Gerard Zaragoza

Gerard Zaragoza Mulet (born 20 February 1982) is a Spanish professional football manager.

Career Born in Sant Jaume d'Enveja, Tarragona, Catalonia, Zaragoza played youth football for Dertusa, Cambrils and Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a youth, but retired due to an injury. He started his career at the Escola de Veterans de Cambrils, and subsequently went on to work with the Catalonia national team, taking over the under-14 and under-16s while also working as a scout for the Qatari branch of the Aspire Academy.

In 2010, Zaragoza moved to the Senegal branch of the Aspire, being manager of the under-16s. In 2011, he returned to his home country, being named in charge of Espanyol's Cadete squad. leaving the club the following January.

On 20 March 2014, Zaragoza returned to his home country and was appointed manager of Amposta in the Primera Catalana. In July, he was named Michael Laudrup's assistant at Lekhwiya, but returned to Locomotive in October 2015.

Zaragoza left the Georgian side in October 2016, and immediately rejoined Laudrup's staff at Al-Rayyan. In 2018–19, he acted as Carles Cuadrat's assistant coach at Indian Super League side Bengalaru, ending the season as champions.

In November 2019, Zaragoza returned to the United Arab Emirates after being appointed as manager of Shabab Al-Ahli's under-21s. The following 8 March, he was named first team manager until the end of the campaign, after the sacking of Rodolfo Arruabarrena.

Zaragoza made his debut as manager of Shabab Al-Ahli on 13 March 2020, in a 5–2 away defeat of Ajman Club. At the end of the year, Zaragoza left the club after a poor start of the season, despite only losing once.

On 14 December 2023, it was officially announced by the Indian Super League club Bengaluru that they had appointed Zaragoza as their new head coach. On 14 November 2025, the club announced his departure under mutual terms.

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