Career
Spain
Candelas has managed four teams in Spain, which he first managed Algon for three years which his performance was bad. Iran
During his term as the head coach of Iran he performed descent, before becoming coach in March 2013 Candelas was appointed as technical director of Iran futsal team in September 2012. He was appointed as team"s head coach after Ali Sanei"s contract with team meli was terminated due to poor and disappointing results at the 2012 Fédération internationale de football association Futsal World Cup held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th.
Candelas had his debut right after the lost against Colombia at the World Cup, Iran had two friendly matches at Qom where they tied both games against Russia.
Candelas was supposed to be an interim coach but when he impressed Iranians by managing 15 undefeated streak matches, Abbas Torabian and Kafashian decided to let him stay for longer. In July 2013 he extended his contract with Iran for another year.
= 2014 AFC Futsal Championship Iran automatically qualified at the championship since they were semi-finalists in the last edition in 2012. Iran advanced to next round with 9 points, they defeated Vietnam in Quarter-Finals.
In the Semi-Final, Iran played Uzbekistan with the score of 10–0.
They eventually lost to Japan on penalties, after leading Japan 2-1 later Hamid Ahmadi scored an own goal which equalized the match. Iran finished as runner-up, having scored the more comparing to their previous edition Iran scored 52 goals and conceded 8 goals in the whole tournament.
Spain
Primera División: 5
2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2007-2008
Copa de España (LNFS): 4
2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007
Supercopa de España: 5
2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
Union of European Football Associations Futsal Cup: 2
2003-2004, 2005-2006
Intercontinental Cup: 4
2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008
European Cup Winners" Cup: 1
2007-2008
Iberian Cup: 2
2004, 2006
Iran
AFC Futsal Championship: 0
2014 Runner-Up
Grand Prix de Futsal: 0
2013 Third-Place, 2014 Third-Place
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games: 1
2013.
