Antonio Calderón Burgos (born 2 June 1967) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is a current manager.

Over eight seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 213 games and 18 goals, for Cádiz, Mallorca and Rayo Vallecano.Magia cadista en Vallecas (Cadista magic in Vallecas) ; Rayo Herald, 22 February 2012 (in Spanish) He added 201 appearances in the Segunda División, in a career that lasted 18 years and ended in Scotland.

Calderón started a managerial career in the 2000s, working in both countries and with several teams.

Playing career Born in Cádiz, Andalusia, Calderón made his senior and La Liga debut with hometown's Cádiz CF, in the 1986–87 season. In 1989, he signed with RCD Mallorca also in the top division, spending two years there.

Calderón then joined Madrid's Rayo Vallecano, helping the team promote from the Segunda División in his debut campaign with a career-best nine goals in 36 games; during his spell with the club, he would experience one relegation and another promotion. He finished his career in Spain with UE Lleida of the second division, eventually amassing totals of 416 matches and 49 goals across the two major tiers of Spanish football.

Aged 33, Calderón moved abroad, playing half a season with Airdrieonians and one and a half with Kilmarnock,Killie swoop for Spanish duo; BBC Sport, 28 March 2001 his debut for the latter being a start against Dunfermline Athletic (2–1 home win)Gus too much for Dunfermline; BBC Sport, 7 April 2001 and his first and only goal occurring in a 3–1 away loss to Rangers. In 2002 he stayed in Scotland, retiring at Raith Rovers where he acted as player-coach.Rovers go for Calderon; BBC Sport, 3 June 2002

Coaching career Calderón continued his coaching career in his country, first briefly managing first professional club Cádiz as it was not finally able to prevent division-two relegation.Calderón, destituido tras perder el derbi en Chapín (Calderón, dismissed after Chapín derby loss); Mundo Deportivo, 7 April 2008 (in Spanish) He then signed with SD Huesca,Antonio Calderón, nuevo entrenador de la S.D. Huesca (Antonio Calderón, new S.D. Huesca manager) ; Radio Huesca (in Spanish) recently promoted to precisely that league. With him in charge for the full campaign, they finished in a comfortable 11th position.

In 2009–10, Calderón repeated the feat; 13th place, although only two points clear of the relegation zone. In July 2010 he moved to another side in the second tier, Albacete Balompié.Antonio Calderón, nuevo entrenador del Albacete (Antonio Calderón, new Albacete manager); Diario AS, 1 July 2010 (in Spanish) In February of the following year, with the Castilla–La Mancha team ranking 19th out of 22, eventually suffering relegation, he was fired.El Albacete destituye a Antonio Calderón y ficha como entrenador a David Vidal (Albacete dismiss Antonio Calderón and sign David Vidal as coach); Marca, 13 February 2011 (in Spanish)

In July 2011, Calderón signed for CD Tenerife in the third division. On 22 January of the following year, following a 2–3 home defeat against Sporting de Gijón B, he was relieved of his duties,Antonio Calderón, destituido como entrenador del Tenerife (Antonio Calderón, dismissed as Tenerife coach); Marca, 22 January 2012 (in Spanish) as the Canarians were ultimately not promoted.

For 2012–13, Calderón returned to Huesca which was still in the second tier.Antonio Calderón regresa al banquillo del Huesca (Antonio Calderón returns to Huesca bench); El Periódico de Aragón, 8 August 2012 (in Spanish) He was sacked after a 4–0 loss at UD Las Palmas in December,El Huesca cesa a Antonio Calderón por los malos resultados (Huesca fire Antonio Calderón due to poor results); El Periódico de Aragón, 11 December 2012 (in Spanish) and the club eventually dropped down to the third division after a five-year stay.

Calderón succeeded Raül Agné at third-tier Cádiz CF in March 2014. After taking them to the playoffs (eliminated by CE L'Hospitalet) his contract was renewed for another year in June. However, he was dismissed as soon as November for a poor run of results.

In October 2016, Calderón was appointed at CF Fuenlabrada of the third league after Josip Višnjić was fired. He again took the team from the Madrid outskirts to the post-season – 2–0 aggregate quarter-final loss to CF Villanovense – and was sacked in January 2018 after a ten-game winless run, despite still being in third place.

Calderon moved to Egyptian Premier League newcomers Nogoom FC in August 2018. He left Giza for personal reasons in September, and in October he was back in his country's third division with Salamanca CF UDS. A day after saving the side from the drop with a 12th-place finish, he resigned in May 2019.

On 16 December 2019, Calderón joined Real Balompédica Linense also in the third tier. He left on a mutual agreement in May 2021, after qualifying them for Primera División RFEF.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordRaith Rovers3 June 200215 June 2004Cádiz B21 March 200510 October 2007Cádiz10 October 20076 April 2008Huesca27 June 20081 July 2010Albacete1 July 201013 February 2011Tenerife8 July 201122 January 2012 Huesca8 August 201211 December 2012Cádiz19 March 201424 November 2014Fuenlabrada25 October 20168 April 2018Nogoom 3 August 201814 September 2018Salamanca7 October 201820 May 2019Linense17 December 201917 May 2021Salamanca7 July 202115 February 2022Deinze (caretaker)30 September 202224 October 2022Juventud Torremolinos16 March 20236 April 2026Total—

Honours Airdrieonians Scottish Challenge Cup: 2000–01

Raith Rovers Scottish Football League Second Division: 2002–03 Fife Cup: 2003–04

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