Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Luis de la Fuente Castillo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 June 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Haro, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Spain U21 (coach) | ||
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) | |
National team | |||
1978–1979 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) |
1982–1984 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
1988 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2000 | Portugalete | ||
2000–2001 | Aurrerá | ||
2006–2007 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
2009–2011 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
2011 | Alavés | ||
2013–2018 | Spain U19 | ||
2018– | Spain U21 | ||
2021 | Spain U23 | ||
show
Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Luis de la Fuente Castillo (born 21 June 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is the manager of the Spanish under-21 team.
He amassed La Liga totals of 254 matches and six goals over 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla.
Playing career[]
Born in Haro, La Rioja, de la Fuente graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth system,[2] and made his senior debut with the reserves in 1978, in 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.[3]
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, the last in a 4–0 home rout of RC Celta de Vigo.[4]
In July 1987, de la Fuente moved to fellow league club Sevilla FC,[5] and continued to appear regularly in the following campaigns. In 1991, he returned to Athletic for a 20 million pesetas fee,[6] 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.[2]
Coaching career[]
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,[7] but was sacked in March of the following year in spite of a seventh place in the table.[8]
After a spell back at Sevilla, de la Fuente returned to Athletic. Initially a manager of the reserves,[9] he also acted as match delegate for two years[10] before returning to his previous duties.[11]
On 13 July 2011, de la Fuente was named Alavés coach,[12] being dismissed on 17 October.[13] On 5 May 2013 he was appointed at the helm of the Spain under-19 team,[14] who won the 2015 UEFA European Championship in Greece.[15]
De la Fuente became manager of the under-21 side in July 2018, after Albert Celades resigned.[16] His first competition was the 2019 European Championship in Italy, conquered after the 1–0 final defeat of Germany in Udine.[17]
On 8 June 2021, de la Fuente and his team filled in as the Spain senior side for a UEFA Euro 2020 warm-up against Lithuania, after the aforementioned squad had gone into isolation when Sergio Busquets tested positive for COVID-19.[18] They won 4–0 in Leganés.[19]
De la Fuente was also in charge of the Spanish Olympic team at the delayed 2020 games in Japan.[20] His side won the silver medal, losing 2–1 to Brazil in the final.[21]
Honours[]
Player[]
Athletic Bilbao
Manager[]
Spain U19
Spain U21
Spain U23
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2020[21]
References[]
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Falagán, Aser (7 August 2021). "De la Fuente, el éxito de un técnico discreto" [De la Fuente, the success of a low-key manager]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "0–0: Abdicación valencianista ante el Athletic" [0–0: Valencianista abdication against Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 March 1981. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Castañeda, Eduardo (27 March 1983). "El Athletic, sin problemas" [Athletic, no problems]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Granado, Luis (6 July 1987). "El lateral del Athletic De la Fuente firma hoy contrato por el Sevilla" [Athletic's full back De la Fuente signs contract with Sevilla today]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "El Sevilla traspasa a De la Fuente al Athletic de Bilbao por veinte millones" [Sevilla transfer De la Fuente to Athletic de Bilbao for twenty millions]. ABC (in Spanish). 5 September 1991. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Una apuesta para dar un salto cualitativo" [A bet to make a jump of quality]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 September 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Parcero, Bruno (14 March 2001). "Los nervios afloran en el tramo final" [Nerves everywhere in final stretch]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Luis de la Fuente, new Bilbao Athletic coach". Athletic Bilbao. 8 July 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Luis de la Fuente, the new delegate". Athletic Bilbao. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Luis de la Fuente ya trabaja con el Bilbao Athletic" [Luis de la Fuente already works with Bilbao Athletic]. El Correo (in Spanish). 8 July 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Luis de la Fuente retorna al Alavés como entrenador después de 17 años" [Luis de la Fuente returns to Alavés as a manager 17 years later]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ M. Otero, Pablo (16 October 2011). "El Alavés destituye a su técnico Luis de la Fuente" [Alavés dismiss their manager Luis de la Fuente]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "La Federación Española ficha a Luis De la Fuente, que dirigirá la Sub'19" [The Spanish Federation signs Luis De la Fuente, who will manage the under-19s]. El Correo (in Spanish). 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Los campeones Sub-19 ya están en España" [The Under-19 champions are already in Spain]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "OFICIAL: Luis de la Fuente seleccionador sub 21" [OFFICIAL: Luis de la Fuente under-21 manager] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fisher, Ben (30 June 2019). "Classy Spain sink Germany to lift Euro Under-21 Championship". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ G. Matallanas, Javier (7 June 2021). ""Estoy preparado si tengo que dirigir a la Selección en la Eurocopa"" ["I'm prepared if I have to lead the national team at the Euros"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Feldman, Ben (8 June 2021). "Spain youngsters impress in Lithuania rout". Marca. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Pedri, Garcia & Torres among Spain's Euro 2020 players named in Tokyo Olympics squad". Goal. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tokyo Olympics 2021 medal count updates: who has won more? Tally by country, today, 7 August". Diario AS. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b ""The Barge years. The Athletic of 1983 and 1984"". Athletic Bilbao. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links[]
- Luis de la Fuente at BDFutbol
- Luis de la Fuente manager profile at BDFutbol
- Luis de la Fuente at Athletic Bilbao
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from La Rioja (Spain)
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- Sevilla FC players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spanish football managers
- Segunda División B managers
- Athletic Bilbao B managers
- Deportivo Alavés managers
- Spain national under-21 football team managers
- Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff