Luis Aragones
Aragonés in July 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Aragonés Suárez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Hortaleza, Madrid, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 2014 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain | ||
| Playing position |
Midfielder Forward |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1958 | Getafe | ||
| 1958–1960 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | → Recreativo Huelva (loan) | ||
| 1959–1960 | → Hércules (loan) | 24 | (17) |
| 1960 | → Plus Ultra (loan) | 8 | (11) |
| 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. |
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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 Spain national team to victory at UEFA Euro 2008.
Aragonés 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 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 Spain national team, whom he led to their second European Championship title in 2008. He then 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.
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 and playing for AD Plus Ultra, the Real Madrid reserve team. In 1960, he joined Real Oviedo and made his debut in the Primera División. Between 1961 and 1964, he played for Real Betis, making 86 league appearances and scoring 33 goals.
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