Óscar Bruzón Barreras (born 29 May 1977) is a Spanish manager and former footballer who played as either a winger or a defensive midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Indian Super League club East Bengal.
 Bruzón at press conference in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Bruzón Barreras | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Vigo, Galicia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal (Head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colegio Apóstol | |||
| Areosa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1998 | Gran Peña | ||
| 1998–2001 | Celta B | 29 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | → Universidad LP (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2001–2003 | Pontevedra | 38 | (2) |
| Total | 99 | (9) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Areosa (youth) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Celta (youth) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Mumbai City (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Mallorca (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Mumbai FC | ||
| 2017–2018 | New Radiant | ||
| 2018–2024 | Bashundhara Kings | ||
| 2021 | Bangladesh (interim) | ||
| 2024– | East Bengal | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editBruzón was born in Vigo, Galicia. A Colegio Apóstol alumni, he moved to CD Areosa before joining Tercera División side Gran Peña FC. After finishing his first and only campaign as a starter, he moved to Celta de Vigo and was assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[1]
In the summer of 1999, after only representing the first-team in friendlies, Bruzón was loaned to Segunda División B side Universidad de Las Palmas CF, achieving promotion to Segunda División at the end of the campaign. He made his professional debut on 3 September 2000, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Sporting de Gijón, but injuries limited his contributions during the season to just two appearances.[2]
On 6 July 2001, Bruzón signed a two-year deal with Pontevedra CF in the third division.[3] After being an ever-present figure during his first season, he again struggled with injuries in his second, and subsequently retired in 2003.
Managerial career
editBruzon started his managerial career in 2007, with Areosa's youth setup. In 2009, he joined Celta's youth setup, while working part-time in a bank.[4]
On 4 December 2012, Bruzón replaced Ekendra Singh at the helm of Sporting Clube de Goa.[5] He won the Goa Professional League during the 2013–14 campaign,[6] while also achieving mid-table positions with the club in the I-League. On 4 December 2014, he left the club.[7]
On 15 April 2015, it was announced that Bruzón had signed with Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC as an assistant coach.[8] In October of the following year, he was named Fernando Vázquez's assistant at RCD Mallorca.[9]
On 22 March 2017, Bruzón returned to India and took over Mumbai FC.[10] On 26 June, he was named in charge of New Radiant SC in the Maldives,[11] winning the Dhivehi Premier League, the Maldives FA Cup and the President's Cup during his first season.[citation needed]
On 21 August 2018, Bruzón switched teams and countries again after being appointed manager of Bashundhara Kings. He helped his team on his first season at charge to win all the domestic tournaments and qualify to play the AFC Cup 2019.[12] Bashundhara Kings was recognised at the subcontinent as a team playing a modern, associative, sophisticated and dynamic game style.[13]
He was appointed as the interim head coach of Bangladesh national football team for 2021 SAFF Championship.[citation needed]
Club statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad LP | 1999-2000 | Segunda División B | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
| 2000-01 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 38 | 5 | |||
| Pontevedra | 2001-02 | Segunda División B | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2002-03 | Segunda División B | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 70 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 84 | 7 | |||
Honours
editManager
editSporting Clube de Goa
New Radiant
- Dhivehi Premier League: 2017
- Maldives FA Cup: 2017
- President's Cup: 2017
- Maldivian FA Charity Shield: 2018
Bashundhara Kings
- Bangladesh Premier League: 2018–19, 2021, 2021-22, 2022–23
- Federation Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
- Independence Cup: 2018
Individual
edit- Maldives Football Awards Best Men's Coach: 2016–17
- Bangladesh Football Awards Best Men's Coach: 2018–19
References
edit- ^ "Óscar Bruzón aspira a seguir en esta línea para "llegar como motos" a la liga" [Óscar Bruzón hopes to keep this line to "arrive as motorcycles" to the league] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Bruzón: "Karpin y Mostovoi eran muy exigentes con los canteranos"" [Bruzón: "Karpin and Mostovoi were too demanding with the youth prospects"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "El Pontevedra presenta a Ordóñez y ficha a Óscar Bruzón y Tonino" [Pontevedra present Ordóñez and sign Óscar Bruzón and Tonino] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Bruzón: de 'aventurero' a entrenador en la India" [Bruzón: from 'explorer' to manager in India] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Spanish coach for Sporting Clube de Goa". Times of India. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa Champions of Airtel Goa Professional League 2013/14". sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com. Sporting Clube de Goa. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Sporting Clube, Oscar part ways". Times of India. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Oscar Bruzon appointed as Assistant Coach for Mumbai City FC". Indian Super League. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "El excéltico Óscar Bruzón, segundo de Vázquez en el Mallorca" [Former céltico Óscar Bruzón, second of Vázquez at Mallorca] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Mumbai FC appoint Oscar Bruzon as head coach". ESPN. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Former Mumbai FC gaffer Oscar Bruzon joins Maldivian side New Radiant SC". Goal.com. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "New Radiant Coach Oscar Bruzon Barreras signs for Bashundhara Kings". Boalha.mv. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Bruzon:We played different football". BFF. December 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Óscar Bruzón at BDFutbol. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
External links
edit- Óscar Bruzón at BDFutbol
- Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)