Place of birth Beja, Portugal Name Pedro Caixinha Playing position Role Football manager | 1984–1985 Zona Azul Height 1.78 m 1985–1986 Desportivo Beja Position Goalkeeper | |
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Full name Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha Date of birth (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 45) Team coached Santos Laguna (Manager, since 2013) Similar People Gustavo Matosas, Agustin Marchesin, Ricardo Ferretti, Djaniny, Oswaldo Sanchez | ||
Entrevista a pedro caixinha
Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha (born 15 November 1970) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of Scottish club Rangers.
Contents
- Entrevista a pedro caixinha
- Mensaje de pedro caixinha en la sala de prensa del club santos laguna
- Football career
- Club
- Managerial statistics
- References
He started coaching in his late twenties, acting an assistant with Sporting, Al-Hilal, Panathinaikos, Rapid București and the Saudi Arabia national team. In 2010 he became a full-time manager, going on to work with a host of clubs in several countries.
Mensaje de pedro caixinha en la sala de prensa del club santos laguna
Football career
After an unassuming career as a player, Beja-born Caixinha started managing at the age of 28, his first appointment being with his last club, hometown's C.D. Beja, where he was in charge of his youth sides for four years. In 2003, he moved to the seniors with amateurs Clube de Futebol Vasco da Gama in neighbouring Vidigueira.
After that sole season, Caixinha started a professional relationship with José Peseiro that would last until the end of the decade, with the former acting as assistant to the latter in several clubs – mainly Sporting Clube de Portugal – and the Saudi Arabia national team. In the 2010–11 season he returned to head coaching duties and made his Primeira Liga debut, leading U.D. Leiria to the tenth position.
Caixinha resigned after only three games into the following campaign, amidst rumours of several months due in wages to both him and the players. He quickly signed for fellow league team C.D. Nacional, helping the Madeirans rank seventh after winning ten of his 21 games in charge.
On 11 October 2012, Caixinha resigned as manager of Nacional after only picking up five points from six league games, which left the club placed second from the bottom in the league. Late into the month, he accepted an offer from Mexico's Santos Laguna.
In his first national tournament, Caixinha qualified the team for the Clausura Liguilla in the Liga MX, and also reached the final of the region's most important club competition, the CONCACAF Champions League. He left on 15 August 2015, after winning three major titles.
On 11 March 2017, Caixinha joined Scottish Premiership club Rangers on a three-year deal, becoming its 17th permanent manager in the process. Caretaker Graeme Murty took control of an Old Firm game played the following day, with Caixinha starting his work on 13 March. His debut came five days later, in a 4–0 home win against Hamilton Academical.
On 29 April 2017, Caixinha oversaw a record home defeat for the club against Celtic, by a 1–5 scoreline. On 17 May they lost to Aberdeen at Ibrox for the first time in 26 years, eventually finishing in third place 39 points behind champions Celtic.
To kickstart the 2017–18 season, Caixinha oversaw Rangers in the club's first European campaign since 2012, as they entered the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and faced Luxembourg's FC Progrès Niederkorn, winning 1–0 at home but losing 0–2 away against a team that had previously never won a match, and scored only one goal, in European competition.