • Coach: Calderón

SM Caen – managers

Konya (1934–35)
Gast (1935–36)
Cottenet (1936–38)
Gast (1938–44)
Mayer (1944–46)
Deruaz (1946–47)
Carville (1947–49)
Vandooren (1949–52)
Prouff (1952–53)
Proust (1953–55)
Grillon (1955–58)
Leperlier (1958–59)
Requier (1959–61)
Eloy (1961–62)
Mouchel (1962–64)
Vincent (1964–67)
Oliver (1967–72)
Lelong (1972)
Lunel (1972–73)
Rummelhardt (1973)
Mouilleron (1973–79)
Laurier (1979–83)
Mankowski (1983–88)
Nouzaret (1988–89)
Jeandupeux (1989–94)
Mankowski (1994–96)
David (1996–97)
Calderón (1997)
Jeandupeux (1997)
Théault (1997–2000)
Desbouillons (2000)
Gasset (2000–01)
Gauthier (2001–02)
Remy (2002–05)
Dumas (2005)
Dumas & Parizon (2005–09)
Dumas & Garande (2009–)

FC Lausanne-Sport – managers

Hunter (1922–23)
Hogan (1925)
Spiksley (1928)
Pache (1931–32)
Hogan (1933–34)
Riemke (1934–35)
Kerr (1938–39)
Séchehaye (1942–43)
Leonhardt & Baumgartner (1943–45)
Maurer (1945–50)
Volentik (1950–51)
Spagnoli (1951–53)
Schaefer (1953–54)
Appel (1954–55)
Jaccard (1955–57)
Presch (1957–60)
Châtelain (1960–61)
Marmier & Séchehaye (1961–62)
Luciano (1962–64)
Reymond & Bocquet (1964)
Reymond (1964–65)
Linder (1965–66)
Hahnemann (1966–67)
Vonlanthen (1967–72)
Maurer (1972–74)
Garbani (1974–76)
Blažević (1976–79)
Hertig (1979–82)
Pazmandy (1982–84)
Nunweiller (1984–87)
Barberis (1987–93)
Duvillard (1993–94)
Trümpler (1994–95)
Bregy (1995–98)
Nunweiller & Schürmann (1998)
Schürmann (1998–2001)
Zvunka (2001)
Nunweiller (2001–02)
Barberis (2002)
Iglesias (2002–03)
Calderón (2003)
Dries (2003–04)
Castella (2004–06)
Geiger (2006)
Garbani & Isabella (2006–07)
Hunziker & Isabella (2007)
Barberis (2007)
Cotting (2007–08)
Dragani (2008–10)
Soós (2010)
Rueda (2010–)

Saudi Arabia national football team – managers

Fawzi (1957–62)
Chaouach (1962–70)
Sheita (1973–74)
Seknas (1970–72)
Ismail (1972–74)
Washash (1974)
Puskás (1975)
McGarry (1976–77)
Allison (1978)
Wallit (1979)
Minelli (1980)
Zagallo (1981–84)
Al-Zayani (1984–86)
Tastilo (1986)
Osvaldo (1987)
Galletti (1988)
Borrás (1988)
Parreira (1988–90)
Türel (1990)
Garcia (1992)
Veloso (1992)
Candido (1993)
Beenhakker (1993–94)
Al Kharashi (1994)
Wortmann (1994)
Solari (1994)
Al Kharashi (1995)
Zé Mario (1995–96)
Vingada (1996–97)
Pfister (1998)
Parreira (1998)
Al-Kharashy (1999)
Pfister (1999)
Máčala (2000)
Al-Johar (2000)
Santrač (2001)
Al-Johar (2002)
van der Lem (2002–04)
Calderón (2004–06)
Paqueta (2006–07)
dos Anjos (2007–08)
Al-Johar (2008–09)
Peseiro (2009–11)
Al-Johar (2011)
Lourenço (2011)
Rijkaard (2011–)

Baniyas SC – current squad

1 Khalef
3 Najem
4 A. Ali
5 Amer
6 Msarri
7 Haboush
8 M. Fawzi
9 Senghor
10 F. Bashir
11 Al Ghaferi
14 Fareed
13 S. Idrees
16 Fawaz
17 Nawaf
18 Al Menhali
19 Mubarak (c)
21 M. Jaber
23 K. Mubarak
24 Mohamed
26 Y. Jaber
28 Feraish
29 I. Naser
30 Ayub
39 Talib
40 Ghaith
44 Musaed
50 I. Masoud
51 Khalifa
55 Sulaiman
66 Adnan
77 A. Mahmoud
80 Ghuloom
86 M. Salem
89 Aman
Manager: Calderón

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Name	Calderon, Gabriel
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Date of birth	7 February 1960
Place of birth	Rawson, Argentina
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