Luis Aragonés

Personal information
Full name	José Luis Aragonés Suárez
Date of birth	(1938-07-28) 28 July 1938 (age 73)
Place of birth	Hortaleza, Madrid, Spain
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1957–1958	Getafe
1958–1960	Real Madrid
1958–1959	→ Recreativo Huelva (loan)
1959–1960	→ Hércules (loan)
1960	→ Úbeda (loan)
1960	→ AD Plus Ultra (loan)
1960–1961	Oviedo	13	(4)
1961–1964	Betis	86	(33)
1964–1974	Atlético Madrid	265	(123)
National team
1964–1972	Spain	11	(3)
Teams managed
1974–1980	Atlético Madrid
1981	Betis
1982–1987	Atlético Madrid
1987–1988	Barcelona
1990–1991	Espanyol
1991–1993	Atlético Madrid
1993–1995	Sevilla
1995–1997	Valencia
1997–1998	Betis
1999–2000	Oviedo
2000–2001	Mallorca
2001–2003	Atlético Madrid
2003–2004	Mallorca
2004–2008	Spain
2008–2009	Fenerbahçe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

José Luis Aragonés Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈlwis aɾaɣoˈnes ˈswaɾeθ]; born July 28, 1938), usually referred to as Luis Aragonés and sometimes simply as Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and national coach.

Aragonés has spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the successful Atlético team of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The team won La Liga four times, reached the final of the European Cup and won the Intercontinental Cup. Between 1964 and 1974 he played 265 La Liga games for Atlético and scored 123 goals. Aragonés has coached the club on four separate occasions. He has also played with several other clubs, most notably Real Betis, and played 11 times for Spain, scoring three goals. Apart from Atlético he has 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 football team Fenerbahçe after Euro 2008, and this is the first time that Aragonés has coached outside of his native Spain.

Playing career[link]

Early career[link]

Aragonés began his playing career with CD Getafe in 1957 and that was also where he picked up his nickname "the elf". In 1958 he signed for Real Madrid but never made it into the senior team. He spent most of his time at Real Madrid on loan to other clubs, including Recreativo de Huelva and Hércules CF and Úbeda CF and playing for AD Plus Ultra, the Real Madrid reserve team. In 1960 he joined Real Oviedo and made his debut in the Primera Division. Between 1961 and 1964 he played for Real Betis, making 86 league appearances and scoring 33 goals. He was part of the team champion of Euro 1964, being reserve in the quarterfinals against Ireland.

Atlético de Madrid[link]

While at Atlético, Aragonés acquired the nickname Zapatones, meaning big boots and he was known as a free kick specialist. He was a regular goalscorer and in 1970 he shared the Pichichi with his fellow Atlético forward José Eulogio Gárate and Amancio. In 1974 he scored in the 1–1 draw with Bayern Munich as Atlético held the German team in the European Cup final before losing 4–0 in the replay. After retiring as a player Aragonés was appointed Atlético coach for the first time in 1974. He soon earned himself a new nickname, El Sabio de Hortaleza (The Wise Man from Hortaleza). But after Aragones started going to the gym he changed it to the "Ogre" because of his appearance and maximum trained muscles.

Managerial career[link]

Spanish national football team[link]

At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Spain won all three group games before facing France in the Second Round. After taking the lead through David Villa, they lost 3–1 following goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane. At Euro 2008, Spain also won all three group games, beat 2006 World Cup champion Italy on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals, beat Russia 3–0 in the semifinal, and in the final defeated Germany 1–0 through a Fernando Torres goal, giving Aragonés his first trophy as Spain's manager, and the first for the country in 44 years.

Aragonés, apparently a superstitious person, made known his dislike for Spain's away kit which they had to wear during the crucial semifinal match against Russia. He insisted that the jerseys were "mustard" and not "yellow".

Thierry Henry incident[link]

In 2004 Aragonés was appointed coach of Spain. During a training session in the same year, a Spanish TV crew filmed Aragonés trying to 'motivate' José Antonio Reyes by making offensive references about Reyes' Arsenal black team-mate, Thierry Henry, saying:

The incident caused uproar in the British media with calls for Aragonés to be sacked.^{[citation needed]} After an investigation into the events during the match, UEFA fined the RFEF 100,000 Swiss francs/87,000 USD (one day's wages) and warned that any future incidents would be punished more severely. UEFA noted that possible punishments could include suspension from major international tournaments or the closure of Spain's home international matches to supporters.

