Julen Lopetegui

Julen Lopetegui
Lopetegui as Spain manager in 2017
Personal information
Full name Julen Lopetegui Agote[1]
Date of birth (1966-08-28) 28 August 1966 (age 57)[2]
Place of birth Asteasu, Spain[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Real Madrid Castilla 61 (0)
1988–1991 Real Madrid 1 (0)
1988–1989Las Palmas (loan) 31 (0)
1991–1994 Logroñés 107 (0)
1994–1997 Barcelona 5 (0)
1997–2002 Rayo Vallecano 112 (0)
Total 317 (0)
International career
1985 Spain U21 1 (0)
1994 Spain 1 (0)
1993–2000 Basque Country 3 (0)
Managerial career
2003 Spain U17 (assistant)
2003 Rayo Vallecano
2008–2009 Real Madrid B
2010–2013 Spain U19
2010–2014 Spain U20
2012–2014 Spain U21
2014–2016 Porto
2016–2018 Spain
2018 Real Madrid
2019–2022 Sevilla
2022–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain (as player)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 1985
Representing  Spain (as manager)
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2012
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julen Lopetegui Agote (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈʝulen lopeˈteɣjaˈɣote];[citation needed] born 28 August 1966) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who will become the head coach of Premier League club West Ham United on July 1st 2024.

A goalkeeper, he played 149 La Liga matches over nine seasons, representing Real Madrid, Logroñés, Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano in the competition. He added 168 appearances in the Segunda División for three clubs, winning one cap for Spain and being a member of the squad at the 1994 World Cup.

Lopetegui started working as a manager in 2003, and spent several years in charge of Spain's youth teams, leading the under-19 and under-21 sides to European titles. He was also head coach of the senior national team for two years, but was dismissed before the start of the 2018 World Cup following the announcement of his agreement to join Real Madrid after the tournament. In club football, he has managed Rayo Vallecano, Castilla, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning the 2020 Europa League with the penultimate side.

  1. ^ "Un bisabuelo de Lopetegi medía dos metros; le llamaban 'el Gigante'" [A Lopetegi great-grandfather was two metres tall; they called him 'the Giant'] (in Spanish). EITB. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Julen LOPETEGUI Argote [sic]". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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