Luis Milla
Milla as a Lugo manager | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Milla Aspas | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Teruel, Spain | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Indonesia (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1982–1983 | Teruel | ||
1983–1985 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1990 | Barcelona | 54 | (2) |
1985–1986 | Barcelona C | 26 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Barcelona B | 40 | (5) |
1990–1997 | Real Madrid | 165 | (3) |
1997–2001 | Valencia | 79 | (1) |
Total | 364 | (11) | |
National team | |||
1989–1990 | Spain | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2006–2007 | Puçol | ||
2007–2008 | Getafe (assistant) | ||
2008–2010 | Spain U19 | ||
2009 | Spain U20 | ||
2010–2012 | Spain U21 | ||
2012 | Spain U23 | ||
2013 | Al Jazira | ||
2015–2016 | Lugo | ||
2016 | Zaragoza | ||
2017–2018 | Indonesia | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Luis Milla Aspas (born 12 March 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He last coached the Indonesia national team.
He represented three clubs – including both Barcelona and Real Madrid – during a 16-year-professional career, where he won three La Liga titles (one with the former and two with the latter) and amassed totals of 338 games and 11 goals.
Milla later worked as a manager, being in charge of Spain's youth teams for several years.
Playing career
Milla was born in Teruel, Aragon. After finishing his football formation with FC Barcelona he made his La Liga debut in 1984–85, scoring in his only appearance of the season against Real Zaragoza as Barça pitched in a team majorly composed of youth players due to a general professional's strike.[1]
Definitely promoted to the first team in 1988, Milla would be involved two years later in a sour contract renewal dispute with the board of directors and manager Johan Cruyff,[2] which eventually finished with his free transfer to Real Madrid. He was seriously injured in his debut campaign, but bounced to back to be an important first-team element in the conquest of two leagues and one Copa del Rey, being fairly used even after the 1994 purchase of Fernando Redondo.[3]
Milla finished his career in June 2001 after four years at Valencia CF, with more than 400 official appearances as a professional. During a three-month period beginning in late 1989, he earned himself three caps for the Spain national team, the first against Hungary in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[4]
Coaching career
Milla was first involved in professional coaching in 2007–08, assisting former Barcelona and Madrid teammate Michael Laudrup at Getafe CF.[5] In the ensuing summer he was named the national under-19's manager, after Vicente del Bosque's appointment as the senior manager.
In his first tournament, the 2009 UEFA European championship, the team did not progress through the group stage. In the 2010 edition in France, however, he led Spain to the final, which ended in defeat to the hosts.
Later in the same year, Milla replaced Juan Ramón López Caro at the helm of the under-21 side. Despite finding a delicate situation upon his arrival, he managed to qualify for the 2011 European championship, after defeating Croatia in a two-legged play-off.
In the final stages in Denmark, Milla led the Spanish under-21s to their third title, after only conceding two goals in five games (four wins and only one draw).[6] He was sacked after his team failed to qualify from the group phase at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7]
In February 2013, Milla was appointed at UAE Pro League's Al Jazira Club. His first match in charge was a 1–3 loss to Tractor Sazi F.C. for the season's AFC Champions League.
Milla returned to Spain in the 2015 off-season, signing as Segunda División club's CD Lugo head coach and resigning in late February 2016 in unclear circumstances.[8] In the following season, in the same capacity, he joined Zaragoza also in that level,[9] being sacked after only four months in charge and six matches without a win.[10]
On 21 January 2017, Milla succeeded Alfred Riedl at the helm of the Indonesia national team by signing a two-year contract.[11]
Personal life
Milla's son, also named Luis, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[12]
Honours
Player
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Valencia
- Copa del Rey: 1998–99
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998
- UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 1999–2000, 2000–01
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 11 September 2018
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Spain U-21 | 1 August 2010 | 7 August 2012 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 75.0 | |
Al Jazira | 23 February 2013 | 25 October 2013 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.7 | |
Lugo | 1 July 2015 | 24 February 2016 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 32.1 | |
Real Zaragoza | 1 July 2016 | 24 October 2016 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25.0 | |
Indonesia | 20 January 2017 | Present | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.9 | |
Total | 73 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 42.5 | — |
References
- ↑ 4–0: ¡Viva la huelga! (4–0: Long live the strike!); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Real Madrid biography Archived 12 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
- ↑ ¿Luis Redondo o Fernando Milla? (Luis Redondo or Fernando Milla?); El País, 4 September 1995 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "El remate de una gran faena" [Icing on tasty cake] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 16 November 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "La ansiedad te bloquea" ("Anxiety blocks you"); El País, 30 September 2007 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Milla paga el fracaso de Londres (Milla pays for London failure); El País, 7 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "¿Cuáles son los motivos reales de la dimisión de Luis Milla?" [What are the real motives for Luis Milla's resignation?] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ "Oficial: Luis Milla es el nuevo entrenador del Zaragoza" [Official: Luis Milla is the new coach of Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ "Luis Milla, destituido como entrenador del Zaragoza" [Luis Milla, sacked as Zaragoza manager] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ↑ "Luis Milla lands Indonesia head coach job". Asian Football Confederation. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "Milla vs Milla: padre del Real Madrid e hijo del Rayo Vallecano" [Milla vs Milla: Real Madrid father and Rayo Vallecano son] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
External links
- Luis Milla at BDFutbol
- Luis Milla manager profile at BDFutbol
- Luis Milla at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spain stats at Eu-Football