Claudio Barragán

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Claudio Barragán

| image =

| fullname = Claudio Barragán Escobar

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manises, Spain

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Levante

| years1 = 1980–1984 | clubs1 = Levante | caps1 = 40 | goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1982–1983 | clubs2 = → Ceuta (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1984–1989 | clubs3 = Elche | caps3 = 150 | goals3 = 33

| years4 = 1989–1991 | clubs4 = Mallorca | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 11

| years5 = 1991–1995 | clubs5 = Deportivo La Coruña | caps5 = 114 | goals5 = 35

| years6 = 1995–1996 | clubs6 = Salamanca | caps6 = 42 | goals6 = 12

| years7 = 1996–2000 | clubs7 = Elche | caps7 = 103 | goals7 = 19

| years8 = 2002–2004 | clubs8 = Alone | caps8 = | goals8 =

| totalcaps = 506 | totalgoals = 113

| nationalyears1 = 1992–1993 | nationalteam1 = Spain | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2004–2008 | managerclubs1 = Elche (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs2 = Elche

| manageryears3 = 2011–2014 | managerclubs3 = Ponferradina

| manageryears4 = 2014–2016 | managerclubs4 = Cádiz

| manageryears5 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs5 = Mirandés

| manageryears6 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs6 = Hércules

| manageryears7 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs7 = Recreativo

}}

Claudio Barragán Escobar (born 10 April 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.

His professional career was closely associated to Elche,{{cite web|url=http://franjiverdes.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/claudio-barragan-escobar-claudio/|title=Claudio Barragán Escobar, CLAUDIO|publisher=Franjiverdes|language=es|date=24 January 2009|access-date=22 December 2011}} as both a player and manager, but he was also an important part of the Deportivo de La Coruña teams of the 90s.

Claudio amassed La Liga totals of 259 games and 66 goals over nine seasons, also representing in the competition Mallorca and Salamanca. He added 181 matches and 32 goals in Segunda División, and started working as a coach in 2008.

Playing career

=Club=

Known as Claudio in his playing days, he was born in Manises, Province of Valencia, and made his senior debut at only 16 with local Levante UD. He scored three goals over two full Segunda División seasons – being relegated in 1982 – and was also loaned to lowly AgD Ceuta.

In summer 1984, Claudio signed for neighbouring Elche CF, making his La Liga debut on 18 November 1984 in a 1–0 away loss against RCD Español and finishing his first season with 18 games and two goals, including one in a 6–1 defeat at Real Madrid{{cite news|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/real-madrid/20210312/492642713301/valdano-real-madrid-elche.html|title=El día que Valdano le marcó cuatro goles al Elche con el Real Madrid|trans-title=The day Valdano scored four goals to Elche with Real Madrid|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=12 March 2021|access-date=10 August 2022}} as the team were eventually relegated; he would achieve another promotion with the club in 1988, followed by immediate relegation.

After two top-flight seasons in RCD Mallorca, reaching the Copa del Rey final in 1990–91, Claudio joined Deportivo de La Coruña in the 1991 off-season. He netted ten times in 34 matches in his first year as the Galicians narrowly avoided relegation, beating Real Betis in the promotion/relegation playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://www.hortanoticias.com/claudio-barragan-genio-figura-manises-futbol/|title=Claudio Barragán, genio y figura|trans-title=Claudio Barragán, one and only|publisher=Horta Noticias|first=Vicent|last=Morellà Fuset|language=es|date=8 November 2017|access-date=24 September 2024}}

In the following summer, however, the club bought Brazilians Bebeto and Mauro Silva, amongst others, and Super Depor came to fruition, achieving two top-two and one top-three finishes. Claudio formed an extremely efficient attacking partnership with the former, with the pair combining for 67 league goals from 1992 to 1994; he won the only trophy of his career in 1995, the Spanish Cup against Valencia CF, and also scored four goals in nine games in the UEFA Cup over two seasons.{{cite news|url=http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2012/09/29/actualidad/1348931349_006566.html|title=La noche que nació el Súper Dépor|trans-title=The night Súper Dépor were born|newspaper=El País|first=Juan Luis|last=Cudeiro|language=es|date=29 September 2012|access-date=19 May 2016}}

Claudio lost his importance in Deportivo in the 1994–95 campaign after the emergence of younger Javier Manjarín and the summer signings of Emil Kostadinov and Julio Salinas, and left the team altogether prior to the start of the following season, after the appointment of new manager John Toshack. Aged 31, he signed with UD Salamanca, scoring 11 goals in his first year but being relegated from the top tier.

