Luis de la Fuente has been chosen to replace Luis Enrique. The coach from La Rioja (Haro, 1961) knows the vast majority of the Spanish internationals, whom he has not only directed in the lower categories, but also whom he has managed to take to the final phases of the championships and, in some cases, to the Titles. The new coach will make his debut in March in the qualifying phase for Euro 2024 in Germany and will lead his first two games against norway and scotland. His appointment will be ratified on Monday by the RFEF Board of Directors and he will sign until 2024.
In 2015, he was proclaimed European champion with the under-19 team. In 2018, he was a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games with the under-18 team. Subsequently, in July 2018 he was named U-21 coach and a year later, in 2019, he was proclaimed European champion in Italy, winning the fifth win for Spain after beating Germany in the final (2-1). The coach is also an Olympic silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. paul love It will be his second in this new adventure.
Luis Enrique’s goodbye
Just two days after the elimination in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 against Morocco, the RFEF has made the decision to replace Luis Enrique at the head of the national team and appoint Luis de la Fuente as the new coach. The cycle of ‘Lucho’ at the helm of La Roja has come to an end. “The sports management of the RFEF has transferred to the president a report in which it is determined that a new project for the Spanish Soccer Team should start,” states the official statement of the RFEF.
The statement adds that “both the president, Luis Rubiales, and the sports director, José Francisco Molina, have transmitted the decision adopted to the coach”, and wishes him luck in the future: “The RFEF energetically wishes Luis Enrique and his team the best of luck in their future professional projects.”concludes the statement.
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