Carles Cuadrat

Carles Cuadrat
Cuadrat with Bengaluru in 2018
Personal information
Full name Carles Cuadrat Xiqués
Date of birth (1968-10-28) 28 October 1968
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Philippines (assistant)
Youth career
1978–1988 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Barcelona C 11 (0)
1988–1989 Barcelona B 0 (0)
1989–1996 Gavà 187 (33)
1990–1997 Sabadell 32 (1)
1997–1998 Gavà 1 (0)
Total 231 (34)
International career
1985–1988 Spain U18 14 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 El Salvador (assistant)
2016–2017 Bengaluru (assistant)
2018–2021 Bengaluru
2021–2022 Aris Limassol (assistant)
2023 Midtjylland (assistant)
2023–2024 East Bengal
2025– Philippines (assistant)
2025– Philippines (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carles Cuadrat Xiqués (born 28 October 1968) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the interim head coach of the Philippines national team.

Cuadrat was a defender, who played as a left-back and spent most of his career with Spanish club CF Gavà. He also played for FC Barcelona reserves as well as the Spanish national youth teams.

After retiring as a player, Cuadrat started working as a conditioning coach with various Barcelona teams from 1998 to 2005. He also played the same role in Galatasaray and Saudi Arabia national team from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, he joined El Salvador national team as an assistant coach. In 2016, Cuadrat joined Indian club Bengaluru as an assistant coach to Albert Roca and later appointed as the head coach in 2018. He won the Indian Super League with the club.

After assistant coaching spells at Aris Limassol and Midtjylland, Cuadrat joined East Bengal in 2023, where he won the 2024 Super Cup. However, following a poor start to the 24-25 ISL season, Cuadrat resigned as head coach.