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The awaiting official has finally arrived: Luis de la Fuente He will remain at the helm of Spain until 2028, an extension that will also allow him to receive a higher salary. The coach of the national champion national champion replaced Luis Enrique after the World Championship in Qatar.
“The real Spanish Football Federation has agreed to renew the confidence of the executive body in the figure of Luis de la Fuente, who will continue to lead the national team as a coach until the end of the Europeans who will be held in 2028, as the Board of Directors of the RFEF during the meeting held on Monday 27 January in Las Rozas “, reads the press release.
“The coach thus prolongs his lucky and unanimously celebrated relationship with the RFEF, which dates back to the beginning of 2013 with his arrival in the lower categories of the national team and which, from 12 December 2022, places the Fuente at the helm of the men’s team Senior born in the city of Haro, in Rioja, Luis de la Fuente Castillo was a professional footballer in important clubs such as Seville, Deportivo Alavés and Athletic Club, with whom he won the titles of the League, Cup and Super Cup, as well as defending the National shirt in the sub-18, Sub-21 and Olympic categories.
After his retreat from football played, he directed many of the young talents of Spanish football from the bench, obtaining the European Under 19 championships (2015), Under 21 (2019) for Spain, as well as the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games ( 2018) and the silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Goals that have done nothing but multiply after taking the position of coach of the absoluta, with whom he obtained the victory in the Final Four of the Nations League played two years ago in Holland and in the European Championship last summer in Germany, triggering a Wave of affection, admiration and recognition of fans and football professionals, with nominations for best coach in the world to FIFA The Best prizes and the Gala of the Golden Ball, as well as the prize for the best coach promoted by the International Federation of History e Football statistics “.
🇪🇸 Luis de la Fuente Renueva Como Seleccionador Nacional Hasta El Año 2028.
➡️ The RFEF APUESTA POR la continuidad of the Técnico de la @Sefutbol Que has llevado to España to the conquest of the última newsstands of the Eurocopa y de la Uefa Nations League.
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– RFEF (@rfef) Janogy 27, 2025