Luis Milla (footballer, born 1966)

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Luis Milla
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Milla as Lugo manager in 2015
Personal information
Full name Luis Milla Aspas
Date of birth (1966-03-12) 12 March 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Teruel, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983 Teruel
1983–1984 Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986 Barcelona C 52 (2)
1984–1990 Barcelona 54 (2)
1986–1988 Barcelona B 40 (5)
1990–1997 Real Madrid 165 (3)
1997–2001 Valencia 79 (1)
Total390(13)
International career
1989–1990 Spain 3 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Puçol
2007–2008 Getafe (assistant)
2008–2010 Spain U19
2009 Spain U20
2010–2012 Spain U21
2012 Spain U23
2013 Al Jazira
2015–2016 Lugo
2016 Zaragoza
2017–2018 Indonesia
2017–2018 Indonesia U23
2022–2023 Persib Bandung
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (as manager)
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2010
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Milla Aspas (born 12 March 1966) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a football manager.

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He represented three clubs – including Barcelona and Real Madrid – in a 16-year-professional career, where he won three La Liga titles (one with the former and two with the latter) and amassed totals of 298 matches and six goals.

Milla later worked as a manager, being in charge of Spain's youth teams for several years.

Playing career

Milla was born in Teruel, Aragon. After finishing his development with FC Barcelona he made his La Liga debut in 1984–85, scoring in his only appearance of the season against Real Zaragoza as Barça pitched in a team majorly composed of youth players due to a general professional's strike. [2]

Definitely promoted to the first team in 1988, Milla would be involved two years later in a sour contract renewal dispute with the board of directors and manager Johan Cruyff, [3] which eventually finished with his free transfer to Real Madrid. He was seriously injured in his debut campaign, but bounced to back to be an important first-team element in the conquest of two leagues and one Copa del Rey, being fairly used even after the 1994 purchase of Fernando Redondo. [4]

Milla finished his career in June 2001 after four years at Valencia CF, with more than 400 official appearances as a professional. [5] Over a three-month period beginning in late 1989, he earned himself three caps for the Spain national team, the first against Hungary in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier. [6]

Coaching career

Milla was first involved in professional coaching in 2007–08, assisting former Barcelona and Madrid teammate Michael Laudrup at Getafe CF. [7] In the ensuing summer he was named the national under-19's manager, after Vicente del Bosque's appointment as the senior manager.

In Milla's first tournament, the 2009 UEFA European championship, the team did not progress through the group stage. In the 2010 edition in France, however, he led Spain to the final, which ended in defeat to the hosts. [8]

Later in the same year, Milla replaced Juan Ramón López Caro at the helm of the under-21 side. Despite finding a delicate situation upon his arrival, he managed to qualify for the 2011 European championship after defeating Croatia in a two-legged play-off. [9]

In the final stages in Denmark, Milla led the Spanish under-21s to their third title, after only conceding two goals in five games (four wins and only one draw). [10] He was sacked after his team failed to qualify from the group phase at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [11]

In February 2013, Milla was appointed at UAE Pro League's Al Jazira Club. [12] His first match in charge was a 3–1 loss at Tractor Sazi F.C. in the group stage of the AFC Champions League. [13]

Milla returned to Spain in the 2015 off-season, signing as Segunda División club CD Lugo head coach and resigning in late February 2016 in unclear circumstances. [14] The following season, in the same capacity, he joined Zaragoza also at that level, [15] being dismissed after only four months in charge and six matches without a win. [16]

On 21 January 2017, Milla succeeded Alfred Riedl at the helm of the Indonesia national team by signing a two-year deal. [17] In October 2018, he had his contract terminated by the Football Association of Indonesia. [18]

On 19 August 2022, Milla was announced as the new manager of Persib Bandung. [19]

On 15 July 2023, Milla resigned as Persib Bandung manager after 3 games without a win.

Personal life

Milla's son, also named Luis, is also a footballer and a midfielder. [20]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 July 2023 [21]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
PWDLWin %
Puçol 1 July 200630 June 20074214919033.3
Spain U19 1 August 20085 July 2010171115064.7
Spain U20 25 September 20095 October 20094301075.0
Spain U21 1 August 20107 August 2012201541075.0
Spain U23 1 July 20127 August 20123012000.0
Al Jazira 23 February 201325 October 20136123016.7
Lugo 1 July 201524 February 2016289127032.1
Zaragoza 1 July 201624 October 201612345025.0
Indonesia 20 January 201724 August 20188323037.5
Indonesia U23 20 January 201724 August 20183013710043.3
Persib Bandung 19 August 202215 July 2023301776056.7
Total200894962044.5—

Honours

Player

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Valencia

Manager

Spain U21

Spain U19

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Milla". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ 4–0: ¡Viva la huelga! (4–0: Long live the strike!); Mundo Deportivo, 10 September 1984 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Real Madrid biography Archived 12 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ ¿Luis Redondo o Fernando Milla? (Luis Redondo or Fernando Milla?); El País, 4 September 1995 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Luis Milla recuerda como su mejor Copa la victoria con el Valencia" [Luis Milla recalls win with Valencia as his best Cup] (in Spanish). El Economista. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Astruells, Andrés (16 November 1989). "El remate de una gran faena" [Icing on tasty cake]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "La ansiedad te bloquea" ("Anxiety blocks you"); El País, 30 September 2007 (in Spanish)
  8. 1 2 "Francia deja a "La Rojita" sin Europeo sub-19" [France leave "Little Reds" without under-19 Euro] (in Spanish). La Información. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "España firma su pase a la Eurocopa sub'21 de 2012" [España seal qualification for under'21 Eurocup] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  10. 1 2 Gustems, Pol (25 June 2011). "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Milla paga el fracaso de Londres (Milla pays for London failure); El País, 7 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ "Luis Milla ficha por el Al Jazira" [Luis Milla signs for Al Jazira] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Losing start for Milla as Al Jazira lose in Iran". Sport 360. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. ↑ Mora, Froilán; Angulo, Adrián (26 February 2016). "¿Cuáles son los motivos reales de la dimisión de Luis Milla?" [What are the real motives for Luis Milla's resignation?]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  15. ↑ Marín, Javier (15 June 2016). "Oficial: Luis Milla es el nuevo entrenador del Zaragoza" [Official: Luis Milla is the new coach of Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Luis Milla, destituido como entrenador del Zaragoza" [Luis Milla, dismissed as Zaragoza manager]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  17. ↑ "Luis Milla lands Indonesia head coach job". Asian Football Confederation. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Budiman, Aditya (22 October 2018). "Luis Milla farewell on a high note, criticizes PSSI on Instagram". Tempo . Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Yusuf, Maulana (19 August 2022). "Breaking News: Luis Milla Resmi Jadi Pelatih Persib Bandung" [Breaking News: Luis Milla officially becomes manager of Persib Bandung]. MNC Corporation . Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  20. ↑ Garrido, Francisco José (7 November 2014). "Milla vs Milla: padre del Real Madrid e hijo del Rayo Vallecano" [Milla vs Milla: Real Madrid father and Rayo Vallecano son] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  21. ↑ Luis Milla coach profile at Soccerway
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