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| Full name | Vicente del Bosque González | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (age 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salamanca,Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Salmantino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Real Madrid B | 11 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1984 | Real Madrid | 239 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | →Castellón (loan) | 13 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | →Córdoba (loan) | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | →Castellón (loan) | 30 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 301 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1976 | Spain Amateur | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1980 | Spain | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Real Madrid Castilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Real Madrid (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Beşiktaş | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque (Spanish pronunciation:[biˈθenteðelˈβoskeɣonˈθaleθ]; born 23 December 1950) is a Spanish retiredfootball manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time[1] and is to date the only football manager to have won theWorld Cup, theChampions League, theEuropean Championship and theIntercontinental Cup.
After taking over fromLuis Aragonés – who had led Spain to European success atUEFA Euro 2008 – del Bosque went on to lead the national team to win their first-everFIFA World Cup in2010, and then to retain their European Championship in2012. Del Bosque coachedReal Madrid from 1999 to 2003, which was one of the most successful periods in the club's modern era.
During his playing career, del Bosque made over 400 appearances for Real Madrid, winning fiveLa Ligatitles and fourCopas del Rey. He played internationally with the senior Spain national team on 18 occasions.[2]
As a player, del Bosque was amidfielder who played inLa Liga 441 times with 30 goals. This career included spells atCastilla CF,Córdoba,Castellón andReal Madrid. He won five league titles (1974–75,1975–76,1977–78,1978–79,1979–80) and fourCopa del Rey titles (1973–74,1974–75,1979–80,1981–82) with Real Madrid. He was also part of the Real Madrid team that lost toLiverpool in the1981 European Cup Final.
Internationally, del Bosque received 18caps with theSpain national team, scoring one goal.[3] He appeared for Spain atUEFA Euro 1980,[4] which would be disappointing for Spain as it exited at the group stage of the competition.
Del Bosque served at Real Madrid since 1984 and rose through the ranks at the club; however, he only first managed Madrid for a couple of months in 1994 after the sacking ofBenito Floro and before the appointment ofJorge Valdano. He would again manage Real for two games in 1996, while he was the youth team coach, after Jorge Valdano was sacked and beforeArsenio Iglesias took the job until the end of that season. But in 1999–2000, the club management decided to give him the full-time job after difficulties with their coach,John Toshack, with del Bosque taking over in November 1999.
In his four seasons in charge, del Bosque ushered the club through one of its most successful spells in modern history, having steered the club to twoUEFA Champions League titles in2000 and2002, two domesticLa Liga titles in2001 and2003, aSupercopa de España in2001, aUEFA Super Cup in2002, theIntercontinental Cup in2002 as well as finishing in the last four of the UEFA Champions League every year he was in charge. Not since the great Madrid side of the 1950s and 1960s that hadAlfredo Di Stéfano andFerenc Puskás did the club succeed so consistently. Del Bosque was credited with a humble, patient and unassuming style[5] which saw him manage the club as it underwent a policy duringFlorentino Pérez's tenure as club President that was known asLosGalácticos, where the world's best and most marketable stars were signed for the club beginning withLuís Figo and includingDavid Beckham,Zinedine Zidane andRonaldo. In the del Bosque era Real managed 104 wins out of a possible 186 in his time as coach of Madrid.[5] Despite the level of success, many players – in particular the so-calledGalácticos – were bought without the input of del Bosque amid often made allegations that the Real Madrid hierarchy (in particular Pérez and general manager Jorge Valdano) had more control over transfer policy, team selection and other aspects of club that minimised the level of control del Bosque had during his time as manager.[6]
Real Madrid decided not to renew Del Bosque's contract in 2003,[5] just a day after he won the club its 29th Liga title and a week after the club signedDavid Beckham. Del Bosque was offered the post of technical director[7] but turned it down, leading to many suggestions in Spanish media that there was a much rumoured political split at the club involving del Bosque and several players, especially captainFernando Hierro (who was asked to leave the club in the summer of 2003), on one side, while Valdano and Pérez wielded the axe of control to, in their words, "shake up the team," on the other. Pérez said in an interview withBBC Sport, "del Bosque was showing signs of exhaustion. I want to be sincere about this – our belief that he was not the right coach for the future."
