FC Goa agree terms to appoint Ángel Viadero as head coach
On November 15, 2026, Indian Super League club FC Goa agreed terms with Spanish coach Ángel Viadero to become their new head coach, Khel Now can exclusively reveal. The 57-year-old is expected to take charge ahead of the club’s next competitive fixtures.
FC Goa confirmed on November 13 that Gouramangi Singh had left the club by mutual consent with immediate effect, and assistant Shameel Chembakath has been overseeing the first team on an interim basis. Gouramangi’s spell lasted 112 days; under him Goa won two of eight matches and sit seventh in the ISL table with five points from four matches. The club made the coaching change with league fixtures approaching.
Viadero was born in Santander in January 1969 and has worked as a head coach since 2002, managing more than 570 matches, almost all in Spain’s lower divisions. He began his managerial career with Racing Santander’s B team, where he spent six seasons, and subsequently had spells at Ponferradina, Eibar, Pontevedra, Noja, Sestao River and Burgos. Those roles form the bulk of his coaching résumé prior to more recent positions.
His most notable domestic stint came at Racing Santander’s first team when he took over in July 2016, winning 44 of 73 matches before departing in February 2018. Viadero moved abroad for the first time with Moroccan side Moghreb Tétouan in the 2019-20 season, returned to Spain with UD Melilla and then joined Lleida Esportiu, where he won 25 of 52 matches. His most recent head-coach role was a second spell at Sestao River that concluded in March 2025.
Viadero has prior experience in Indian football as an assistant; he joined NorthEast United as an assistant to Juan Pedro Benali in April 2025, the first time he worked as an assistant and only his second job outside Spain. FC Goa will be his first appointment as a head coach in India, and he typically deploys his teams in a 4-2-3-1 formation. His inaugural match in charge will come against the club he previously assisted.
Goa have employed several Spanish coaches in recent years, including Sergio Lobera, Juan Ferrando, Carlos Peña and Manolo Márquez. The team will travel to Guwahati for the clash with NorthEast United, and after that fixture Goa are scheduled to host Kerala Blasters on November 29 and Mumbai City FC on December 5.
Viadero is set to assume the head-coach role before FC Goa’s away match against NorthEast United on November 21, with the subsequent home fixtures against Kerala Blasters on November 29 and Mumbai City FC on December 5 forming his initial run of games in charge.