December 23, 1950 can be considered one of the main dates in the history of Spanish football. The thing is that on this day Vicente del Bosque was born. The biography of this person is simply impressive. Vicente was able to win the Champions League, the Spanish championship and the cup twice. This is not the whole track record of the Spaniard. He coached not only Real Madrid, but also the Spanish national team, with whom he managed to win at major major tournaments.
Thus, “Barbel”, as it is sometimes called, became the only coach in the world who managed to win the Champions League, as well as European and world championships.
Football career
At the age of 18, Vicente ended up in Real Madrid, but he was unable to break through the club for six years. Only at the age of 24, he became a player in the basic composition of the "creamy". The Spanish footballer, who in six years changed the position of an attacker on the midfielder, was remembered by the fans as an excellent dribbling, although it was hard to call him technical. Also, del Bosque was not considered a star player, on the field he was a fighter, whom fans love and respect so much.
According to experts and Vicente del Bosque himself, the football player spent his best match in the game with Barcelona in the 1977/78 season. In that game, “Real” won, and the midfielder received the award as the best player in this match. In the game with Hamburg, del Bosque had a fight with Kevin Keegan. In general, the Spaniard was never shy of a tough fight and always entered into martial arts.
In the Spanish national team, he was a rare guest. And even if he received a call to the national team, he was not allowed to get into the starting lineup. Despite all the troubles in the team, in the club the football player remained a fan favorite and one of the best galactic players. He had excellent relations with the club's coaches and with the players. Loyalty and love for “Real” became the reason that in 1984, “Mr. Potato” (another nickname) was in the “creamy” coaching staff.
Real Madrid coach
Vicente del Bosque had been preparing for his coaching career since he was 27, when he decided to get a license. Almost his entire career as a club coach has been linked to Real Madrid. In 1994, for two months he was the head coach of the team, and before that he worked as a coach for youth teams. In 1996, he was the coach of Real Madrid one match when Galacticos defeated Athletic, scoring five unanswered goals.
From 1999 and 2003, del Bosque was again the main one in Real Madrid. It was a golden period for both the coach and the club. For four years, the team twice won the Champions League and the Spanish Championship, as well as Madrid won the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Leaving Real Madrid
But these results did not suffice del Bosque in order to stay at the helm of the "creamy". Florentino Perez invited a new coach, and for this, fans still hate the then president. In 2003, del Bosque had the opportunity to stay in the club, but in a different position. Yet Vicente decided to leave. After Real Madrid, Vicente did not work for a year, then a little unsuccessfully coached Besiktas, with whom he even sued, and was a commentator on television. In 2006, the barbel received an offer from the Mexican Football Federation, but rejected it.
At this time, “Rela” was the election of the president of the club. Vicente supported Juan Palacio for a long time, so if he became president of the club, then del Bosque would be appointed head coach of the Galacticos again. But this was not destined to happen. The election was won by Ramon Calderon, and you could forget about working in the Spanish club del Bosque.
By the way, not only del Bosque after parting with Real Madrid for a long time did not feel the taste of big victories, but the royal club without del Bosque did not win victories in big tournaments. Yes, they won the championship and the Spanish Cup, but in Eurocups luck passed by the “creamy” from year to year. Not a single coach could achieve such results in a club in Madrid in such a short time, as Vicente del Bosque did.
2010 World Cup
Since 2008, del Bosque - coach of the Spanish national football team. He got this position after Luis Aragones, who won the European Championship in the summer , resigned from the post of head coach of the Red Fury. In September of that year, Spain beat Bosnia and Herzegovina, scoring one unanswered goal against the opponent. This was the first match of the new coach.
In July 2010, in South Africa, the Spanish national football team became the world champion. In the final, “Red Fury” defeated the Netherlands national team with a minimum score, while missing many points in order to increase their advantage. This was the first victory for the Spanish team. She made Vicente del Bosque the most popular coach in all of Spain.
Euro 2012
In 2012, the Spanish team won another major victory. At the European Championships, the Spaniards hesitantly started the tournament and could fly away from the Portuguese national team in the semifinals, but the second European Championship in a row and the third big tournament remained with Spain again. In the final, the Spaniards scored four unanswered goals against Italy.
In 2013, the Spaniards lost to the Brazilians in the final of the Confederations Cup with a big score . Then a series of failures began. The Red Fury experienced difficulties in friendly games, and at the 2014 World Cup, held in Brazil, the Spaniards were unable to leave the group, losing the first two matches to the national teams of Holland and Chile.