Lopetegui and the second or maternal family name is Argote. In this spanish list, the first or agnate surname isand the second or enate class name is Julen Lopetegui Agote ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈʝulen lopeˈteɣi aɾˈɣote ] ; born 28 August 1966 ) is a spanish football coach and former player, and the stream coach of Sevilla.
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A goalkeeper, he played 149 La Liga matches over nine seasons, representing very Madrid, Logroñés, Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano in the competition. He added 168 appearances in the Segunda División for three clubs, winning one cap for Spain and being a member of the squad at the 1994 World Cup. Lopetegui started working as a director in 2003, and spent several years in charge of Spain ‘s youth teams, leading the under-19 and under-21 sides to european titles. He was besides head coach of the senior national team for two years, but was dismissed before the begin of the 2018 World Cup following the announcement of his agreement to join Real Madrid after the tournament. In club football, he has managed Rayo Vallecano, Castilla, Porto, Real Madrid and Sevilla, winning the 2020 Europa League with the latter side .
Playing career [edit ]
club [edit ]
Born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Lopetegui started his professional career at local Real Sociedad. In 1985, he accepted an offer from real Madrid, where the 19-year-old play in the B team. [ 3 ] After a loanword spell at UD Las Palmas Lopetegui returned, but could never dislodge another veteran, Francisco Buyo, [ 3 ] only managing one La Liga appearance during two seasons, a 3–3 away draw against Atlético Madrid as Real were already crowned league champions. [ 4 ] He subsequently signed with CD Logroñés, being implemental as the meek Riojan baseball club systematically managed to retain its top flight condition. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] When Andoni Zubizarreta left for Valencia CF in 1994, Lopetegui joined FC Barcelona, [ 8 ] battle – and losing – for first-choice condition with longtime understudy Carles Busquets. [ 9 ] After the Catalans bought FC Porto ‘s Vítor Baía he was farther demoted to third string, and returned to Madrid with Rayo Vallecano. [ 3 ] Lopetegui was a appetizer in two of his five seasons, and even managed 36 league appearances from 1999 to 2002 with Rayo always in the top division. He retired at the long time of 36. [ 3 ]
International [edit ]
Lopetegui ‘s performances at Logroñés earned him his sole capital with Spain, coming on as a substitute for Zubizarreta for the final 30 minutes of a 0–2 friendly loss to Croatia in Valencia, on 23 March 1994. [ 10 ] He was subsequently picked for the police squad at that year ‘s FIFA World Cup. [ 3 ]
Coaching career [edit ]
Beginnings [edit ]
Lopetegui was one of Spain coach Juan Santisteban ‘s assistants at the 2003 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 11 ] After the tournament, he had his first fountainhead coaching spell at Rayo, with the club in the irregular level, but was sacked after the tenth peer of the 2003–04 campaign, [ 12 ] which ended in delegating to division three. After working as a sports commentator, including for laSexta in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, [ 13 ] he returned to coach, with substantial Madrid Castilla, who he played for in the 1980s, now in the third base tier. [ 14 ] From 2010 to 2014, Lopetegui worked with the spanish youth teams, winning the 2012 european Under-19 Championship [ 15 ] and the 2013 Under-21 Championship. [ 16 ] He left the Royal Spanish Football Federation on 30 April 2014, following the passing of his abridge. [ 17 ]
porto [edit ]
Lopetegui during a match with Porto in September 2014 Lopetegui returned to club duties on 6 May 2014, being appointed at Portugal ‘s FC Porto. [ 18 ] He signed seven spanish players to the golf club that summer. [ 19 ] In his first season at the Estádio do Dragão, with the club ‘s biggest budget ever, [ 20 ] Lopetegui led them to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they equalled the club ‘s biggest frustration in european competitions losing 6–1 against FC Bayern Munich ( having lost by the like score to AEK Athens FC in 1978 ). [ 21 ] He failed to win any silverware, contributing to the longest drought during Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa ‘s presidency. [ 22 ] On 8 January 2016, after a 1–3 home loss to C.S. Marítimo in the Taça district attorney Liga, [ 23 ] as Porto had already been eliminated from the Champions League and was ranked third gear in the domestic league after an away loss and a dwelling draw, Lopetegui was relieved of his duties and replaced by Rui Barros. [ 24 ] A workweek late, the club announced that it had terminated the erstwhile ‘s condense unilaterally. [ 25 ]
Spain [edit ]
On 21 July 2016, after being strongly linked to English side Wolverhampton Wanderers which was under fresh ownership, [ 26 ] Lopetegui was announced as the newly coach of the Spain national team following Vicente del Bosque ‘s retirement. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In his first match in commit, on 1 September, he led them to a 2–0 friendly victory over Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium ; [ 29 ] the nation qualified for the 2018 World Cup, winning nine and drawing one of their group matches. [ 30 ] On 12 June 2018, with the team already in Russia for the tournament, it was announced that Lopetegui would take over as the promontory coach of Real Madrid on a three-year contract after the decision of Spain ‘s involvement at the World Cup. [ 31 ] The adopt day, he was dismissed from his job with the national team and replaced by Fernando Hierro. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]
real Madrid [edit ]
Lopetegui ‘s first competitive game in charge took put on 15 August 2018, in a 4–2 loss to rivals Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup after extra time. [ 34 ] He therefore became the second base Real coach to start his tenure by conceding four goals, after Englishman Michael Keeping who began in 1948 being downed 4–1 by RC Celta de Vigo. [ 35 ] Following a string of badly results and, ultimately, a 5–1 away kill to Barcelona in El Clásico on 28 October 2018, Lopetegui was fired a sidereal day later, [ 36 ] being replaced by Santiago Solari. [ 37 ]
sevilla [edit ]
On 5 June 2019, Lopetegui was appointed as the raw Sevilla FC coach on a three-year condense. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In his first year, they finished fourth to qualify for the Champions League, [ 40 ] and on 21 August they defeated Inter Milan 3–2 in the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final, his first cabaret honor. [ 41 ] Lopetegui agreed to a further biennial propagation on 10 January 2021. [ 42 ]
managerial statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 8 December 2021[43]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
From
To
Record
Ref.
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Rayo Vallecano
1 July 2003
3 November 2003
11
2
2
7
10
17
−7
0 18.18
Real Madrid B
1 July 2008
30 June 2009
38
18
9
11
60
45
+15
0 47.37
Spain U19-U20-U21
1 August 2010
30 April 2014
45
38
3
4
131
48
+83
0 84.44
[45]
Porto
1 July 2014
7 January 2016
78
53
16
9
159
54
+105
0
67.95
Spain
21 July 2016
13 June 2018
20
14
6
0
61
13
+48
0 70.00
Real Madrid
1 July 2018
29 October 2018
14
6
2
6
21
20
+1
0 42.86
Sevilla
5 June 2019
Present
130
76
29
25
199
110
+89
0 58.46
[46]
Total
336
207
67
62
639
309
+330
0 61.61
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Honours [edit ]
player [edit ]
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Spain U20
coach [edit ]
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Spain U19
Spain U21
References [edit ]
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