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Spanish Football Federation appoints Luis Enrique as men's national team
coach
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July 12, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Spanish_Football_Federation_appoints_Luis_Enrique_as_men%27s_national_team_coach


On Monday, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Royal Spanish
Football Federation; RFEF) announced Luis Enrique as the new coach of
the Spanish men's national football team. Per the contract, Enrique is
to serve as the coach for two years.

Speaking about Enrique's appointment, RFEF president Luis Rubiales said,
"The decision was unanimous. I like his commitment and he has turned
down better paid jobs in order to coach Spain. He’s a coach who
completes all the requirements the Federation was looking for".

Previously, Enrique has managed Italian capital-club AS Roma as well as
Spanish La Liga clubs Celta Vigo and FC Barcelona. Enrique took the
managerial role at Barcelona in 2014, and in his first season at the
Catalan-club, he won the treble, winning La Liga, Copa del Rey and the
UEFA Champions League.

During his tenure at the Camp Nou, Enrique won three Copa del Rey, two
La Liga, and one each of the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup,
the FIFA Club World Cup and the Supercopa de España. After winning nine
trophies with Barcelona, he left the club in 2017 and hasn't taken any
managerial role until now. After the treble winning season, Enrique was
awarded the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in January 2016.

Enrique succeeds Fernando Hierro, who served as an interim coach for
Spain during this year's FIFA World Cup. Previous full-time coach Julen
Lopetegui was sacked by RFEF after he signed a contract with Real Madrid
as the club's new manager. Hierro was also the Spanish sporting director
until Monday. Prior to the announcement of Enrique's appointment, José
Francisco Molina was appointed as the new RFEF sporting director.

Enrique's first game as Spain's coach is scheduled to be against England
on September 8 at Wembley Stadium in the new UEFA Nations League.

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== Sources == 

* https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/news/y=2018/m=7/news=luis-enrique-appointed-spain-coach.html
* https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-worldcup-esp-enrique/spanish-football-federation-names-luis-enrique-as-national-team-coach-idUKKBN1JZ1DW
* https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2016-2017/luis-enrique-nine-titles-in-three-seasons-with-fc-barce



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