Eusebio Sacristán
Eusebio being interviewed on Barça TV (2007)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eusebio Sacristán Mena | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | La Seca, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Real Sociedad (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| La Seca | |||
| 1979–1982 | Valladolid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1983 | Valladolid B | ||
| 1983–1987 | Valladolid | 117 | (13) |
| 1987–1988 | Atlético Madrid | 27 | (3) |
| 1988–1995 | Barcelona | 203 | (14) |
| 1995–1997 | Celta | 67 | (1) |
| 1997–2002 | Valladolid | 129 | (5) |
| Total | 543 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1987 | Spain U21 | 17 | (3) |
| 1986–1988 | Spain U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 1986–1992 | Spain | 15 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2008 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Celta | ||
| 2011–2015 | Barcelona B | ||
| 2015– | Real Sociedad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Eusebio Sacristán Mena (born 13 April 1964), known simply as Eusebio in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and the current coach of Real Sociedad.
He had a twenty-year playing career, which started and ended at Real Valladolid, and won an array of domestic and European silverware in his seven seasons at Barcelona. Internationally, he represented Spain at Euro 1988.
Eusebio began his coaching career at Barcelona, and went on to lead Celta and Barcelona B.
Born in La Seca, Province of Valladolid, Eusebio started playing professionally with hometown's Real Valladolid, being an automatic first-choice from an early age and moving to Atlético Madrid for 1987–88. After that sole season in Madrid he joined FC Barcelona, proceeding to be one of coach Johan Cruyff's most used squad members in the subsequent years – he played the entire matches at both the victorious 1989 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 European Cup Finals.
Eusebio could only manage 36 appearances in his last two seasons combined, this prompting a move to Celta de Vigo in 1995 where he posted two more solid campaigns. He retired in 2002 at the age of 38 with Valladolid, having played 543 La Liga games (the only division he competed in after being promoted to his first club's first team), second-best in the competition only behind Andoni Zubizarreta.
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