Spanish coaches are going through hard times. Yes, we can see the success of Josep Guardiola and Luis Enrique with Bayern and Barcelona, ​​respectively, but other top clubs prefer to invite Dutch, French and Italian specialists to work. While on the coaching labor exchange dozens of experienced Spaniards are looking for a place in the sun, among which Juande Ramos clearly stands out, whose biography and career is familiar to Russian fans at least in terms of working with CSKA. Of course, his rich coaching history with titles and clubs is worth discussing in more detail.
Player career
As a football player, a native of Pedro Munoz, closer to the center of Spain, the whole world failed to show himself . Juande's first club was Elche, which tried to conquer the middle of the Spanish league table . The young player showed himself at first quite well, but then injuries began (the knee suffered the most), recession. In 1977, Elche asked the midfielder to leave the club, and in the end, Juande, whose biography lasted 5 years in the lower divisions of Spanish football, finally decided in 1982 to end the far from successful career of a football player. And he did it right.
The beginning of the coaching path
The first club that Juande took over was the first professional club of the Ramos player, Elche, whose helm the specialist stood at the age of 36 years. Some successes came to the Spanish coach in the 1995/1996 season, when Juande reached the Examples with Logronies, taking second place in the Segund.
The club management did not consider it necessary to renew the contract with the coach who led them to success, and Barcelona B and later Rayo Vallecano took advantage of this, with whom Ramos came up with a second similar success - going to Example, but with the Segunda gold medals. In the 2000/2001 season, Rayo, thanks to the FIFA Fair Play system, received a ticket to the UEFA Cup, where he reached the quarterfinals and set a record for the number of goals in one elimination in European Cups (Champions League and UEFA Cup) - 16 goals (injured - “ Constell-lasio Esportivo d'Andorra ").
Success
The efforts of the coach did not go unnoticed, and, having passed through Real Betis, Espanyol and Malaga, he was invited to the post of chief at Sevilla, where the specialist showed his full potential. Under the leadership of Ramos, the Nervionians won the UEFA Cup twice, once won the UEFA Super Cup, and also won the Spanish Cup and Super Cup. This has made the Spaniard one of the most sought after football coaches.
There were many offers from Spain, Italy, and Germany, but Juande Ramos decided to try his hand at the English Premier League, where he headed the London Totenham. On the move, the new coach managed to win the English League Cup with the team . However, this victory Ramos in the British Isles ended.
The next club of the Spanish specialist was the great and mighty Real Madrid. In the royal club, Juande could not achieve anything more than second place in La Liga, which angered the leadership of Real Madrid.
Way east
After a relatively unsuccessful stretch of his career at Tottenham and Real Madrid, Juanda Ramos went to Eastern Europe, where CSKA Moscow was his first stop. It would seem that the coach and the best team of Russia at that time should find a common language and come to serious success. But it was not there. In our club, the Spaniard immediately went wrong. The specialist was not able to adjust the players of CSKA to his game scheme and asked Evgeny Giner (club president) to purchase several players for him. Lennorych did not agree, and by mutual agreement of the parties the contact was terminated.
"Dnieper"
The next (so far, unfortunately, the last) club of the Spaniard was Dnepropetrovsk Dnipro. Second place in the Championship of Ukraine, access to the Champions League - all this the team received for the first time in history, and all thanks to Ramos. Once again, it seemed that everything was fine. But the political crisis in the state affected all aspects of life. Huandeh left Dnipro, after which an epic began with the payment of debt to him by the Ukrainian side, which continues to this day.
Of course, this is reflected in the specialist himself. It used to be that the most quiet and modest coach that can only be found in European football is Juande Ramos. News, interviews, photos - all this is not about him. But such an ugly behavior of the owner of the Dnieper, the scandalous businessman Kolomoisky, will make even a stone speak. The president of the Ukrainian team said that he would not pay anything to the Spaniard, and he was not afraid of sanctions in the form of disqualification from European competitions. In general, a very unpleasant and confusing story.
Where will Ramos go?
Despite the problems of recent years, Juande remains one of the most sought-after specialists in European football. Rumors about where Ramos will go, more than enough. Real Sociedad, Trabzonspor and even a temporary Chelsea coach post can be found among the options for continuing the coach's career.
However, the most realistic forecast is that Juande Ramos may lead Valencia. The specialist, of course, is familiar with Spanish football, and there is experience with clubs that constantly keep leaders in suspense. It is hard to imagine where the Spanish coach will actually be, but we will only hope that soon we will see Juande’s new victories.