Real Betis reported that Andrés Guardado began his training career as a coach, being an assistant in the Under-19 category.
Real Betis He boasted on his social networks that this Tuesday Andres Guardado He began his formative career as a coach, a stage in which the ‘Little Prince’ will be a technical assistant in the Under-19 category, current monarch of the Spanish Youth Division and participating in the UEFA Youth League.
“Andrés Guardado begins his training stage as a coach by carrying out practices with our youth players!” he announced Real Betis through his youth team social media account, in which he also shared photos of the ‘Little Prince’ in his role as technical director.
According to sources consulted by ESPN, Andres Guardado He will be part of the Real Betis Under-19 coaching staff, which is led by Daniel Fragoso, a team that was proclaimed champion of the Spanish Youth Division in 2024/2025 and is the leader of the competition in the current season.
Real Betis Sub-19 leads the Spanish Youth Division after seven days that have been held in 2025/2026, after having collected 17 units, the product of five wins and two draws.
In the UEFA Youth League, Real Betis Sub-19 He is on the path to champions, in which he lost the first leg against Basel by a score of 3-2, but the key will be decided on November 5 in the second leg, in which it will be Andrés Guardado’s debut in an international competition from the bench.
Andres Guardado He hung up his boots with León after finishing his participation in the Clausura 2025, a tournament in which the Esmeraldas were eliminated by Cruz Azul in the quarterfinals, so his last game as a professional soccer player was on May 11.
Despite Andres Guardado He had proposals from teams to continue his career as a soccer player, among them from Cruz Azul, the ‘Little Prince’ decided to retire, but always expressed his desire to remain linked to soccer from the benches, a stage that began this October 28.