In December 1996, after suffering an injury and losing his starting place with the Castile and León side, Claudio returned to Elche, helping the club to two promotions from Segunda División B before retiring professionally at the age of 36. After two years out of football, he played a couple of seasons with amateurs Club Deportivo Alone from Guardamar del Segura, in Alicante.{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodecadiz.es/deportes/hombre-fuerte-caracter-ascendio-Ponferradina_0_865413589.html|title=El hombre de fuerte carácter que ascendió a la Ponferradina|trans-title=The man with a strong character who promoted Ponferradina|newspaper=Diario de Cádiz|language=es|date=25 November 2014|access-date=24 September 2024}}

=International=

During his spell with Deportivo, Claudio earned six caps for Spain. His debut came on 14 October 1992 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland (0–0 in Belfast).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/10/15/pagina-2/1444074/pdf.html|title=La selección se cala, pero tampoco 'moja'|trans-title=National team get it on, but do not 'get it'|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Tomás|last=Guasch|language=es|date=15 October 1992|access-date=7 February 2015}}

Coaching career

Barragán joined Elche's coaching staff shortly after retiring, going on to work as an assistant with the club. Just seven games into 2008–09, he replaced fired David Vidal at the helm of the first team,{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2008/10/13/mas_futbol/1223848808_850215.html|title=Claudio Barragán entrenará al Elche|trans-title=Claudio Barragán will coach Elche|newspaper=Diario AS|language=es|date=13 October 2008|access-date=24 September 2024}} finally leading them to the 12th position; he himself was sacked in early October 2009, after roughly one year in charge.{{cite news|url=http://www.diarioinformacion.com/elche-cf/2009/10/04/elche-destituye-claudio/937473.html|title=El Elche destituye a Claudio|trans-title=Elche dismiss Claudio|newspaper=Diario Información|language=es|date=4 October 2009|access-date=22 December 2011}}

On 14 January 2011, Barragán was appointed at SD Ponferradina also in the second division,{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2011/01/14/futbol/equipos/ponferradina/1295032894.html|title=Claudio Barragán, nuevo entrenador de la Ponferradina|trans-title=Claudio Barragán, new Ponferradina manager|newspaper=Marca|first=Pablo M.|last=Otero|language=es|date=14 January 2011|access-date=22 December 2011}} eventually not being able to prevent relegation. He won immediate promotion with a play-off win over CD Tenerife, and remained at the club until his contract expired in June 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/deportes/2014/06/11/claudio-barragan-deja-entrenador-ponferradina/00031402516675730478830.htm|title=Claudio Barragán deja de ser entrenador de la Ponferradina|trans-title=Claudio Barragán is no longer manager of Ponferradina|newspaper=La Voz de Galicia|language=es|date=12 June 2014|access-date=25 September 2019}}

Barragán replaced the dismissed Antonio Calderón as manager of Cádiz CF in the third tier on 24 November 2014.{{cite web|url=https://andaluciainformacion.es/cadiz/458204/claudio-barragan-nuevo-entrenador-del-cadiz-cf/#|title=Claudio Barragán, nuevo entrenador del Cádiz CF|trans-title=Claudio Barragán, new manager of Cádiz CF|publisher=Andalucía Información|first=Álvaro|last=Geneiro|language=es|date=24 November 2014|access-date=25 September 2019}} In his first season, the team won their group and dispatched Hércules CF in the play-off semi-finals before losing the final 3–1 on aggregate to Bilbao Athletic; he was relieved of his duties on 18 April 2016, when a run of one point in four matches put the Andalusians in fourth place.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/2016/04/18/5714abf8e5fdea9d318b4687.html|title=Claudio Barragán, destituido como técnico del Cádiz|trans-title=Claudio Barragán, dismissed as manager of Cádiz|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=18 April 2016|access-date=25 September 2019}}

