Luis Aragonés
Footballer and manager
Died when: 75 years 188 days (906 months)Star Sign: Leo
Luis Aragonés Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis aɾaɣoˈnes ˈswaɾeθ]; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager.
Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid.He was a prominent player and then coach of the successful Atlético team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The team were national champions four times, reached the 1974 European Cup Final.Between 1964 and 1974, he played 265 Primera Liga games for Atlético and scored 123 goals.
He also played for several other clubs, including Real Madrid, and played 11 times for Spain, scoring three goals.Apart from Atlético he also coached seven other La Liga clubs as well as the Spain national team, whom he led to their second European Championship title in 2008.
He then became the head coach of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe after the tournament, the only time he coached outside his native Spain.