Laureano Ruiz

Laureano Ruiz Quevedo ( born October 21, 1937 in Villafufre, Cantabria ) is a former Spanish footballer and coach.

Career

Ruiz came at the age of 18 years to Racing Santander and played there until 1959. At Santander he was both a player and coach of the youth team. At 24 he went to Gimnástica de Torrelavega, but remained coach of the youth team of Santander. Age of 28, he finished his playing career in order to concentrate more on his coaching position can.

In 1967 he was first-team coach of Racing Santander. Santander rose this season (1967 /68) in the Tercera División.

Beginning of the 70s he was coach of the youth team of Barcelona, ​​with whom he took five championships in those years in a row. In the 1975/76 season he took over Barcelona to be placed third in the table with six games left in the season and Barça could still lead to the runner-up. After the end of the season he made ​​room for Rinus Michels. From 1976 to 1978, Ruiz manager of FC Barcelona Atlètic.

For the 1978/79 season he was appointed coach of Celta Vigo. Ruiz, however, it was not able to lead Celta Vigo this season for the league and left the future second division in the direction of Racing Santander. Santander was like Vigo just been relegated from the first division, but even in the second division Santander had its problems and was at the end of the 1979/80 season only one point more than the best losers. Ruiz had already been fired mid-season.

Overall, he was more than 50 years, coach; the longest period of 22 years, at Racing Santander.