Luis Aragonés Sports manager

José Luis Aragonés Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈlwis aɾaɣoˈnes ˈswaɾeθ]; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He coached the Spanish national team that won UEFA Euro 2008.Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético de Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the successful Atlético team of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The team were national champions four times, reached the 1974 European Cup Final and won the Intercontinental Cup. Between 1964 and 1974, he played 265 Primera Liga games for Atlético and scored 123 goals. He also played for several other clubs, including Real Madrid, and played 11 times for Spain, scoring three goals. Apart from Atlético he also coached seven other La Liga clubs as well as the Spanish national football team whom he led to their second European Championship title in 2008. He became the head coach of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe after the tournament, the sole time that he coached outside of his native Spain. He died on 1 February 2014 aged 75.

Personal facts

Luis Aragonés
Birth dateJuly 28, 1938
Birth place
Spain , Madrid , Hortaleza
Date of deathFebruary 01, 2014
Place of death
Spain , Madrid , Fuencarral-El Pardo

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Football manager

club
Real Betis
Valencia CF
Atlético Madrid
FC Barcelona
Sevilla FC
RCD Espanyol
position
Forward (association football)
Midfielder
teams
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Betis
Real Madrid Castilla
Getafe Deportivo
Atlético Madrid
Real Oviedo
Recreativo de Huelva
Hércules CF
Spain national football team
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Luis Aragonés on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j5650.html
  2. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l5650.html
  3. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/j5650.html?equip=Espa%C3%B1a