Juan Garrido Canales

Juan Garrido Canales (born 22 November 1966 in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha) is a Spanish former professional football goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach of CD Eldense.

Playing career

Canales's family moved to Elda in the province of Alicante when he was a child, and he began his career in the youth teams of local side Eldense. He joined Castilla, the reserve side of giants Real Madrid, in 1983, and made his La Liga debut for the first team aged just seventeen the following year due to a players' strike. What would prove to be his only appearance for the Real first team came on 9 September, in a 1–1 draw with Sporting de Gijón at El Molinón.

Canales spent the 1985–86 season with the C team, Real Madrid Aficionados, in the Tercera División, making 33 appearances. For the next three years, he continued to play with Castilla, being first choice goalkeeper in the latter two of these. and was first choice until the end of that season. However, the arrival of Yugoslavian Željko Cicović from Rad in 1997 saw him relegated to the bench once more, In June 2013, newly appointed manager Carlo Ancelotti promoted him to the same duties with the first team, making him coach to legendary Real and Spain international keeper Iker Casillas. Since 2016, he has been the goalkeeping coach of UCAM Murcia.

Honours Real Madrid UEFA Cup: 1984–85 Copa de la Liga: 1985

Deportivo La Coruña Copa del Rey: 1994–95 Supercopa de España: 1995

Universidad Las Palmas Segunda División B: 1999–2000

Career statistics

1. Appearances in the 1991–92 La Liga relegation playoff 2. Appearances in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup 3. Appearances in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4. Appearances in the 1995 Supercopa de España