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| Rafael Benítez | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Rafael Benítez Maudes | |
| Date of birth: | April 16, 1960 | |
| Place of birth: | Madrid,  Spain
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| Height: | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position: | Sweeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1974–1981 1981 1981–1985 1985–1986 Total |
Real Madrid Castilla → Guardamar (loan) Parla Linares
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247 (7) 124 (8) 34 (7) 405 (22) |
| National team | ||
| 1979-1981 | Spain Universities XI
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5 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 2000–2001 2001–2004 2004–2010 2010 2012-2013 2013-2015 2015-2016 2016-2019 2019-2021 2021–2022 2023–2024 |
Real Madrid B Real Valladolid Osasuna Extremadura Tenerife Valencia Liverpool Internazionale Chelsea (interim) Napoli Real Madrid Newcastle United Dalian Professional Everton Celta Vigo
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Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently manager of La Liga club Celta Vigo.
Benítez joined Real Madrid's coaching staff at the age of 26, going on to work as the under-19 and reserve team coach, and assistant manager for the senior team. Benítez moved away from Real Madrid, but management spells at Real Valladolid and Osasuna were short-lived and unsuccessful. Benítez guided Segunda División side Extremadura back to the Primera División in his first season in 1997, but the team was relegated the following season. He left the club, and coached Tenerife in 2000, winning promotion in his only season.
Honours[]
Player[]
- Parla
- Tercera División (1): 1981–82
Manager[]
- Real Madrid U-19s
- Spain U-19 League (1): 1992–93
- Spain U-19 Cup (2): 1990–91, 1992–93
- Extremadura
- Segunda División promotion (1): 1997–98
- Tenerife
- Segunda División promotion (1): 2000–01
- Valencia
- Liverpool
- FA Cup (1): 2005–06
- FA Community Shield (1): 2006
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2004–05
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2005
- Internazionale
- Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2010
- FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2010
- Chelsea
Individual[]
- Don Balón Award (1): 2002
- UEFA Manager of the Year (2): 2003–04, 2004–05
- Premier League Manager of the Month (6): November 2005, December 2005, January 2007, October 2008, March 2009, April 2013
External links[]
- Biographies
- Liverpool FC Official Website profile
- Manager profile at LFChistory.net
- Manager profile at This Is Anfield
- Statistics
- Complete management career stats at Liverpool-kop.com
Rafael Benítez management profile at Soccerbase- La Liga and Segunda División manager stats at www.bdfutbol.com
- Valencia CF
Template:Real Madrid Castilla managers Template:Real Valladolid managers Template:CA Osasuna managers Template:CD Tenerife managers
| Valencia CF - Managers |
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Kinké (1921–22 Sancho (1922–23) · Fivébr (1923–28) · Herriot (1928–29) · Fivébr (1929–31) · Galloway (1931–33) · Greenwell (1933–34) · Fivébr (1934–35) · Balsa (1935–36) · Encinas (1939–42) · Rino (1942–43) · Cubells (1943–46) · Pasarín (1946–48) · Quincoces (1948–54) · Iturraspe (1954–56) · Miró (1956–58) · Quincoces (1958–59) · Bumbel (1959–60) · Quincocesi (1960) · Balmanya (1960–62) · Scopelli (1962– 63) · Pasieguito (1963–64) · Mundo (1964–65) · Barinaga (1965–66) · Mundo (1966– 68) · Joseíto (1968–69) · Buqué & Artigas (1969–70) · Di Stéfano (1970–74) · Ćirić (1974–75) · Milošević (1975) · Mestre (1975–76) · Herrera (1976–77) · Mestre (1977) · Domingo (1977–79) · Pasieguito (1979) · Di Stéfano (1979–80) · Pasieguito (1980–82) · Mestre (1982) · Miljanić (1982–83) · Aguirre (1983) · Paquito (1983–84) · Gil (1984–85) · Valdez (1985–86) · Di Stéfano (1986–88) · Gil (1988) · Espárrago (1988–91) · Hiddink (1991–93) · Núñez (1993–94) · Hiddink (1994) · Parreira (1994–95) · Aragonés (1995–96) · Valdano (1996–97) · Ranieri (1997–99) · Cúper (1999–2001) · Benítez (2001–04) · Ranieri (2004–05) · López Habas (2005) · Flores (2005–07) · Koeman (2007–08) · Voroi (2008) · Emery (2008–12) · Pellegrino (2012) · Voroi (2012) · Valverde (2012–13) · Đukić (2013) · Estévezi (2013) · Pizzi (2014) · Nuno (2014–15) · Voroi (2015) · Neville (2015–16) · Ayestarán (2016) · Voroi (2016) · Prandelli (2016–) |
| Liverpool Football Club - Managers |
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Barclay and McKenna (1892–96) • Watson (1896–1915) • Ashworth (1919–23) • McQueen (1923–28) • Patterson (1928–36) • Kay (1936–51) • Welsh (1951–56) • Taylor (1956–59) • Shankly (1959–74) • Paisley (1974–83) • Fagan (1983–85) • Dalglish (1985–91) • Souness (1991–94) • Evans (1994–98) • Evans and Houllier (1998) • Houllier (1998–2004) • Benítez (2004–10) • Hodgson (2010–11) • Dalglish (2011–12) • Rodgers (2012–15) • Klopp (2015–24) • Slot (2024–) |
| Inter Milan - Managers |
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Fossati (1909–15) • Resegotti (1920–22) • Spottiswood (1922–24) • Scheidler (1924–26) • Weisz (1926–28) • Viola (1928–29) • Weisz (1929–31) • Tóth (1931–32) • Weisz (1932–34) • Feldmann (1934–36) • Carraro (1936) • Castellazzi (1936–38) • Cargnelli (1938–40) • Peruchetti (1940) • Zamberletti (1941) • Fiorentini (1941–42) • Ferrari (1942–45) • Carcano (1945–46) • Nutrizio (1946) • Meazza (1947–48) • Carcano (1948) • Astley (1948) • Cappelli (1949–50) • Olivieri (1950–52) • Foni (1952–55) • Campatelli (1955) • Meazza (1955–56) • Frossi (1956) • Ferrero (1957) • Meazza (1957) • Carver (1957–58) • Bigogno (1958) • Campatelli (1959–60) • Achilli (1960) • Cappelli (1960) • Hel. Herrera (1960–68) • Foni (1968–69) • Her. Herrera (1969–70) • Invernizzi (1970–73) • Masiero (1973) • Hel. Herrera (1973) • Masiero (1974) • Suárez (1974–75) • Chiappella (1976–77) • Bersellini (1977–82) • Marchesi (1982–83) • Radice (1983–84) • Castagner (1984–85) • Corso (1985–86) • Trapattoni (1986–91) • Orrico (1991–92) • Suárez (1992) • Bagnoli (1992–94) • Marini (1994) • Bianchi (1994–95) • Suárez (1995) • Hodgson (1995–97) • Castellini (1997) • Simoni (1997–98) • Lucescu (1998–99) • Castellini (1999) • Hodgson (1999) • Lippi (1999–2000) • Tardelli (2000–01) • Cúper (2001–03) • Verdelli (2003) • Zaccheroni (2003–04) • Mancini (2004–08) • Mourinho (2008–10) • Benítez (2010) • Leonardo (2010–11) • Gasperini (2011) • Ranieri (2011–12) • Stramaccioni (2012–13) • Mazzarri (2013–14) • Mancini (2014–16) • de Boer (2016) • Vecchic (2016) Pioli (2016–17) Vecchic (2017) Spalletti (2017–19) Conte (2019–2021) Inzaghi (2021–) |
| Chelsea Football Club - Managers |
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Robertson (1905–06) • Lewis (1906–07i) • Calderhead (1907–33) • Knighton (1933–39) • Birrell (1939–52) • Drake (1952–61) • Docherty (1961–67) • Sexton (1967–74) • Suart (1974–75) • McCreadie (1975–77) • Shellito (1977–78) • Blanchflower (1978–79) • Hurst (1979–81) • Gould (1981c) • Neal (1981–85) • Hollins (1985–88) • Campbell (1988–91) • Porterfield (1991–93) • Webb (1993i) • Hoddle (1993–96) • Gullit (1996–98) • Vialli (1998–2000) • Rix & Wilkins (2000c) • Ranieri (2000–04) • Mourinho (2004–07) • Grant (2007–08) • Scolari (2008–09) • Wilkins (2009c) • Hiddink (2009i) • Ancelotti (2009–11) • Villas-Boas (2011–12) • Di Matteo (2012) • Benítez (2012–13) • Mourinho (2013–15) • Holland (2015c) • Hiddink (2015–16i) • Conte (2016–18) • Sarri (2018–19) • Lampard (2019–21) • Tuchel (2021–22) • Potter (2022–23) • Bruno (2023c) • Lampard (2023i) • Pochettino (2023–24) • Maresca (2024–) |
