Luis Aragonés

Luis Aragonés
Aragonés in 2011
Personal information
Full name José Luis Aragonés Suárez Martínez
Date of birth (1938-07-28)28 July 1938
Place of birth Hortaleza, Madrid, Spain
Date of death 1 February 2014(2014-02-01) (aged 75)
Place of death Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Getafe Deportivo
1958–1960 Real Madrid 0 (0)
1958–1959Recreativo Huelva (loan)
1959–1960Hércules (loan) 24 (17)
1960Úbeda (loan)
1960 Plus Ultra 8 (11)
1960–1961 Oviedo 13 (4)
1961–1964 Betis 82 (33)
1964–1974 Atlético Madrid 265 (123)
Total 392 (188)
International career
1964–1972 Spain 11 (3)
Managerial career
1974–1978 Atlético Madrid
1978 Atlético Madrid
1979–1980 Atlético Madrid
1981 Betis
1982–1986 Atlético Madrid
1987 Atlético Madrid
1987–1988 Barcelona
1990–1991 Espanyol
1991–1993 Atlético Madrid
1993–1995 Sevilla
1995–1996 Valencia
1997–1998 Betis
1999–2000 Oviedo
2000–2001 Mallorca
2001–2003 Atlético Madrid
2003–2004 Mallorca
2004–2008 Spain
2008–2009 Fenerbahçe
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
Winner2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Aragonés Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis aɾaɣoˈnes ˈswaɾeθ]; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager.

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. 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 only time he coached outside his native Spain.