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Full name
  
Eusebio Sacristan Mena

1982–1983
  
Valladolid B

Weight
  
71 kg

Place of birth
  
La Seca, Spain

Name
  
Eusebio Sacristan

Current team
  
Real Sociedad

1979–1982
  
Valladolid

Role
  
Footballer

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.70 m



Date of birth
  
(1964-04-13) 13 April 1964 (age 51)

Similar People
  
David Moyes, Jordi Vinyals, Luis Enrique, Jean Marie Dongou, Jose Mari Bakero

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Eusebio Sacristán Mena (born 13 April 1964), known simply as Eusebio in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and the current coach of Real Sociedad.

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He had a twenty-year playing career, which started and ended at Real Valladolid, and won an array of domestic and European silverware in his seven seasons at Barcelona. Internationally, he represented Spain at Euro 1988.

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Eusebio began his coaching career at Barcelona, and went on to lead Celta and Barcelona B.

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Club career

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Born in La Seca, Province of Valladolid, Eusebio started playing professionally with hometown's Real Valladolid, being an automatic first-choice from an early age and moving to Atlético Madrid for 1987–88. After that sole season in Madrid he joined FC Barcelona, proceeding to be one of coach Johan Cruyff's most used squad members in the subsequent years – he played the entire matches at both the victorious 1989 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 European Cup Finals.

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Eusebio could only manage 36 appearances in his last two seasons combined, this prompting a move to Celta de Vigo in 1995 where he posted two more solid campaigns. He retired in 2002 at the age of 38 with Valladolid, having played 543 La Liga games (the only division he competed in after being promoted to his first club's first team), second-best in the competition only behind Andoni Zubizarreta.

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Upon retiring, Sacristán opened a football school in Valladolid for 6-to-12-year-old children. He also obtained his coaching degree and, from 2003 to 2008, was part of Frank Rijkaard's staff at Barcelona.

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On 2 March 2009, Eusebio was named head coach of another former club, Celta, as the Galician side struggled in the second division. The following season wasn't any better, although the team eventually retained their division status with ease, they struggled until the last month of competition. Eusebio was let go when his contract expired in June 2010.

Eusebio returned to Barcelona for 2011–12, being appointed the B-team's manager after Luis Enrique left for A.S. Roma. He led them to the third position in his third year; however, following a string of poor results, on 9 February 2015 he was relieved of his duties and was replaced by youth coach Jordi Vinyals.

On 9 November 2015, Eusebio was named manager of top flight club Real Sociedad after the dismissal of David Moyes.

International career

Eusebio gained 15 caps for Spain, the first coming on 24 September 1986 in a friendly match with Greece, in Gijón. He was subsequently picked for the final squad at UEFA Euro 1988, collecting no appearances as the national team exited in the group stage in West Germany.

Managerial statistics

As of 3 March 2017

Club

Barcelona
  • European Cup: 1991–92
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
  • La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
  • Copa del Rey: 1989–90
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1992
  • Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994
  • Valladolid
  • Copa de la Liga: 1983–84
  • Country

    Spain U21
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1986
  • Individual

  • La Liga Manager of the Month: February 2016, November 2016
  • References

    Eusebio Sacristán Wikipedia