In response to this, Aragones has said in public that he is not a racist, and claimed that he had black friends. Brazilian-born black midfielder Marcos Senna stated:

He later took a swipe at England's colonial past in the build up to a match between the two national teams in November 2004 which was also overshadowed by racist abuse aimed at non-white English players. Palpably, the absence of strict measures against any of the aforementioned incidents contributed to the fury of English media and the football players alike and further dented Aragones's image in England.^[3]

Statistics[link]

Manager[link]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Atlético Madrid		1974	1980	&10000000000000207000000207	&1000000000000009000000090	&1000000000000005500000055	&1000000000000006200000062	&1000000000000004347999943.48
Real Betis		1981	1982	&1000000000000003400000034	&1000000000000001500000015	&100000000000000060000006	&1000000000000001300000013	&1000000000000004411999944.12
Atlético Madrid		1982	1987	&10000000000000173000000173	&1000000000000008600000086	&1000000000000004200000042	&1000000000000004500000045	&1000000000000004971000049.71
Barcelona		1987	1988	&1000000000000003900000039	&1000000000000001600000016	&100000000000000090000009	&1000000000000001400000014	&1000000000000004103000041.03
Espanyol		1990	1991	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001200000012	&1000000000000001000000010	&1000000000000001600000016	&1000000000000003157999931.58
Atlético Madrid		1991	1993	&1000000000000007700000077	&1000000000000004100000041	&1000000000000001600000016	&1000000000000002000000020	&1000000000000005325000053.25
Sevilla		1993	1995	&1000000000000007600000076	&1000000000000003100000031	&1000000000000002300000023	&1000000000000002200000022	&1000000000000004078999940.79
Valencia		1995	1997	&1000000000000008400000084	&1000000000000004100000041	&1000000000000001600000016	&1000000000000002700000027	&1000000000000004881000048.81
Real Betis		1997	1998	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001700000017	&100000000000000080000008	&1000000000000001300000013	&1000000000000004474000044.74
Real Oviedo		1999	2000	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001100000011	&1000000000000001200000012	&1000000000000001500000015	&1000000000000002894999928.95
Mallorca		2000	2001	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000002000000020	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000000070000007	&1000000000000005263000052.63
Atlético Madrid		2001	2003	&1000000000000008000000080	&1000000000000003500000035	&1000000000000002100000021	&1000000000000002400000024	&1000000000000004375000043.75
Mallorca		2003	2004	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001500000015	&100000000000000060000006	&1000000000000001700000017	&1000000000000003946999939.47
Spain		2004	2008	&1000000000000005400000054	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001200000012	&100000000000000040000004	&1000000000000007037000070.37
Fenerbahçe		2008	2009	&1000000000000003400000034	&1000000000000001800000018	&100000000000000070000007	&100000000000000090000009	&1000000000000005293999952.94
Total				&100000000000010480000001,048	&10000000000000486000000486	&10000000000000254000000254	&10000000000000308000000308	&1000000000000004636999946.37

Honours[link]

Club[link]

• Atlético Madrid
  • La Liga: 1966, 1970, 1973
  • Copa del Generalísimo: 1965, 1972

Manager[link]

• Atlético Madrid
  • La Liga: 1977
  • Copa del Rey: 1976, 1985, 1992
  • Intercontinental Cup: 1974
  • Supercopa de España: 1985
  • Segunda División: 2002
  • Iberian Cup: 1991
• Barcelona
  • Copa del Rey: 1988

• Spain
  • UEFA European Football Championship: 2008

Individual[link]

• Pichichi Trophy: 1969–70
• Don Balón Award for Best coach in La Liga : 1977

See also[link]

• Tiki-taka

References[link]

Source: http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/450301.asp

External links[link]

• Luis quédate!
• La Liga Player stats
• La Liga Manager stats
• Spain manager stats
• Spain player stats

Spain squads v t e Spain squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Casillas 2 Salgado 3 Pernía 4 Marchena 5 Puyol 6 Albelda 7 Raúl (c) 8 Xavi 9 F. Torres 10 Reyes 11 Luis García 12 A. López 13 Iniesta 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 Senna 17 Joaquín 18 Fàbregas 19 Cañizares 20 Juanito 21 Villa 22 Ibáñez 23 Reina Coach: Aragonés v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Winners (2nd Title) 1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Navarro 4 Marchena 5 Puyol 6 Iniesta 7 Villa 8 Xavi 9 F. Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Capdevila 12 Cazorla 13 Palop 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 García 17 Güiza 18 Arbeloa 19 Senna 20 Juanito 21 Silva 22 De la Red 23 Reina Coach: Aragonés