Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)

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For other people named Luis de la Fuente, see Luis de la Fuente (disambiguation).

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In this Spanish name, the family name is de la Fuente.

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Luis de la Fuente
Personal information
Full name Luis de la Fuente Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1961-06-21) 21 June 1961 (age 63)[2]
Place of birth Haro, Spain[2]
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Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Spain (manager)
Youth career
1976–1978 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 Bilbao Athletic 59 (3)
1981–1987 Athletic Bilbao 146 (1)
1987–1991 Sevilla 86 (4)
1991–1993 Athletic Bilbao 22 (1)
1993–1994 Alavés 35 (3)
Total 348 (12)
International career
1978–1979 Spain U18 4 (0)
1982–1984 Spain U21 4 (0)
1988 Spain Olympic 1 (0)
Managerial career
1997–2000 Portugalete
2000–2001 Aurrerá
2001–2005 Sevilla (youth)
2005–2006 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2006–2007 Bilbao Athletic
2009–2011 Bilbao Athletic
2011 Alavés
2013–2018 Spain U19
2018–2022 Spain U21
2021 Spain U23
2022– Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis de la Fuente Castillo (born 21 June 1961) is a Spanish football manager and former professional player who played as a left-back. He is the manager of the Spain national team.

He amassed La Liga totals of 254 matches and six goals over 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla, winning two league titles with the former including a double with the Copa del Rey in 1984.

De la Fuente began working in the Spanish youth teams in 2013, managing the under-19 team to victory in the 2015 European Championship and the under-21 side to the 2019 equivalent. He coached the Olympic team to the silver medal at the 2020 games, and took over at the seniors in 2022, winning the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.

Playing career

Born in Haro, La Rioja, de la Fuente graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth system,[3] and made his senior debut with the reserves in 1978, in the Segunda División B. On 8 March 1981 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Valencia CF.[4]

De la Fuente was definitely promoted to the main squad in the summer of 1982. He scored his first professional goal on 26 March of the following year, closing the 4–0 home rout of RC Celta de Vigo.[5]

In July 1987, de la Fuente signed for fellow top-flight club Sevilla FC,[6] and continued to appear regularly the following campaigns. In 1991, he returned to Athletic for a 20 million pesetas fee,[7] but was sparingly used.

De la Fuente joined Deportivo Alavés in 1993, with the side in the third tier. After one season, he retired at the age of 33.[3]

Coaching career

Early years

De la Fuente's first managerial job was at Club Portugalete, in the regional leagues. In summer 2000 he was appointed at Segunda División B club CD Aurrerá de Vitoria,[8] but was sacked in March of the following year in spite of a seventh place in the table.[9]

After a spell back at Sevilla (academy), de la Fuente returned to Athletic.[10] Initially a manager of the youths and the reserves,[11] he also acted as match delegate for two years[12] before returning to his previous duties.[13]

On 13 July 2011, de la Fuente was named Alavés coach,[14] being dismissed on 17 October.[15]

Spain youths

On 5 May 2013, de la Fuente was appointed at the helm of the Spain under-19 team,[16] who won the 2015 UEFA European Championship in Greece.[17] He became manager of the under-21 side in July 2018, after Albert Celades resigned.[18] His first competition was the 2019 European Championship in Italy, conquered after the 1–0 final defeat of Germany in Udine.[19]

On 8 June 2021, de la Fuente and his team filled in as the Spain senior side for a UEFA Euro 2020 friendly against Lithuania, after the aforementioned squad had gone into isolation when Sergio Busquets tested positive for COVID-19.[20] They won 4–0 in Leganés.[21]

De la Fuente was also in charge of the Spanish Olympic team at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[22] His side won the silver medal, losing 2–1 to Brazil in the final.[23]

Spain senior

On 8 December 2022, de la Fuente was appointed as head coach of the senior side, as Luis Enrique resigned following a round-of-16 penalty shootout elimination at the 2022 FIFA World Cup by Morocco.[24] He was officially presented four days later, with a contract running until UEFA Euro 2024 with the option to be extended.[25]

De la Fuente won 3–0 in a European qualifier at home to Norway in his first game on 25 March 2023, with two goals by 32-year-old debutant Joselu.[26] He led the country to victory in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (a first ever), defeating Croatia 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw in Rotterdam.[27]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 June 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Portugalete Spain 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 122 69 34 19 231 104 +127 56.56
Aurrerá Spain 1 July 2000 14 March 2001 32 11 13 8 29 25 +4 34.38 [28]
Bilbao Athletic Spain 8 July 2006 28 May 2007 38 11 12 15 39 49 −10 28.95 [29]
Bilbao Athletic Spain 8 July 2009 7 July 2011 76 21 29 26 64 79 −15 27.63 [30]
Alavés Spain 13 July 2011 17 October 2011 11 4 4 3 15 13 +2 36.36 [31]
Spain U19 Spain 5 May 2013 24 July 2018 46 31 6 9 90 37 +53 67.39 [32]
Spain U21 Spain 24 July 2018 8 December 2022 42 34 4 4 113 24 +89 80.95 [33]
Spain U23 Spain 1 June 2021 7 August 2021 7 3 3 1 10 6 +4 42.86 [34]
Spain Spain 8 December 2022 Present 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 50.00 [35]
Total 378 186 106 86 596 340 +256 49.21 —

Honours

Player

Athletic Bilbao

Manager

Spain U19

Spain U21

Spain U23

Spain

References

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