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Watford staff profiles
Pen pics of Watford's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
FOOTBALL EXECUTIVES
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Scott Duxbury
Nationality: English
Qualified as a lawyer and worked in that capacity for West Ham before becoming their chief executive. His time at Upton Park was controversial though, with the club fined £30m because of the Carlos Tevez affair, and he left in 2010 when David Gold and David Sullivan took over. Has been at Watford since 2012, when the Pozzo family took over, and is a key figure on both the football and business sides of the club.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Filippo Giraldi
Nationality: Italian
Watched the Hornets for the Pozzo family prior to their takeover in 2012. Promoted from chief scout to current role in 2016.
SPORTING DIRECTOR
Cristiano Giaretta
Nationality: Italian
Appointed in August 2020. Knows the Pozzos well from his time as Sporting Director at Udinese. Was credited with discovering a young Bruno Fernandes when he was at Novara in Serie B in 2012.
ANALYSIS & SCOUTING
Miguel Rios
Nationality: English
Joined from Opta Pro, where he was Head of Football, in August 2020. Highly experienced, having held senior recruitment roles with Fulham, Wolves and Brentford.
COACHING
HEAD COACH
Xisco Muñoz
Nationality: Spanish
Appointed in December 2020, having been manager of Dinamo Tbilisi and led them to a second successive Georgian league title. Also has coaching experience at Spanish clubs Gimnàstic and Pobla Mafumet.
ASSISTANT
Roberto Cuesta
Nationality: Spanish
Arrived with Muñoz in December 2020, having also worked alongside him at Dinamo Tbilisi.
GOALKEEPER COACH
Antonello Brambilla
Nationality: Italian
Joined Watford from Cagliari in September 2020, when Vladimir Ivic was manager. Became first-team goalkeeper coach, replacing Christos Kelpekis, when Muñoz was appointed.
SCIENCE & MEDICAL
HEAD OF MEDICAL
Dr Ian Hamilton
Nationality: English
Promoted to this new role in 2016.
SPORTS SCIENTIST
Lee Stafford
Nationality: English
Joined the club as an intern in October 2015. Went full time with the U21s in July 2016 and promoted to the first team in July 2018.
S&C COACH
Jorge Abella
Nationality: Spanish
Also arrived with Muñoz in December 2020, having worked with him at Dinamo Tbilisi.
PHYSIO
Pete Webb
Nationality: English
Recruited from Leyton Orient, where he was Head Physio, in March 2017.
PHYSIO
Daniel Simm
Nationality: English
Was U23 physio for a year before becoming Head of Medical at Peterborough in June 2018. That role only lasted five months, before Simm returned to Watford as first-team physio in October 2018.
ANALYSTS
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
James Best
Nationality: English
Joined as an intern in July 2014. Full-time since August 2016.
ANALYST
Josh Thompson
Nationality: English
Promoted from Academy to first team in November 2020. Responsible For opposition set play analysis and pre and post-match analysis.
