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10 Facts You Do Not Know About Barcelona Manager Luis Enrique

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Luis Enrique is one of the best known and most successful managers in the world. At Barcelona he has won 3 La Liga, 2 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup titles. We bring to you some facts that you should know about him.

THE FIGHTERluis-enrique-gijon-2

Playing for the club of his birth town, at Sporting de Gujon he was nicknamed Lucho ‘the fighter’ after Luis Flores a Mexican forward in the team.

THE CLASSIC SWITCHluis-enrique-real-madrid

Luis is one of the few players to play for both Barcelona and Real Madrid. He played 5 season for Real before moving to arch rivals Barca in 1996.

THE MANAGERluis-enrique-roma

Luis began his managerial career with Barcelona B in 2008. In 2011 he moved to Roma. In the 2013–14 season he managed Celta, before returning to Barcelona and winning the treble in his first year and the double in his second.

OLYMPIC HEROluis-enrique-spain

Luis Enrique played for Spain in 3 Fifa world cups: 1994, 1998 and 2002 with 62 caps and 12 goals. He was also a member of the gold-winning squad at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

IN HIGH PLACESluis-enrique-andoni-zubizarreta

He was recommended for the Barcelona job by sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta, his former national teammate. His appointment was announced on May 19, 2014.

IN PELE’S LIST

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In March 2004, Luis Enrique was named to Pele’s FIFA 100 list of the greatest living footballers. He was one of three Spaniards to make in to this list.

WAVERIDERluis-enrique-australia

After retiring as a player Luis lived in Australia for a while. He practiced surfing there.

THE MARATHON MANluis-enrique-marathon

Luis took part in the 2005 edition of the New York city marathon. In 2006, he finished the Amsterdam marathon. He took part in the Firenze marathon and Frankfurt Ironman in 2007. He also participated in Marathon de Sables in 2008.

IMPROVE, IMPROVEluis-enrique

One of most known quotes: Even when you’re winning there’s a lot of things to improve. We are getting closer to our objective, repeat or improve what we did last season, but one must be humble enough to keep working.

‘FAN’TASTICluis-enrique-instagram

Luis has no instagram account but his fan page is one the biggest accounts on Instagram.

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