Luis Aragones (Soccer Coach) – Overview, Biography

Name:Luis Aragones
Occupation: Soccer Coach
Gender:Male
Birth Day: July 28,
1938
Death Date:Feb 1, 2014 (age 75)
Age: Aged 75
Country: Spain
Zodiac Sign:Leo

Luis Aragones

Luis Aragones was born on July 28, 1938 in Spain (75 years old). Luis Aragones is a Soccer Coach, zodiac sign: Leo. Nationality: Spain. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed. @ plays for the team .

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His last coaching job was with Fenerbahce during the 2008-09 season.

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Before Fame

He began his professional career with Getafe in 1957.

Biography

Biography Timeline

1957

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.

1964

In 1964, Aragonés was signed by Atlético Madrid where he acquired the nickname “Zapatones”, meaning “big boots”, since he was known as a free kick specialist. Aragonés picked up silverware in his first season at the club, winning the Copa del Rey (then known as the Copa del Generalísimo). He then helped Atlético to the La Liga title in 1965–66 and again in 1969–70, where he shared the Pichichi trophy for the highest scorer in the league with his fellow Atlético forward José Eulogio Gárate and Real Madrid’s Amancio. A second Copa followed in 1973 and the team achieved a third league title in 1973–74. The following year, Atlético reached the final of the European Cup played against German champions Bayern Munich. During the match, Aragonés scored a goal late in extra time to give Atlético a 1–0 lead. A 119th-minute equaliser from Georg Schwarzenbeck, however, sent the final to a replay, where Bayern prevailed with a convincing 4–0 victory. His retirement followed soon after and he was appointed Atlético coach for the first time in the same year. To date, Aragonés remains Atlético’s all-time top goalscorer and is ninth in the club’s all-time appearance list.

1965

Aragonés made his international debut for Spain on 8 May 1965 in a 0–0 friendly draw away to Scotland. The first of his three goals for Spain was in a friendly against France in Lyon, in a 3–1 win on his seventh cap on 17 October 1968. He captained the side for the sole time on his 10th of 11 caps, a 3–0 win over Northern Ireland in Seville on 11 November 1970 in qualification for UEFA Euro 1972. He scored in the match.

1974

In his first season in charge at Atlético Madrid, Aragonés led Atlético to success over two legs in the 1974 Intercontinental Cup, where the team beat Copa Libertadores winners Independiente of Argentina 2–1 on aggregate. Atlético went on to claim the Copa del Generalísimo and La Liga title in 1976 and 1977 respectively.

1981

After six years in charge of Atlético, Aragonés took over at Real Betis in 1981. His time in Andalusia, however, was brief and he returned to the Vicente Calderón in 1982. In his second spell at the club, his Atlético side came close to achieving a historic double during the 1984–85 season, winning the Copa del Rey and finishing runner-up in La Liga. The following season, the team reached the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, where it was beaten 3–0 by Dynamo Kyiv.

1987

Aragonés’ success saw him appointed as manager of Barcelona in 1987, where he spent one season, winning the Copa del Rey. He then spent a season at fellow Barcelona based club Espanyol before rejoining Atlético for a third spell, where he won the sixth Copa del Rey of his career in 1992.

1993

After leaving the club for a third time in 1993, he went on to coach Sevilla, Valencia, Real Betis, Real Oviedo and Mallorca. His biggest success during this period was coming within four points of winning the 1995–96 La Liga title with Valencia.

2001

In 2001, with the club in the Segunda División, Aragonés took over at Atlético for a fourth time and led the team to promotion back to the Primera División as champions in the 2001–02 season. He left the club for the final time in 2003 and remains its most successful manager with eight trophies won.

2004

Aragonés returned to Mallorca on 2 October of the 2003–04 season, after the dismissal of Jaime Pacheco for a poor start to the season. He steered the club to 11th by the end of the season. On 1 July 2004, he took the job of Spain national team after Iñaki Sáez resigned due to public disapproval for failing to qualify the team from the group stage at UEFA Euro 2004.

In 2004, Aragonés was appointed coach of Spain. During a training session in the same year, a Spanish TV crew filmed Aragonés making offensive comments to José Antonio Reyes about Reyes’ black Arsenal teammate Thierry Henry, saying:

Aragonés later criticised 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. These comments were criticised by Bobby Barnes, a member of the Professional Footballers’ Association’s executive and a trustee of the football anti-racism organisation Kick It Out, who suggested that Aragonés’ comments on colonialism were an attempt “…to justify his offensive and disgraceful statement”.

2008

After denying an approach in late June, Aragonés replaced Zico as manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe on 5 July 2008. He signed a two-year deal and declared his intention to win the league title in his first season. The club, however, finished in fourth, and he was dismissed on 2 June 2009 after the season had ended.

2014

Aragonés died on 1 February 2014 at 6:15am in Clínica CEMTRO hospital in Madrid, from leukemia.

At the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final, Atlético Madrid wore shirts with Aragonés’ name written in gold on the inside of the collar.

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