Javier Fernández Cabrera Martín Peñato (born 4 October 1984) is a Spanish professional football manager who is the current head coach of the Bangladesh national football team.[1][2]
 Cabrera as Bangladesh manager in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Fernández Cabrera Martín Peñato | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bangladesh (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sporting Goa (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Rayo Majadahonda (youth) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Deportivo Alavés (youth) | ||
| 2022– | Bangladesh | ||
| 2023– | Bangladesh U23 | ||
Cabrera is a UEFA Pro License coach with a wide range of experience in both professional and grassroots football projects.[3][4] He also has a reputation as a football analyst [5] and has experience of working as an expert analyst for Opta Sports.
Cabrera has a bachelor's degree in football as well as advertising and marketing.[6][7][8][9]
Coaching career
editCabrera worked as a technical director and as an assistant coach for Indian side Sporting Clube de Goa, from 2013 to 2015.[10] In 2016, he was appointed as the manager for Spanish club CF Rayo Majadahonda and spent a year coaching the team, before departing in 2017.[11] Moreover, he was the head coach of FC Barcelona Academy in Northern Virginia for 4 months in 2018.[12] From 2018, Cabrera acted as the Elite Academy coach of La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for 4 years.[13][14]
Bangladesh national team
editOn 8 January 2022, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced the appointment of Javier Fernández Cabrera as the new national team head coach. Cabrera signed an 11 month contract during a meeting called by the BFF on 19 January 2022, where he was officially made the head coach of the Bangladesh national team.[15][16][17][18]
Cabrera's first game incharge ended in a 0–2 defeat in a friendly, at the hand of Maldives, on 24 March 2022.[19] In June, Cabrera guided the team to three straight defeats, as Bangladesh finished bottom of their group in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round. The team conceded 8 and scored 2 goals over their qualification campaign.[20]
On 22 September 2022, Cabrera gained his first victory as Bangladesh coach, which came in his seventh match incharge, when Rakib Hossain scored the only goal as Bangladesh edged Cambodia 1–0.[21] However, the following friendly saw the team go down 1–3 to hosts Nepal.[22]
On 11 January 2023, BFF extended Cabrera's contract for one more year. The new deal meant the Spaniard would remain at the helm until December 2023.[23][24]
Bangladesh U23
editCabrera was given the duty as head coach of the Bangladesh national under-23 team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[25]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 16 November 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Bangladesh | 8 January 2022 | present | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 27.59 |
| Bangladesh U23 | 19 September 2023 | present | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
References
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- ^ "জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের নতুন কোচ স্প্যানিশ জাভিয়ের কাবরেরা". Daily Inquilab (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "১১ মাসের জন্য বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল দলের কোচ কাবরেরা". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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- ^ "Javier Cabrera made Bangladesh Football team coach". Daily Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ^ "বাংলাদেশের নতুন কোচ হ্যাভিয়ের, অভিষেক ইন্দোনেশিয়ায়". Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "জামালদের দায়িত্ব নিতে আসছেন বার্সার কোচ". Daily Jagonews24 (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের কোচ কাবরেরা". Daily Bdnews24 (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Sporting Goa's Javier Cabrera happy with the progress of SCG Academy". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ^ "বাংলাদেশের নতুন কোচ জাভিয়ের কাবরেরা". Daily Risingbd.com (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "BFF appoints Javier Cabrera as new head coach". Daily Football Bangladesh. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Javier Cabrera gets appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh". The Business Standard. January 8, 2022. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল দলের নতুন কোচ হাভিয়ের কাবরেরা". Daily Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 8 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "LIVE | বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল দলের নতুন কোচের সংবাদ সম্মেলন | BFF Press Conference | T Sports" (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-01-23 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "New head coach happy to have his assistants - Sports - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "জাতীয় দলের নতুন সহকারী কোচ হাসান আল মামুন | কালের কণ্ঠ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). March 9, 2022. Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ "Javier Cabrera inspects training activities". The Business Standard. January 21, 2022. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ "Bangladesh go down 0-2 to Maldives". Dhakatribune.com. March 25, 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Cabrera wants to 'keep believing'". The Daily Star. June 16, 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "অবশেষে 'সোনার হরিণ' হাতে পেলেন রাকিব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Nepal men avenge SAFF Women's Championship defeat". The Daily Star. September 27, 2022. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ "BFF extends Cabrera's contract for one more year". Dhakatribune.com. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Cabrera gets one-year extension". The Daily Star. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "এশিয়ান গেমস নিয়ে রোমাঞ্চিত কাবরেরা". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
External links
edit- Javier Fernández Cabrera at Soccerway.com
- Javier Fernández Cabrera at WorldFootball.net
- Javier Fernández Cabrera at National-Football-Teams.com (coach)