Jesús Candelas Rodrigo (born 7 October 1957) is a Spanish professional futsal coach.

Jesús Candelas
Personal information
Full name Jesús Candelas Rodrigo
Date of birth (1957-10-07) 7 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Head Coach
Managerial career
Years Team
1987–1989 Marsanz Torrejón
1989–1992 Algón
1992–1996 Mejorada
1996–1998 Caja Segovia
1998–2008 Interviu Boomerang
2013–2015 Iran
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 04 March 2014 (UTC)

Career

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Spain

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Candelas has managed four teams in Spain, which he first managed Algon for three years which his performance was bad. In 1996 when he managed Caja Segovia he led 2 championship titles and runners-up for Genk Tournament, after when he left Caja, he was appointed as Boomerang manager which he was successful leading them in a total of 3 championships and LFNS division runner-up and super cup winner in 2001.

Iran

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During his term as the head coach of Iran he performed descent, before becoming coach in March 2013 Candelas was appointed as technical director of Iran futsal team in September 2012. He was appointed as team's head coach after Ali Sanei's contract with team meli was terminated due to poor and disappointing results at the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th. Candelas had his debut right after the lost against Colombia at the World Cup, Iran had two friendly matches at Qom where they tied both games against Russia. Candelas was supposed to be an interim coach but when he impressed Iranians by managing 15 undefeated streak matches, Abbas Torabian and Kafashian decided to let him stay for longer. In July 2013 he extended his contract with Iran for another year.[1] One big achievement he did for Iran was being undefeated for many matches in a row, making Iran champions at 2013 Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, two bronze at Grand Prix de Futsal.

2014 AFC Futsal Championship

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Iran automatically qualified at the championship since they were semi-finalists in the last edition in 2012. Jesús team faced Indonesia in the first match and they won 5–1, They also defeated China with a score of 12-0, and Australia 8–1. Iran advanced to next round with 9 points, they defeated Vietnam in Quarter-Finals. In the Semi-Final, Iran played Uzbekistan with the score of 10–0. They eventually lost to Japan on penalties, after leading Japan 2-1 later Hamid Ahmadi scored an own goal which equalized the match. Iran finished as runner-up, having scored the more comparing to their previous edition. Iran scored 52 goals and conceded 8 goals in the whole tournament.

Honours

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  Spain

  Iran

Managerial statistics

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As of 11 February 2015.
Team From To
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
Mejorada FS   September 1992 April 1996 92 32 17 43 034.78 310 356 -46
Inter Movistar   September 1998 April 2008 313 198 61 54 063.26 1430 811 +619
Iran   January 2013 March 2015 42 32 7 3 076.19 239 80 +159

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Jesus Candelas extends contract with Iran's futsal team - Tehran Times". Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
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