Luis Enrique

Spanish football manager and former player (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Luis Enrique Martínez García (Spanish pronunciation: [lwis enˈrike maɾˈtineθ ɡaɾˈθia]; born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the manager of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.

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Luis Enrique
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Luis Enrique coaching Barcelona in 2014
Personal information
Full name Luis Enrique Martínez García[1]
Date of birth (1970-05-08) 8 May 1970 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Gijón, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
Paris Saint-Germain (manager)
Youth career
1981–1988 Sporting Gijón
1984–1988 → La Braña (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Sporting Gijón B 27 (5)
1989–1991 Sporting Gijón 36 (14)
1991–1996 Real Madrid 157 (15)
1996–2004 Barcelona 207 (73)
Total 427 (107)
International career
1990–1991 Spain U21 5 (0)
1991–1992 Spain U23 14 (3)
1991–2002 Spain 62 (12)
1999–2000 Asturias 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Barcelona B
2011–2012 Roma
2013–2014 Celta
2014–2017 Barcelona
2018–2019 Spain
2019–2022 Spain
2023– Paris Saint-Germain
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag_of_Spain.svg Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeam
Representing Flag_of_Spain.svg Spain (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2020
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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A versatile player with good technique, he was capable of playing in several different positions, but usually played as a midfielder or forward, and was also noted for his temperament and stamina. Starting in 1991 and ending in 2004, he represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona with both individual and team success, appearing in more than 500 official games and scoring more than 100 goals. He appeared with the Spain national team in three World Cups and one European Championship.

Enrique started working as a manager in 2008 with Barcelona B, before moving to Roma three years later. In the 2013–14 season he managed Celta, before returning to Barcelona and winning the treble in his first year and the double in the second; in 2018, he was appointed Spain head coach for the first time before resigning for family reasons in 2019. He reassumed the position the same year and subsequently led the team to the semi-finals of Euro 2020 and the second place in the 2020–21 Nations League, resigning at the end of the 2022 World Cup.