Luis de la Fuente

Everything you need to know about the new manager of the Spain national team.

And now, one more rung on the ladder has appeared for Luis de la Fuente, as his time has finally arrived to take charge of the first team. It was here that the Spanish Federation took a shining to De la Fuente and appointed him Under-19 coach of the men’s national team. Olympic Silver came next in the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo after his team got the final before losing to Brazil. His playing career ended in the mid-90s and his managerial one picked up soon after, with a role at regional side Portugalete, in the Basque Country. And by all I mean absolutely everything, right down to who took the penalty for the other team that sealed Spain’s fate and caused them to land back in Madrid on Wednesday 7 December instead of Monday 19 December with a golden trophy in Sergio Busquets’ hands. The name of Marcelino had been suggested by many among the media both in Spain and beyond.

Luis de la Fuente is the new Spain national team coach. The Royal Spanish Football Federation has opted to give De la Fuente the job, seeing him complete ...

In that, 77 percent of the participants felt that Luis Enrique should not continue at the helm, with 213,458 votes counted. The Asturian coach is no longer the national coach after the decision taken by the RFEF. Luis de la Fuente is the new Spain national team coach.