TheBBC article states: "It is a strange tale from start to finish – how the shy, mustachioed man from Salamanca came to be in charge of the most expensive and talented bunch of footballers in the modern game, won the biggest trophies on offer and then got the boot in favour of a man yet to be named. With the Real superstars, del Bosque was extremely popular – partly because he was happier to let them get on with it. Cool as a cryogenically-frozen cucumber, he managed to avoid confrontations with his charges, despite the stellar egos in the squad, and never once lost his calm in front of the media."
In the four years since Del Bosque's departure, Real Madrid changed seven coaches and did not win any major trophies until they won the La Liga title in2007, under new coachFabio Capello (who was also sacked afterwards). They had also been defeated in the round of 16 of the Champions League every year since the2004–05 season (one year after Del Bosque was sacked), until the2010–11 Champions League season, which saw Real Madrid defeatLyon in the round of 16 under new managerJosé Mourinho. It would take until the2013–14 campaign for the club to win another Champions League title, under managerCarlo Ancelotti.
AfterIñaki Sáez resigned in the wake of a terrible performance atUEFA Euro 2004, which saw Spain having their worst result in the tournament since 1988, del Bosque was approached as a possible manager of the national side. He was not interested in the job, however, and the job was subsequently given toLuis Aragonés.
WithBeşiktaş, del Bosque arrived in Turkey to much fanfare and hope, but failure to deliver results saw him get the sack towards the tail end of the 2004–05 season.
AfterMexico were eliminated byArgentina in the2006 FIFA World Cup, del Bosque was approached with an offer to become their manager, but declined.
During the 2007Real Madrid crisis, del Bosque spoke on the line saying that the departure ofRonaldo was a mistake, and he was one of the candidates to replaceFabio Capello as manager of the team.Bernd Schuster, however, was awarded the job on 9 July 2007.
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On 11 March 2008, del Bosque announced that he would replaceLuis Aragonés as head coach of theSpain national team; it was confirmed on 15 July 2008.[8][9]
Spain under del Bosque began their2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign successfully, defeatingBosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 with a goal fromDavid Villa. Spain defeatedArmenia 4–0 three days later with two goals coming from Villa, and one each fromJoan Capdevila andMarcos Senna, with a notable debut fromBojan, coming on as a substitute and defeating rumours that he will swap allegiances toSerbia. This win secured the Spaniards a first place spot in their group with six points. The next round saw Spain defeatEstonia 3–0, then, four days later, beatBelgium 2–1 away – an 88th-minute strike from Villa (his fifth of the campaign) earning them the win. This result maintained their 100% start to the qualifying campaign.
Since del Bosque was appointed to the job, 38 players have debuted with the Spain team: Bojan,Andoni Iraola,Fernando Llorente,Diego Capel,Sergio Busquets,Jesús Navas,Diego López,Gerard Piqué,Jordi Alba,Pedro,Pablo Hernández,Borja Valero,Bruno,Nacho Monreal,Víctor Valdés,Álvaro Negredo,Juan Mata,Javi Martínez,Thiago,Manu,Aritz Aduriz,Adrián,Juanfran,Beñat,Iker Muniain,Javi García,Álvaro Domínguez,Markel Susaeta,Koke,Marc Bartra,Isco,César Azpilicueta,Iñigo Martínez,Alberto Moreno,Mario Suárez,Michu,Cristian Tello,Diego Costa,Ander Iturraspe,David de Gea andGerard Deulofeu, while one uncapped player,Fernando Amorebieta, has been called up but failed to debut.
On 9 June 2009, in a friendly againstAzerbaijan in which Spain won 6–0, del Bosque became the first manager in all of football history to win his first ten games as debut manager of a national team,[citation needed] the previous record being nine held byJoão Saldanha ofBrazil. The record currently stands at 13 successive victories,[citation needed] with the last winning match being a 2–0 win againstSouth Africa in the2009 Confederations Cup, followed by a 2–0 defeat in the semifinal stage of the same competition againstUnited States.
