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 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 | ||
"Gary Lineker was a gentleman" at Barcelona | Eusebio Sacristán
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.
Eusebio began his coaching career at Barcelona, and went on to lead Celta and Barcelona B.
Rueda de prensa de eusebio sacristan tras el fc barcelona 4 0 real sociedad
Club career
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.
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.
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.
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.