| S.S.C. Napoli - Managers |
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Kreutzer (1926–27) • Skasa (1927) • Technical Commission (Steiger, Terrile & Molnár) (1927–28) • Fischer (1928) • Terrile (1928–29) • Garbutt (1929–35) • Csapkay (1935–36) • Mattea (1936–38) • Payer (1938–39) • Technical Commission (D'Albora, Iodice, Castello, Piccini & Rocco) (1939) • Baloncieri (1939–40) • Vojak (1940–43) • Innocenti (1943) • Sansone (1945–46) • Vecchina (1947–48) • Sentimenti (1948) • Borel (1948–49) • De Manesc (1949) • Mosele (1949) • Monzeglio (1949–56) • Amadei (1956–59) • Frossi (1959) • Amadei (1959–61) • Sallustro (1961) • Baldi (1961–62) • Pesaola (1962) • Pesaola & Monzeglio (1962–63) • Lerici (1963–64) • Molino (1964) • Pesaola (1964–68) • Chiappella & Parola (1968–69) • Di Costanzo (1969) • Chiappella (1969–73) • Vinicio (1973–76) • Delfrati & Rivellino (1976) • Pesaola (1976–77) • Di Marzio (1977) • Vinício (1978) • Sormani (1980) • Marchesi (1980–82) • Giacomini (1982) • Rambone & Pesaola (1982–83) • Santin (1983–84) • Marchesi (1984–85) • Bianchi (1985–89) • Bigon (1989–91) • Ranieri (1991–93) • Bianchi (1993) • Lippi (1993–94) • Guerini (1994) • Boškov (1994–96) • Simoni (1996–97) • Montefusco (1997) • Mutti (1997) • Mazzone (1997) • Galeone (1997–98) • Montefusco (1998) • Ulivieri (1998–99) • Montefusco (1999) • Novellino (1999–2000) • Zeman (2000) • Mondonico (2000–01) • De Canio (2001–02) • Colomba (2002) • Busoc (2002) • Scoglio (2002–03) • Colomba (2003) • Agostinelli (2003) • Simoni (2003–04) • Ventura (2004) • Reja (2005–09) • Donadoni (2009) • Mazzarri (2009–13) • Benítez (2013–15) • Sarri (2015–18) • Ancelotti (2018–19) • Gattuso (2019–21) • Spalletti (2021–23) • Garcia (2023) • Mazzarri (2023–24) • Calzona (2024) • Conte (2024–) |
| Real Madrid C.F. managers |
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Johnson (1910–20) • De Cárcer (1920–26) • Llorente (1926–27) • Bernabéu (1926–27) • Berraondo (1927–29) • Quirante (1929–30) • Hertzka (1930–32) • Firth (1932–(1934) • Bru (1934–41) • Armet (1941–43) • Encinas (1943–45) • Quincoces (1945–46) • Albéniz (1946–47) • Quincoces (1947–48) • Keeping (1948–50) • Albéniz (1950–51) • Scarone (1951–52) • Ipiña (1952–53) • Fernández (1953–54) • Villalonga (1954–57) • Carniglia (1957–59) • Muñoz (1959) • Carniglia (1959) • Fleitas Solich (1959–60) • Muñoz (1960–74) • Molowny (1974) • Miljanić (1974–77) • Molowny (1977–79) • Boškov (1979–82) • Molowny (1982) • Di Stéfano (1982–84) • Amancio (1984–85) • Molowny (1985–86) • Beenhakker (1986–89) • Toshack (1989–90) • Di Stéfano (1990–91) • Antić (1991–92) • Beenhakker (1992) • Floro (1992–94) • Del Bosque (1994) • Valdano (1994–96) • Iglesias (1996) • Del Bosque (1996) • Capello (1996–97) • Heynckes (1997–98) • Hiddink (1998–99) • Toshack (1999) • Del Bosque (1999–(2003) • Queiroz (2003–04) • Camacho (2004) • García Remón (2004) • Luxemburgo (2004–05) • López Caro (2005–06) • Capello (2006–07) • Schuster (2007–08) • Ramos (2008–09) • Pellegrini (2009–10) • Mourinho (2010–13) • Ancelotti (2013–15) • Benítez (2015–16) • Zidane (2016–2018) • Lopetegui (2018) • Solari (2018–2019) • Zidane (2019–2021) • Ancelotti (2021–) |
| Newcastle United Football Club - Managers |
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Cunningham (1930–35) •
