Luis Aragonés

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Playing career

In 1957, Aragonés began his playing career with CD Getafe. In 1958, he signed for Real Madrid but never made it to the senior team. He spent the bulk of his time at Real Madrid on loan with other clubs, including Recreativo de Huelva and Hércules, as well as the Real Madrid reserve team. He made his first appearance in the Primera División in 1960. He appeared for Real Betis between 1961 and 1964, scoring 33 goals.

Aragonés was signed by Atlético Madrid in 1964, where he acquired the nickname "Zapatones" translates to "big boots" since he was identified as a free kick specialist. In his first season with the club, Aragonés won the Copa del Rey (then called the Copa del Generalsimo). He then aided Atlético in 1966–66 and 1969–70, where he shared the Pichichi trophy for the highest scorer in the league with his fellow Atlético forward José Eulogio Gárate and Real Madrid's Amancio. In 1973, the team won their third league title, winning their third title in 1973-74. Atlético qualified in the final of the European Cup against Bayern Munich, the German champions. Aragonés scored a goal late in extra time to put Atlético up by a 1–0 lead during the match. However, Georg Schwarzenbeck's 119th-minute equalizer brought the final to a replay, where Bayern defeated Bayern by a convincing 4–0 victory. His resignation came soon after, and Atlético coach Atlético coach Charles Grey was appointed for the first time in the same year. Aragonés is Atlético's all-time top goalscorer and currently ranks ninth in the club's all-time appearance list, with a record number.

In a 0–0 friendly draw against Scotland on May 8, 1965, Aragonés made his international debut for Spain. In a friendly against France in Lyon on October 17, 1968, Spain defeated France 3–1. He captained the team for the sole time on his 10th of 11 caps, a 3–0 victory over Northern Ireland in November 1970 in qualification for UEFA Euro 1972, after he captained the team for the first time on his 10th of 11 caps. In the game, he scored.

Managerial career

Aragonés, the team's first season in charge of Atlético Madrid, led Atlético to triumph over two legs in the 1974 Internal Cup, where the team defeated Copa Libertadores Argentina 2–1 on aggregate. Atlético went on to win the Copa del Generalisimo and La Liga titles in 1976 and 1977, respectively.

Aragonés took over Atlético for six years, and Real Betis took over in 1981. His stay in Andalusia, on the other hand, was short, and he returned to Vicente Calderón in 1982. His Atlético team came close to winning the Copa del Rey and finishing runners-up in La Liga in his second spell at the club. The team advanced to the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup last season, where it was defeated 3–0 by Dynamo Kyiv.

Aragonés' triumph earned him the appointment of as manager of Barcelona in 1987, where he spent one season, winning the Copa del Rey. He spent a season at Espanyol, before returning to Atlético for a third time, where he won the sixth Copa del Rey of his career in 1992.

After leaving the club for the third time in 1993, he went on to coach Sevilla, Valencia, Real Betis, Real Oviedo, and Mallorca. He had his best success during the 1995-96 season, coming within four points of winning the La Liga championship with Valencia.

Aragonés took over at Atlético for the fourth time in 2001, when the team was promoted to the Prime Minister of División for the fourth time. In 2003, he left the club for the final time and remains the club's most popular manager, winning eight trophies.

After the dismissal of Jaime Pacheco for a slow start to the season, Aragonés returned to Mallorca on October 2nd of the 2003–04 season. He guided the team to 11th place at the end of the season. After Iki Sáez resigned due to public indignation for failing to identify the team from the group stage at UEFA Euro 2004, he took the position of Spain's national team on July 1, 2004.

Following the humiliation of the UEFA Euro 2004 championships, Aragonés made changes to the squad, including veteran players like Mchel Salgado and Ral, who were replaced with fresh blood. Spain was unbeaten in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup under Aragonés, but they finished as group runner-up to Serbia and Montenegro, and as a result of a play-off against Slovakia to secure their spot. On aggregate, Spain won the play-off 6–2 with Luis Garca scoring a hat-trick in the first leg 5–1 win. Spain won all three group games before meeting France in the Second Round of the Finals. They lost 3–1 following goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira, and Zinedine Zidane after taking the lead through David Villa. Realizing the physical limitations of Spanish players, he used tiki-taka, a short passing method that would later be identified with Barcelona's playing style, and created the most significant football revolution in the history of Spanish football.

Aragonés stayed on as boss and presided over the following qualifications for the European Championship. The qualifier's first phase got off to a rocky start, with a 3–2 loss to Northern Ireland and a 2–0 loss to Sweden both away from home, putting considerable emphasis on Aragonés' position. Spain rallied strongly to secure a ticket as group champions ahead of Sweden, who also qualified directly to the tournament, while Denmark fell out.

Aragonés dominated Spain's triumphant campaign at Euro 2008, beating Germany 1–0 in the final, earning the country's first international recognition since 1964. Aragonians had a superstitious fear of the colour yellow, and they referred to Spain's change kit for their semi-final match against Russia as "mustard" rather than "yellow."

Vicente del Bosque, Spain's successor, retained his tiki-taka style of play, leading to further tournament victories.

Aragonés sacked Zico as the head of Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe in late June after refusing an approach in late June. He has been a member of the National Football League since signing a two-year contract and announcing his intention to win the league championship in his first season. However, the club finished fourth, and he was fired on June 2nd, 2009, after the season had come to an end.

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