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Luis Enrique
Personal information
Full name Luis Enrique Martínez García
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Striker
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona B (coach)
Youth career
1981–1988 Sporting Gijón
1984–1988 → La Braña (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Sporting B
1989–1991 Sporting Gijón 36 (14)
1991–1996 Real Madrid 157 (15)
1996–2004 Barcelona 207 (73)
Total 400 (102)
International career
1990–1991 Spain U21 5 (0)
1991–1992 Spain U23 14 (3)
1991–2002 Spain 62 (12)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Barcelona B
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name Luis Enrique Martínez García (born 8 May 1970 in Gijón, Asturias), known as Luis Enrique, is a retired Spanish footballer and a current coach. His usual position was right or attacking midfielder, but he was notable for his versatility, having played in all positions throughout his career except central defender and goalkeeper.

He was a prolific goalscorer, for both club and country - he appeared with the latter in three FIFA World Cups and one UEFA European Football Championship - and was also noted for his temperament and stamina. Starting in 1991 and ending in 2004, he represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona, with equal individual and team success.

Club career

After starting his career with Sporting de Gijón, Luis Enrique spent most of it with the two big Spanish clubs: first Real Madrid for five seasons and, in a stunning move, he saw out his contract and moved to fierce rivals Barcelona on a free transfer. The Catalan club's supporters were at first understandably hesitant about their new acquisition, but he soon won the culés heart, staying eight years with the club, eventually becoming first-team captain, and scoring several times in El Clásico against his former employers.

In his first three seasons with Barcelona, Enrique netted 46 La Liga goals, with Barça finishing runner-up in 1996–97, subsequently winning back-to-back domestic championship accolades.

On 10 August 2004, at the age of 34, he announced his retirement, feeling that he could no longer keep up to the standards he set for himself.[1] Enrique finished his professional career with league totals of 400 games and 102 goals, being named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March.[2]

On 18 June 2008, Luis Enrique returned to Barcelona, taking over the reins of the B team, renamed Barcelona Atlètic for that season. As he succeeded longtime Barça teammate Josep Guardiola, he stated: "I have come home", and "I finished playing here and now I will start coaching here." As his predecessor, he too eventually had success, helping the club return to division two after an absence of 11 years, in his second season.

In mid-March 2011, Enrique announced his departure from Barcelona B at the end of the season, despite still having two years left on his contract.[3] He led the side to the promotion playoffs, but it was ineligible for promotion.

International career

Luis Enrique played for Spain in three FIFA World Cups: 1994, 1998 and 2002 (as well as UEFA Euro 1996), and accumulated 62 caps, scoring 12 goals in his international career. He was also a member of the gold-winning squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

In the 1994 World Cup, held in the United States, in the 1–2 quarterfinal loss against Italy, Mauro Tassotti's elbow made contact with Enrique's face to bloody effect.[4] The action was of such impact that Enrique reportedly lost a pint of blood from his face as a result. During the match the incident went unpunished. Tassotti was banned for eight games afterwards, and never played for Italy again.[5]

When Spain met Italy at Euro 2008 on 22 June, to battle for a place in the semifinals, Enrique reportedly called for the team to "take revenge" on Italy for the 1994 World Cup incident.[6] Tassotti, now an assistant coach at his beloved A.C. Milan, told Marca newspaper that he was tired of always being reminded of this incident and that he had never intended to hurt Enrique.

International goals

Honours

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Spain

Statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Europe Other [7] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Gijón 1989–90 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
1990–91 35 14 9 3 - - - - 44 17
Total 36 14 9 3 0 0 0 0 45 17
Real Madrid 1991–92 29 4 6 1 6 0 - - 41 5
1992–93 34 2 6 0 8 1 - - 48 3
1993–94 28 2 4 1 6 0 2 0 40 3
1994–95 35 4 2 0 6 0 - - 43 4
1995–96 31 3 0 0 8 0 2 0 41 3
Total 157 15 18 2 34 1 4 0 213 18
Barcelona 1996–97 35 17 7 1 7 0 2 0 51 18
1997–98 34 18 6 3 6 4 1 0 47 25
1998–99 26 11 3 0 3 1 2 0 34 12
1999–00 19 3 5 3 7 6 2 0 33 12
2000–01 28 9 4 1 9 6 - - 41 16
2001–02 23 5 0 0 15 6 - - 38 11
2002–03 18 8 0 0 8 2 - - 26 10
2003–04 24 3 1 0 5 2 - - 30 5
Total 207 73 26 8 60 27 7 0 300 109
Career totals 400 102 53 13 94 28 11 0 558 144

International

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Other ventures

After retiring from football, Luis Enrique lived for a while in Australia to practice surfing. He took part in the 2005 edition of the New York City Marathon, finished the Amsterdam Marathon in 2006, the Firenze Marathon in 2007 and the Marathon des Sables in 2008, while also entering and finishing Frankfurt Ironman in 2007.

He was supposed to take part in the Klagenfurt Ironman in July 2008, but eventually declined due to his Barcelona manager engagement.[9]

References

  1. ^ Luis Enrique bows out; BBC Sport, 10 August 2004
  2. ^ Pele's list of the greatest; BBC Sport, 4 March 2004
  3. ^ Luis Enrique se va a final de temporada (Luis Enrique leaves at the end of season); FC Barcelona's website, 15 March 2011 Template:Es icon
  4. ^ Luis Enrique full of respect; BBC Sport, 20 June 2002
  5. ^ Date set for Hendry decision; BBC Sport, 3 April 2001
  6. ^ Luis Enrique: "Espero que Villa me vengue ante Italia" (Luis Enrique: "I hope Villa avenges me with Italy"); Marca, 18 June 2008 Template:Es icon
  7. ^ Includes the Supercopa de España
  8. ^ Luis Enrique Martínez García - Goals in International Matches; at RSSSF
  9. ^ Luis Enrique correrá el Maratón de las Arenas (Luis Enrique to run Marathon des Sables); Marca, 12 February 2008 Template:Es icon
Sporting positions
Preceded by FC Barcelona captain
2002–2004 		Succeeded by

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