Joaquín Caparrós

Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino (born 15 October 1955) is a Spanish football coach.

Caparrós was born in Utrera, Province of Seville, Andalusia. After an obscure career as a player, he started coaching in his mid-20s, his first club being amateurs San José Obrero CF. The first professional spell came at local Recreativo de Huelva, which he helped reach Segunda División in the second of his three years.

Caparrós was then on Villarreal CF's bench for seven games, as the Valencian Community side returned to La Liga after one year out, then led his following team, Sevilla FC, to a similar fate.

With youth products such as Carlos Marchena, José Antonio Reyes and Jesuli – Sergio Ramos soon followed – and the future signings of Júlio Baptista, Adriano, Daniel Alves and Renato, the manager set the foundations for future domestic and European success, but was replaced by Juande Ramos before any of the actual conquests.

In the 2005 summer, Caparrós moved to Deportivo de La Coruña, being fired after a poor second season. Afterwards he was appointed at Athletic Bilbao, beating former club Sevilla in the semifinals of the 2008–09 edition of the Copa del Rey (4–2 aggregate) and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League as FC Barcelona won the treble.

In the 2010–11 campaign, Caparrós led the Lions to the sixth position, once again qualifying to the Europa League. On 7 July 2011, after his contract expired – the club also underwent a chairman change after an election – he left Athletic Bilbao, being replaced by Argentine Marcelo Bielsa.

On 27 July 2011, Caparrós accepted a coaching offer from Swiss team Neuchâtel Xamax. He resigned after just five matches, following a disagreement with owner Bulat Chagaev. On 3 October, RCD Mallorca vice-president Lorenzo Serra Ferrer announced that the Balearic Islands side had reached an agreement with the manager.

On 4 February 2013, after a promising start of the season, with three home wins and two away draws in the first five rounds, Caparrós was relieved of his duties as Mallorca ranked second from bottom. His last game in charge was a 0–3 away loss against Real Sociedad.

After finishing his debut campaign with Levante UD in the tenth position, Caparrós was given a two-year contract extension on 23 May 2014. However, the following week, he left and joined fellow league club Granada CF.

On 16 January 2015, as Granada ranked last in the league table and had just been ousted from the domestic cup by Sevilla (1–6 on aggregate), Caparrós was relieved of his duties. He returned to work in early November of the following year, replacing sacked Enrique Martín at the helm of CA Osasuna but being himself dismissed on 5 January 2017 after seven losses in as many league games.

As of 3 January 2017

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Gimnástico Alcázar		1 July 1990	30 June 1992	7001880000000000000♠88	7001370000000000000♠37	7001290000000000000♠29	7001220000000000000♠22	7001420509999900000♠42.05
Conquense		1 July 1992	30 June 1993	7001440000000000000♠44	7001300000000000000♠30	7000800000000000000♠8	7000600000000000000♠6	7001681800000000000♠68.18
Manzanares		1 July 1994	30 June 1995	7001380000000000000♠38	7001150000000000000♠15	7001120000000000000♠12	7001110000000000000♠11	7001394700000000000♠39.47
Moralo		1 July 1995	30 June 1996	7001440000000000000♠44	7001260000000000000♠26	7000900000000000000♠9	7000900000000000000♠9	7001590900000000000♠59.09
Recreativo		1 July 1996	30 June 1999	7002140000000000000♠140	7001610000000000000♠61	7001440000000000000♠44	7001350000000000000♠35	7001435700000000000♠43.57
Andalusia		30 June 1998	1 July 2000	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Villarreal		1 July 1999	4 October 1999	7000700000000000000♠7	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7001285700000000000♠28.57
Sevilla		1 July 2000	3 June 2005	7002226000000000000♠226	7002102000000000000♠102	7001550000000000000♠55	7001690000000000000♠69	7001451300000000000♠45.13
Deportivo La Coruña		3 June 2005	30 June 2007	7001980000000000000♠98	7001380000000000000♠38	7001250000000000000♠25	7001350000000000000♠35	7001387800000000000♠38.78
Athletic Bilbao		1 July 2007	7 July 2011	7002187000000000000♠187	7001700000000000000♠70	7001440000000000000♠44	7001730000000000000♠73	7001374300000000000♠37.43
Neuchâtel Xamax		27 July 2011	3 September 2011	7000500000000000000♠5	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7001200000000000000♠20.00
Mallorca		3 October 2011	4 February 2013	7001640000000000000♠64	7001190000000000000♠19	7001160000000000000♠16	7001290000000000000♠29	7001296900000000000♠29.69
Levante		9 June 2013	27 May 2014	7001440000000000000♠44	7001140000000000000♠14	7001130000000000000♠13	7001170000000000000♠17	7001318200000000000♠31.82
Granada		28 May 2014	16 January 2015	7001220000000000000♠22	7000300000000000000♠3	7000900000000000000♠9	7001100000000000000♠10	7001136400000000000♠13.64
Osasuna		8 November 2016	5 January 2017	7000800000000000000♠8	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000700000000000000♠7	7001125000000000000♠12.50
Career total				7003101700000000000♠1,017	7002421000000000000♠421	7002270000000000000♠270	7002326000000000000♠326	7001414000000000000♠41.40