Luis Francisco Zubeldia ( Spanish: Luis Francisco Zubeldía ; born January 13, 1981 , Santa Rosa ) - Argentinian footballer and football coach.
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| Was born | January 13, 1981 (38 years) Santa Rosa , Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Lanus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Main coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Play career
Luis Zubeldia spent his entire professional football career at Lanus Club. October 30, 1998, he made his debut in the Argentine Example, in a home match against Independiente . In 2004, Zubeldia was forced to end his playing career due to osteochondrosis of the knee.
Coaching career
In June 2008, Zubeldia was appointed head coach of Lanus . At this time he was 27 years old, which made him the youngest head coach in the history of the Argentine Examples [1] . In Apertura 2008, “Lanus” under his leadership became the fourth, and Clausure 2009 - the third. In the general table of the 2008/09 season, "Lanus" with 75 points won first place, which was the best result of the club in its history.
On June 23, 2011, Zubeldia became the head coach of the Ecuadorian Barcelona . On April 8, 2012, after the match with LDU Quito, the President of Barcelona entered the locker room, where he had a difficult conversation with Subeldia, which resulted in the latter leaving the post of head coach [2] . Barcelona, following the 2012 season , won the Ecuador championship for the first time since 1997, to which Zubeldia made a significant contribution.
In April 2012, Zubeldia was appointed head coach of Racing from Avelyaneda, and after 16 months he was fired. In early 2014, he headed the Ecuadorian LDU Quito. In the season of 2014, the team under his leadership played the role of the middle peasants of the championship, and in the championship of 2015 won the first stage, but in the final in two games lost to Emelek .
In early 2016, Zubeldia became the head coach of the Mexican club Santos Laguna . After the unsuccessful start of the team in Apertura 2016, the Argentine left this post. In 2017, he headed Independiente Medellin, but in the summer of this year he moved to Spanish Alaves .
Notes
- ↑ Luis Zubeldía, el Nuevo Gran DT (isp.)
- ↑ Renunció Zubeldía a Barcelona; Discrepancia entre presidente Noboa y DT fue el detonante. (isp.) Marcador (April 9, 2011).