Euro winner Luis de La Fuente extends Spain contract

Euro winner Luis de La Fuente extends Spain contract

January 28 – Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has prolonged his contract till 2028 after main the crew to final 12 months’s European Championship title.

The Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) stated Monday that it’s “renewing its confidence” within the 63-year-old, who began teaching the nation’s youth squads in 2013 and moved by way of the age teams to take over the senior crew after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

De la Fuente is the primary Spain coach to win the European Championship at three completely different ranges, having led the nation to the Beneath-19 and Beneath-21 titles earlier than the senior success.

The brand new contract will maintain him cost of La Roja throughout the 2026 World Cup and Euro 2028. 

“I do know that the RFEF is happy with my work, however this isn’t solely about contractual agreements,” he stated. “Nothing in life is achieved with out effort. I consider life works that manner, and every little thing I’ve achieved has come from onerous work and the help of my colleagues.”  

Trying forward, De la Fuente added: “We may have a greater crew within the World Cup than we did within the Euros, no doubt. The gamers have the capability to enhance considerably. They’ve but to showcase their greatest model. There may be nice expertise in Spain.”

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