Pedro Braojos

Pedro Pablo Braojos de Santiago (born 8 January 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and a current manager.

Pedro Braojos
Personal information
Full name Pedro Pablo Braojos de Santiago
Date of birth (1957-01-08) 8 January 1957
Place of birth Toledo, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Atlético B
1981–1982 Lorca 20 (2)
1982–1983 Huesca 37 (9)
1983–1985 Oviedo 35 (4)
1985–1987 Granada 59 (7)
1987–1989 Linense 19 (0)
1989–1990 Villarrobledo
Teams managed
1996 Toledo (interim)
1997 Almería
1997–1998 Leganés
1999–2000 Sporting Gijón
2000–2001 Jaén
2001 Murcia
2005–2008 Linares
2008–2009 Granada
2010 Almería B
2011–2012 Cacereño
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Braojos and the second or maternal family name is De Santiago.

Club career

Braojos was born in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha. An Atlético Madrid's youth graduate, he only appeared with the B-side in Segunda División B and Segunda División; he made his debut in the latter competition on 7 September 1980, starting and scoring his side's only in a 1–1 away draw against Racing de Santander.[1]

After two years in the third level appearing for Lorca Deportiva CF and SD Huesca, Braojos joined Real Oviedo in the second division in the 1983 summer. He only appeared sparingly for the Asturians, and subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing Granada CF, Real Balompédica Linense and CP Villarrobledo; he retired with the latter in 1990, aged 33.

Managerial career

After being an interim manager at second level's CD Toledo in 1996, Braojos was appointed manager of fellow league team UD Almería in the following year, remaining in charge for 14 matches and suffering team relegation. He subsequently achieved mid-table positions in the following five campaigns, while in charge of CD Leganés, Sporting de Gijón, Real Jaén and Real Murcia.

In 2005 Braojos was named CD Linares manager. He led the club to three consecutive play-offs, but failed to achieve promotion in any of them.[2]

On 16 October 2008 Braojos was appointed at the helm of Granada CF, in the third division.[3] He left the club at the end of his contract, and remained two further years without any club.[4]

On 14 June 2011 Braojos was appointed CP Cacereño manager.[5] After finishing 7th, nine points shy of the play-offs, he left the club.

References
  1. 1–1: Regalos del Racing para el At. Madrileño (1–1: Racing's gifts to At. Madrileño); El Mundo Deportivo, 8 September 1980 (in Spanish)
  2. Burgueña y Braojos no se moverán del Puerto y Linares (Burgueña and Braojos will not move away from Puerto and Linares); El Pueblo de Ceuta, 23 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Acuerdo total con Braojos (Total agreement with Braojos); Granada Hoy, 16 October 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. Pedro Pablo Braojos, el gran olvidado por los banquillos (Pedro Pablo Braojos, the forgotten man on the bench); Ideal, 24 December 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Braojos es el elegido (Braojos is the chosen one); El Periódico de Extremadura, 14 June 2011 (in Spanish)
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