For 42 days at the end of 2016 and the start of the new year, Barragán managed second-division CD Mirandés, winning once and losing three of his four games in charge.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mirandes/2017/01/17/587e51b446163f1b1b8b465e.html|title=Claudio Barragán, destituido como técnico rojillo 42 días después|trans-title=Claudio Barragán, dismissed as red manager 42 days later|newspaper=Marca|first=Aitor|last=Castillo|language=es|date=17 January 2017|access-date=25 September 2019}} In October 2017, he succeeded Gustavo Siviero at Hércules one league below. He was fired the following February, with them seven points off the play-offs and having not won in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/20180211/44720012238/el-hercules-destituye-a-claudio-barragan.html|title=El Hércules destituye a Claudio Barragán|trans-title=Hércules dismiss Claudio Barragán|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=11 February 2018|access-date=25 September 2019}}

On 11 February 2020, Barragán succeeded Alberto Monteagudo at 13th-placed Recreativo de Huelva; he signed for the rest of the campaign, with the option of one more if the team qualified for the national cup.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-claudio-nuevo-entrenador-recreativo-202002112130_noticia.html|title=Claudio, nuevo entrenador del Recreativo tras el despido de Alberto Monteagudo|trans-title=Claudio, new Recreativo manager after Alberto Monteagudo's sacking|newspaper=ABC|location=Madrid|language=es|date=11 February 2020|access-date=27 April 2020}} He was dismissed on 24 January 2021 as the club eventually suffered a double relegation to the fifth tier.{{cite web|url=https://www.huelvainformacion.es/recreativo/Recreativo-destituye-Claudio-Barragan_0_1540946292.html|title=El Recreativo destituye a Claudio Barragán |trans-title=Recreativo dismiss Claudio Barragán|publisher=Huelva Información|language=es|date=24 January 2021|access-date=13 May 2021}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="8"\|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|Elche \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|13 October 2008 \|align=left\|4 October 2009 {{WDL\|44\|14\|13\|17\|for=56\|against=57\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2008-09\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2009-10\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}}
align=left\|Ponferradina \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|14 January 2011 \|align=left\|12 June 2014 {{WDL\|160\|63\|43\|54\|for=207\|against=179\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2010-11\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2011-12\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2012-13\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2013-14\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}}
align=left\|Cádiz \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|24 November 2014 \|align=left\|18 April 2016 {{WDL\|72\|38\|16\|18\|for=109\|against=58\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2014-15\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2015-16\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=25 March 2016}}
align=left\|Mirandés \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|7 December 2016 \|align=left\|17 January 2017 {{WDL\|4\|1\|0\|3\|for=2\|against=11\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2016-17\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=17 November 2017}}
align=left\|Hércules \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|17 October 2017 \|align=left\|12 February 2018 {{WDL\|16\|4\|10\|2\|for=14\|against=12\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2017-18\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=17 November 2017}}
align=left\|Recreativo \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} \|align=left\|11 February 2020 \|align=left\|Present {{WDL\|2\|1\|0\|1\|for=3\|against=2\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2019-20\|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar\|publisher=BDFutbol\|access-date=12 February 2020}}
colspan="4"\|Total {{WDLtot\|298\|121\|82\|95\|for=391\|against=319\|diff=yes}} !–

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|Nat

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="8"|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|Elche

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|13 October 2008

|align=left|4 October 2009

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2008-09|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2009-10|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}

align=left|Ponferradina

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|14 January 2011

|align=left|12 June 2014

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2010-11|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2011-12|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2012-13|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2013-14|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}

align=left|Cádiz

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|24 November 2014

|align=left|18 April 2016

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2014-15|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2015-16|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=25 March 2016}}

align=left|Mirandés

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|7 December 2016

|align=left|17 January 2017

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2016-17|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=17 November 2017}}

align=left|Hércules

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|17 October 2017

|align=left|12 February 2018

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2017-18|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=17 November 2017}}

align=left|Recreativo

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|11 February 2020

|align=left|Present

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l441.html?temp=2019-20|title=Claudio: Claudio Barragán Escobar|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=12 February 2020}}

colspan="4"|Total

!–

Honours

Deportivo

Copa del Rey: 1994–95{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1995/06/28/pagina-9/1323756/pdf.html|title=Supertítulo|trans-title=Supertitle|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Carlos E.|last=Carbajosa|language=es|date=28 June 1995|access-date=19 May 2015}}