Juan Ramón López Caro

Juan Ramón López Caro ( born March 23, 1963 in Seville ) is a Spanish football coach.

López Caro had since the 2000 /01 season coach of the reserve team of Real Madrid, which he led in the 2004/05 season in the Segunda División. Previously, he had been training since 1992 unterklassige teams, before his move to Madrid last reserve of RCD Mallorca. After the dismissal of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, coach of the first team of Real Madrid, in December 2005, he became his successor and initially received a contract until the end of the 2005/2006 season, which was then not also be extended, which Caro after this season was replaced by Fabio Capello in Madrid. From the beginning of the 2006/07 season he coached the Spanish side Levante UD, where he was on leave in January 2007. In October 2007, he finally took over as coach at Celta Vigo, was dismissed after the team became more and more distant from the ski places but also there in early March 2008 after only half a year. From summer 2008 to 2010, he coached the Spanish U- 21 team. He became a coach at FC Vaslui, where he was suspended on 8 October 2010 and replaced by Viorel Hizo On June 14, 2010. After 2012, he took over the post of Technical Director of Saudi Arabia, he was appointed to succeed Frank Rijkaard as coach of the Saudi Arabian national football team in January 2013.