Do you need Juande Ramos?

Spanish coaches are now going through hard times. Yes, we can see the successes of Josep Guardiola and Luis Enrique with Bayern and Barcelona, respectively, but other top clubs prefer to invite Dutch, French and Italian specialists to work. While on the coaching labor exchange, dozens of the most experienced Spaniards are looking for themselves in the sun, among them there is clearly Juande Ramos, whose biography and career is familiar to Russian fans, at least in terms of working with CSKA. About his rich in titles and clubs coaching history, of course, it is worth talking in more detail.

Player's career

As a football player, a native of the town of Pedro Muñoz, which is closer to the center of Spain, it was not possible to show oneself to the whole world. The first club of Juande was "Elche", which tried to conquer the middle of the table of the championship of Spain. The young player showed himself at first fairly well, but then injuries began (most of all suffered a knee), a recession. In 1977, Elche asked the midfielder to leave the club, and as a result, Juande, whose biography totaled 5 years in the lower divisions of Spanish football, finally decided in 1982 to finish far from the most successful career of the football player. And rightly so.

Beginning of the coaching path

The first club, which took over the leadership of Juanda, was the first professional club of Ramos-player, "Elche", at the helm of which the specialist stood at the age of 36 years. What, but success, came to the Spanish coach in the 1995/1996 season, when with "Logroñes" Juande reached the Examples, taking second place in the Segunda.

The management of the club did not consider it necessary to renew the contract with the coach that led them to success, and this was taken advantage of by "Barcelona B" and later by "Rayo Vallecano", with which Ramos came to the second similar success - going to the Example, but already with the gold medals of Segunda. In the 2000/2001 season, Rayo, thanks to the FIFA Fair Play system, received a ticket to the UEFA Cup, where he reached the quarter-finals and set a record for the number of goals in one elimination in the European cups (Champions League and UEFA Cup) - 16 goals (injured - Constel-liao Esportivo d'Andorra ").

Successes

The trainer's efforts did not go unnoticed, and after going through Real Betis, Espanyol and Malaga, he was invited to the post of chief in Sevilla, where the specialist showed his full potential. Under the leadership of Ramos, the Nerovians won twice the UEFA Cup, once they were able to win the UEFA Super Cup, and also won the Cup and the Super Cup of Spain. This made the Spaniard one of the most sought-after football coaches.

There were many offers from Spain, and from Italy, and from Germany, but Juande Ramos decided to try his hand at the English Premier League, where he headed the London "Totenham". On the move, the new coach managed to win the English League Cup with the team . However, this victory of Ramos in the British Isles ended.

The next club of the Spanish specialist was the great and powerful "Real Madrid". In the royal club, Juande was unable to achieve anything more than a second place in La Liga, than angered the leadership of the "Real".

Way to the East

After a relatively unsuccessful career stretch in Tottenham and Real Madrid, Juande Ramos traveled to Eastern Europe, where his first stop was CSKA Moscow. It would seem that the coach and the best team of Russia at that time should find a common language and come to serious success. But it was not there. In our club, the Spaniard immediately failed. The specialist could not adjust the players of CSKA under his scheme of the game and asked Evgeny Giner (the president of the club) to purchase several players for him. Lennorovich did not agree, and by mutual consent of the parties contact was terminated.

"Dnieper"

The next (so far, unfortunately, the last) club of the Spaniard was the Dnipropetrovsk "Dnepr". The second place in the Championship of Ukraine, the entrance to the Champions League - all this team received for the first time in history, and all thanks to Ramos. Once again it seemed that everything was fine. But the political crisis in the state affected all sides of life. Juande left the Dnieper, after which the epic began with the payment of debt to him by the Ukrainian side, which continues to this day.

Of course, this is reflected in the specialist himself. It used to be that the quietest and modest coach that you can find in European football is Juanda Ramos. News, interviews, photos - all this is not about him. But such an ugly behavior of the owner of the Dnieper, the scandalous businessman Kolomoisky, will make even a stone speak. The president of the Ukrainian team said that he would not pay anything to the Spaniard, and he was not afraid of sanctions in the form of disqualification from European cups. In general, a very unpleasant and confusing story.

Where will Ramos go?

Despite the problems of recent years, Juande remains one of the most sought-after specialists in European football. Rumors about where to go Ramos, more than enough. "Real Sociedad", "Trabzonspor" and even a temporary post of the coach of "Chelsea" can be found among the possible options for continuing the career of the coach.

However, the most realistic forecast is that Juande Ramos can lead Valencia. With the Spanish football specialist, of course, is familiar, and experience with clubs that constantly keep the leaders tense, is. Where will the Spanish coach really be, it's hard to imagine, but will only hope that soon we will see new victories for Juande.