Mather (1935–39) •
Seymour (1939–47) •
Martin (1947–50) •
Seymour (1950–54) •
Livingstone (1954–56) •
Seymour (1956–58) •
Mitten (1958–61) •
N. Smith (1961–62) •
Harvey (1962–75) •
Lee (1975–77) •
Dinnis (1977) •
McFaul (1977c) •
McGarry (1977–80) •
Cox (1980–84) •
Charlton (1984–85) •
McFaul (1985–88) •
Suggett (1988c) •
J. Smith (1988–91) •
Saxton (1991c) •
Ardiles (1991–92) •
Keegan (1992–97) •
McDermott (1997c) •
Dalglish (1997–98) •
Gullit (1998–99) •
Clarke (1999c) •
Robson (1999–2004) •
Carver (2004c) •
Souness (2004–06) •
Roeder (2006–07) •
Pearson (2007c) •
Allardyce (2007–08) •
Pearson (2008c) •
Keegan (2008) •
Hughton (2008c) •
Kinnear (2008–09) •
Hughton & Calderwood (2009a) •
Shearer (2009) •
Hughton (2009–10) •
Beardsley (2010c) •
Pardew (2010–14) •
Carver (2015i) •
McClaren (2015–16) •
Benítez (2016–19) •
Bruce (2019–21) •
Jones (2021i) •
Howe (2021–)
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| Everton Football Club - Managers |
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Barclay (1888–1889) · Molyneux (1889–1901) · Cuff (1901–1918) · Sawyer (1918–1919) · McIntosh (1919–1935) · Kelly (1936–1948) · Britton (1948–1956) · Buchan (1956–1958) · Carey (1958–1961) · Catterick (1961–1973) · Eggleston (1973) · Bingham (1973–1977) · Burtenshaw (1977) · Lee (1977–1981) · Kendall (1981–1987) · Harvey (1987–1990) · Gabriel (1990) · Kendall (1990–1993) · Gabriel (1993–1994) · Walker (1994) · Royle (1994–1997) · Watson (1997) · Kendall (1997–1998) · Smith (1998–2002) · Moyes (2002–2013) · Martínez (2013–2016) · Unsworthc (2016) · Koeman (2016–2017) · Unsworthc (2017) · Allardyce (2017–2018) · Silva (2018–2019) · Fergusonc (2019) · Ancelotti (2019–2021) · Benítez (2021–2022) · Fergusonc (2022) · Lampard (2022–23) · Tait & Bainesc (2023) · Dyche (2023–25) · Moyes (2025–) |
| Celta de Vigo - Managers |
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Cuggy (1923–26) · Balsa (1926–27) · Cowan (1927–28) · Encinas (1928–31) · Planas (1931–32) · Peña (1932–35) · Comesaña (1935–36) · Plattkó (1938–39) · Comesaña (1939–40) · Cárdenes (1940–41) · Albéniz (1941–1944) · Plattkó (1944–46) · Armando (1946) · Zamora (1946–49) · Pasarín (1949–51) · Ozores (1951–52) · Bravo (1952–53) · Armando (1953) · Iraragorri (1953) · Zamora (1953–55) · Urquiri (1955–56) · Scopelli (1956–57) · Pasarín (1957–59) · Miró (1959) · Lúpiz (1959) · Albéniz (1959–60) · Yayo (1960) · Zamora (1960) · Yayo (1960–61) · Hon (1961) · Aretio (1961–62) · Eizaguirre (1962–63) · Joseíto (1963–65) · Rafa (1965–66) · César (1966–67) · Villar (1967) · Eizaguirre (1967–69) · Olsen (1969–70) · Arza (1970–72) · Dellacha (1972–73) · Aretio (1973) · Arza (1973–74) · Moreno (1974–75) · Villar (1975) · Cedrún (1975–77) · Cuervo (1977) · Villar (1977) · Maguregui (1977–78) · Ruiz (1978–79) · Pedrito (1979) · Cedrún (1979–80) · Arza (1980) · Pavić (1980–83) · Carriega (1983) · Carnero (1984–85) · Traid (1985–86) · Villar (1986) · Addison (1986–87) · Maguregui (1987–88) · Villar (1988) · Novoa (1988–89) · Álvarez (1989–90) · Maguregui (1990–91) · Rojo (1991–94) · Aimar (1994–95) · Castro Santos (1995–97) · Irureta (1997–98) · Fernández (1998–2002) · Lotina (2002–04) · Antić (2004) · Carnero (2004) · Vázquez (2004–07) · Stoichkov (2007) · López Caro (2007–08) · López Habas (2008) · Menéndez (2008) · Murcia (2008–09) · Sacristán (2009–10) · Herrera (2010–13) · Resino (2013) · Luis Enrique (2013–14) · Berizzo (2014–17) · Unzué (2017–18) · Mohamed (2018) · Cardoso (2018–19) · Escribá (2019) · García (2019–20) · Coudet (2020–22) · Carvalhal (2022–23) · Benítez (2023–24) |
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