On 14 October 2009, Spain joined the very small number of teams to have won all theirWorld Cup qualifying games in a single campaign, achieving a record-breaking ten wins in ten games.[10]
In Spain's first game of the2010 FIFA World Cup on 16 June, they lost 1–0 toSwitzerland.[11] Spain bounced back and wongroup H by winning the next two games. They facedPortugal in the Round of 16, winning 1–0, and defeatedParaguay in their quarter-final match, again by 1–0. Spain then defeatedGermany in the semi-final on 7 July 2010, winning 1–0, allowing them to reach theirfirst World Cup final.[12] In the final against theNetherlands, he led his team to victory after a goal scored in extra time byAndrés Iniesta.[13] Upon this triumph, he became the oldest coach to win the World Cup.
On 1 July 2012, del Bosque led Spain to victory atEuro 2012, hosted by Poland and Ukraine.[14] Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in thefinal inKyiv to win a second consecutiveEuropean championship.[15]
In the2013 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Brazil, Spain advanced to the final, played against Brazil; but suffered a heavy 3–0 defeat. A goal fromNeymar and a brace fromFred saw a heavy burden landing on del Bosque and his type of football tactics he used,tiki-taka.
In the2014 FIFA World Cup, del Bosque and his team posted their worst finish in the finals since the World Cup in France in1998 through being eliminated during the group stage following a 5–1 defeat to theNetherlands and a 2–0 defeat toChile, before a 3–0 dead rubber win overAustralia. The heavy opening defeat to the Netherlands marked the first time Spain had conceded five or more goals in an international game since a 6–2 defeat toScotland in 1963, and only the second time they had conceded five or more goals in a World Cup game, having done so before in their 6–1 defeat toBrazil in1950, which incidentally was also held in Brazil. The result was also the biggest margin of defeat by a defending champion at a World Cup. Furthermore, despite a 3–0 win rounding of their campaign following the 2–0 defeat to Chile, Spain's final standing of 23rd out of the 32 entered teams was their worst-ever finish at a World Cup. After this, he announced that he would resign as Spain's manager, but there was no reaction from the RSFF.
Del Bosque announced his intentions to resign as the Spain national team coach followingUEFA Euro 2016.[16] On 14 June 2015, he reached 100 matches as Spain coach in aUEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win overBelarus inBarysaw.[17]
At the age of 65 and having achieved every available top-tier title, del Bosque announced his retirement from the sport on 30 June 2016.[18][19][20]
Del Bosque married María de la Santísima Trinidad "Trini" López, and has three children – two sons and one daughter.[21]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid | 1968–69 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969–70 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973–74 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |||
| 1974–75 | La Liga | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| 1975–76 | La Liga | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 0 | — | 41 | 2 | |||
| 1976–77 | La Liga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 1 | — | 29 | 2 | |||
| 1977–78 | La Liga | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||||
| 1978–79 | La Liga | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | — | 43 | 3 | |||
| 1979–80 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 8[c] | 1 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 1980–81 | La Liga | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |||
| 1981–82 | La Liga | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 1982–83 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 1983–84 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 239 | 14 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 25 | ||
| Castellón (loan) | 1970–71 | Segunda División | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||
| 1972–73 | La Liga | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 9 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 51 | 9 | |||||
| Córdoba (loan) | 1971–72 | La Liga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 301 | 24 | 62 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 35 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Spain | 1975 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 1 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 13 December 1978 | El Helmántico,Salamanca,Spain |  Cyprus | 2–0 | 5–0 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
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| Real Madrid Castilla |  | 11 June 1987 | 25 June 1990 | 114 | 42 | 31 | 41 | 144 | 145 | −1 | 036.84 |
| Real Madrid | 7 March 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 038.46 | |
| Real Madrid | 21 January 1996 | 24 January 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 | |
| Real Madrid | 17 November 1999 | 23 June 2003 | 203 | 113 | 49 | 41 | 461 | 267 | +194 | 055.67 | |
| Beşiktaş |  | 8 June 2004 | 27 January 2005 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 044.00 |
| Spain | | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2016 | 114 | 87 | 10 | 17 | 254 | 79 | +175 | 076.32 |
| Total | 470 | 259 | 99 | 112 | 927 | 538 | +389 | 055.11 | |||
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