Luis Milla

Luis Milla Aspas ( born March 12, 1966 in Teruel ) is a former Spanish footballer and current coach.

In his playing days, the midfielder played for FC Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Valencia. From 2008 to 2012 Milla has coached numerous youth national teams of Spain, 2011, he led the U- 21 team to the European title.

Playing career

Luis Milla began his career at FC Barcelona. His debut for the Catalans, he was at the age of 18 years on Matchday 2 of the 1984 / 85th In the 4-0 victory over Real Zaragoza he brought his team a 1-0 lead. In this game, Barcelona turned on only players from its youth team, because in Spain on strike, the union of professional footballers. The next four years he played for the reserve team of FC Barcelona. In the 1988/89 season he was under coach Johan Cruyff on the root formation of the first team. In May 1989 he won with Barcelona after a 1-0 win over Sampdoria, the European Cup Winners' Cup. Another title win Milla celebrated in 1990 when his team in the final of the Copa del Rey Real Madrid defeated 2-0.

Since Milla with his salary demands encountered in the negotiation of a new contract to the rejection of Johan Cruyff, in 1990 he moved to Real Madrid. For the people of Madrid he scored during his seven -year stay three goals in 165 league games and won two times the Spanish league and a Copa del Rey. His last stop was the club FC Valencia, for whom he played between 1997 and 2001. In the seasons 1997/98 and 1998/99 he stood each in 28 league games in the starting lineup. His starting inserts fell in his last two years as a pro, so it was only a reserve player. Valencia moved in 2000 and 2001 twice in the final of the Champions League, where they eventually failed to Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

In the Spanish national team Milla debuted in a friendly against Hungary on 29 November 1989. According to another international match against Switzerland, followed in 1990 while playing against Czechoslovakia already his last game for the Spanish national team.

Coaching career

Milla's first coach station UD Puçol was in season 2006/07. The third division team from the province of Valencia, he led in his debut season in twelfth place. He then assisted in the season 2007/ 08 Michael Laudrup during the Spanish first division side Getafe CF. From 2007 he first coached the Spanish U-17 national team and from 2008 the Spanish U-19 national team. The latter, he directed the 2010 European Championships in France to the final of the tournament. There, Spain defeated the hosts 1-2. After this tournament, he became coach of the Spanish U- 21 team and led them to the 2011 title at the European Championships in Denmark. Following the departure of Spain at the Olympics in London, he was fired. In February 2013 he took over the coaching job at al - Jazira Club.

Title

  • European Cup Winners' Cup ( 1): 1989
  • Primera Division ( 3): 1985, 1995, 1997
  • Copa del Rey ( 3): 1990, 1993, 1999
  • Supercopa de España ( 3): 1991, 1994, 2000
  • Intertoto Cup ( 1): 1998
  • U-21 European Championship (1 ): 2011
  • U-19 European Championship runner-up (1 ): 2010
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