Luis Zubeldía
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Francisco Zubeldía | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Independiente Medellín (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Lanús | 57 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Argentina U-17 | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Argentina U-20 | 15 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Lanús | ||
| 2011–2012 | Barcelona SC | ||
| 2012–2013 | Racing Club | ||
| 2014–2015 | LDU Quito | ||
| 2015–2016 | Santos Laguna | ||
| 2017– | Independiente Medellín | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luis Francisco Zubeldía (Born on 13 January 1981) is an Argentine former football player and the current coach of Colombian club Independiente Medellín.
He was coach of Club Atlético Lanús and at the time of his appointment was notable for being the youngest in charge of a team of Argentine first division professional football. He is the brother of Gustavo Zubeldía, trainer and former football player Juan Zubeldía.
Zubeldía debuted at Club Atlético Lanús on 30 October 1998 with a draw at home by 2 goals against Independiente. He made 57 appearances, scoring 3 goals. In 2004 he retired from football at 23 years of age due to a knee osteochondritis dissecans.
He played for the U-17 and U-20 Argentina selections. It was part of the Argentine squad at the South American and World Under-17 1997 and the FIFA U-20 1999. In addition, in 2001 was part of the South American Under-20 Championship 2001. That same year, days before start of Under 20 world Cup held in Argentina, it is unaffected by injury to his left knee.
In June 2008, Zubeldia was announced as manager of Lanús, replacing Ramón Cabrero, at the age of 27, making him the youngest coach in the history of First Division Argentina. {{country data {{{1}}} | flaglink/core | variant = | size = | name = | altlink = national cricket team | altvar = cricket }} After leading the team to a fourth place in the Torneo Apertura 2008 and qualifying 2009 Copa Libertadores, Lanús ended Torneo Clausura 2009 in third place. Under his technical leadership, Lanus finished the 2008/2009 season as the best team, with a total of 75 points. So far, the best record in club history. On 15 November 2010 he split from the institution where he was born as a coach.
On 23 June 2011 he was hired to direct the Barcelona Sporting Club with a contract for 18 months, until the end of 2012. On Sunday 8 April 2012, after the tie to 1 against Liga de Quito, the president of Barcelona, Antonio Noboa, entered the dressing rooms, having a strong discussion with the young coach. After discussion, the next day Luis Zubeldía he gave a press conference announcing his irrevocable resignation to Barcelona, which stated:
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