Spanish coach Javier Calleja has taken over at Al-Riyadh bringing his La Liga experience specially with Villarreal to the Saudi club. This move shows how the Saudi Pro League is getting more and more attractive for international talent.
- Javier Calleja has been named as the new head coach of Al-Riyadh
- His time with Villarreal in La Liga should help the Saudi club a lot
- The Saudi Pro League keeps bringing in big names from around the world
Javier Calleja’s New Role at Al-Riyadh
In what’s a pretty big deal for the Saudi Professional League Al-Riyadh has got Spanish coach Javier Calleja as their head coach. He’s known for being real good with strategy and used to be in charge at Villarreal where he showed what he could do in one of Europe’s best leagues. His knowledge of tactics should really help Al-Riyadh do better in the league and get more noticed.
🚨 OFFICIAL — Al-Riyadh appoint Spanish coach Javier Calleja as their new head coach! 🇪🇸
— All About SPL 🔔 🇸🇦 (@Saudifutbol)
July 05, 2025
The Saudi Pro League’s Rising Profile
Getting Calleja is part of how the Saudi Pro League is changing a lot. Teams like Al-Hilal are trying to get really famous managers and people are saying they want Carlo Ancelotti. Al-Qadsiah is doing better cause they got international players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and they’re really giving Al-Nassr a run for their money in the league. All these international players coming in is making the league better and getting it noticed more around the world.
Calleja’s Strategic Vision for Al-Riyadh
Javier Calleja did real good in La Liga especially with Villarreal, and he knows how to get teams playing good and help players get better. At Al-Riyadh he’ll probably use everything he learned in Europe and could really change how the team plays and what they can do. Since everyone’s watching the Saudi Pro League now a lot of people will be interested in seeing if Calleja can use what he learned in Europe to do good in Middle East football which is pretty different but really exciting right now.
