Eusebio Sacristán

Eusebio Sacristán Mena (Spanish pronunciation: [ewˈseβjo sakɾisˈtan]; born 13 April 1964), known simply as Eusebio in his playing days, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is a current manager.

For the Portuguese football player, see Eusébio.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sacristán and the second or maternal family name is Mena.

Eusebio
Eusebio managing Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Eusebio Sacristán Mena
Date of birth (1964-04-13) 13 April 1964
Place of birth La Seca, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
La Seca
1979–1982 Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Valladolid B
1983–1987 Valladolid 117 (13)
1987–1988 Atlético Madrid 27 (3)
1988–1995 Barcelona 203 (14)
1995–1997 Celta 67 (1)
1997–2002 Valladolid 129 (5)
Total 543 (36)
National team
1984–1987 Spain U21 17 (3)
1986–1988 Spain U23 4 (1)
1986–1992 Spain 15 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2008 Barcelona (assistant)
2009–2010 Celta
2011–2015 Barcelona B
2015–2018 Real Sociedad
2018–2019 Girona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He had a twenty-year playing career, which started and ended at Real Valladolid, and won an array of domestic and European silverware in his seven seasons at Barcelona. Internationally, he represented Spain at Euro 1988.

Eusebio began his coaching career at Barcelona, and went on to lead Celta, Barcelona B, Real Sociedad and Girona.

Playing career

Club

Born in La Seca, Province of Valladolid, Eusebio started playing professionally with hometown's Real Valladolid, being an automatic first-choice from an early age and moving to Atlético Madrid for 1987–88. After that sole season in Madrid he joined FC Barcelona,[1] proceeding to be one of coach Johan Cruyff's most used squad members in the subsequent years – he played the full 90 minutes at both the victorious 1989 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 European Cup Finals.

Eusebio could only manage 36 appearances in his last two seasons combined, this prompting a move to RC Celta de Vigo in 1995[2] where he posted two more solid campaigns. He retired in 2002 at the age of 38 with Valladolid, having played 543 La Liga matches (the only division he competed in after being promoted to his first club's first team), third-best in the competition only behind Andoni Zubizarreta and Raúl.[3][4]

International

Eusebio earned 15 caps for Spain, the first coming on 24 September 1986 in a friendly match with Greece, in Gijón.[5] He was subsequently picked for the final squad at UEFA Euro 1988, collecting no appearances as the national team exited in the group stage in West Germany.

Coaching career

Upon retiring, Sacristán opened a football school in Valladolid for 6-to-12-year-old children.[6] He also obtained his coaching degree and, from 2003 to 2008, was part of Frank Rijkaard's staff at Barcelona.[7]

On 2 March 2009, Eusebio was named head coach of another former club, Celta, as the Galician side struggled in the second division.[8] The following season was not any better, as although the team eventually retained their division status with ease they struggled until the last month of competition;[9] he was let go when his contract expired in June 2010.[10]

Eusebio returned to Barcelona for 2011–12, being appointed the B team's manager after Luis Enrique left for A.S. Roma.[11] He led them to the third position in his third year; on 9 February 2015, however, following a string of poor results, he was relieved of his duties and was replaced by youth coach Jordi Vinyals.[12]

On 9 November 2015, Eusebio was named manager of top flight club Real Sociedad after the dismissal of David Moyes.[13][14] On 18 March 2018, he was himself fired.[15][16]

On 7 June 2018, after three months without a club, Eusebio was appointed as manager of Girona FC, replacing Sevilla FC-bound Pablo Machín.[17]

Personal life

At the end of 2020, Eusebio suffered a severe cranial injury from a fall in Valladolid, and was placed in an induced coma.[18]

Managerial statistics
As of 18 May 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Celta 3 March 2009 7 June 2010 66 20 24 22 67 75 −8 030.30 [19]
Barcelona B 17 June 2011 9 February 2015 150 58 34 58 231 214 +17 038.67 [20]
Real Sociedad 9 November 2015 19 March 2018 112 46 23 43 177 165 +12 041.07 [21]
Girona 7 June 2018 20 May 2019 44 10 13 21 48 67 −19 022.73 [22]
Total 372 134 94 144 523 521 +2 036.02 —

Honours

Club

Barcelona

Valladolid

International

Spain U21

Individual

References
  1. "Los jugadores del Atlético de Madrid Julio Salinas y Eusebio se comprometieron con el Barcelona" [Atlético de Madrid players Julio Salinas and Eusebio committed to Barcelona] (in Spanish). El País. 21 May 1988. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. El Celta ficha a Eusebio (Celta sign Eusebio); El País, 30 June 1995 (in Spanish)
  3. Leyendas del Real Valladolid C. F. – Eusebio (Real Valladolid C. F. legends – Eusebio); El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish)
  4. "El Tenerife, patético" [Tenerife, pathetic] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 29 April 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. 3–1: Son los mismos, pero parecían dormidos (3–1: Same guys, they just looked asleep); Mundo Deportivo, 25 September 1986 (in Spanish)
  6. Escuela de Fútbol Eusebio Sacristán (Eusebio Sacristán Football school) Archived 13 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  7. El Barcelona comienza a planificar la próxima temporada (Barcelona start planning next season); El Mundo, 22 May 2006 (in Spanish)
  8. Eusebio Sacristán relanza su carrera en el Celta (Eusebio Sacristán relaunches career at Celta); El Norte de Castilla, 3 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. El Celta limita el crédito de Eusebio (Celta limit Eusebio's credit); Faro de Vigo, 30 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. La directiva del Celta decide no renovar a Eusebio Sacristán (Celta board of directors decide against renewing Eusebio); Marca, 7 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  11. Eusebio Sacristán, nuevo entrenador del Barcelona B (Eusebio Sacristán, new Barcelona B manager); Diario AS, 17 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  12. Rescisión del contrato de Eusebio Sacristán como técnico del B (Eusebio Sacristán contract rescision as B coach); FC Barcelona, 9 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  13. Blanco, Jordi (9 November 2015). "Eusebio Sacristán sería técnico de la Real Sociedad, tras salida de de [sic] Moyes" [Eusebio Sacristán would be manager of Real Sociedad, following exit of Moyes] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  14. "Eusebio Sacristán, nuevo entrenador de la Real Sociedad" [Eusebio Sacristán, new manager of Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). Marca. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  15. "Real Sociedad ends contract with Eusebio". Real Sociedad. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  16. "Real Sociedad officially part ways with coach Eusebio". Marca. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  17. "Eusebio Sacristán, nuevo entrenador del Girona" [Eusebio Sacristán, new manager of Girona] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  18. "Eusebio Sacristán, en coma induït després de ser operat d'urgència per un traumatisme cranioencefàlic" [Eusebio Sacristán, in induced coma after emergency surgery for cranial trauma] (in Catalan). Diari de Girona. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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  23. "25 años de la Copa de la Liga" [25 years from the League Cup] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  24. ¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!); Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 1986 (in Spanish)
  25. "Eusebio Sacristan named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for February". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  26. "Eusebio Sacristan named LaLiga Santander Manager of the Month for November". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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