Luis Fernandez, a peculiar coach

Last update 8 October, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

Luis Fernandez It was during his career a strong character footballer who played at the PSG, the Cannes and the French team with which he participated in the World Mexico 1986. However, the public can know in his role as a coach in the PSG and the Spanish public for their stage in the Athletic de Bilbao, where he was a showman, Espanyol y Real Betis.

Luis Fernandez, a peculiar type

Born in 1959 in Rate, Spain but raised in France, Luis Fernandez elected the French but an Andalusian accent betrays his roots. He took the Athletic de Bilbao the runner-up of League 1998 and was a classic for its Chupa Chups and shows in the band. His word "macho" with its particular pronunciation, He became one of the protagonists of sports parodies of late 90.

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But for some years it seems that the good Luis Fernandez He has been gone for at least, the first level of the elite. Between 2010 and the 2011 He coached the Selection of Israel and a couple of years earlier had trained the legendary Reims Stadium I was at that time in the second French. However it seemed that he had lost track but you know what happened to him? Because he was not trained to April 2015 when he took the post of coach Guinea Conakry which it lasted less than a year.

In 2017 PSG hired him to direct his academy training, a position of great responsibility but far removed from where the excellent but quirky coach was moving media spotlight throughout his career.