Lluís Cortés (born 10 August 1986) is a Spanish football coach who is the current manager of Saudi Arabia women's national football team. His treble-winning 2020/21 season with Barcelona Femení is widely regarded as one of the greatest season's in women's club football history.[citation needed]
 Lluís Cortés in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lluís Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Lleida, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–2005 | Lleida | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Lleida | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Atlético Monzón | ||
| 2006–2007 | Balaguer | ||
| 2007–2008 | Tàrrega | ||
| 2008–2009 | Binéfar | ||
| 2009–2011 | Alcarrás | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Lleida (youth) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Balaguer (youth) | ||
| 2011–2017 | Catalonia women (youth) | ||
| 2013–2018 | Catalonia women (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Barcelona Femení (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Barcelona Femení | ||
| 2021–2023 | Ukraine Women | ||
| 2023– | Saudi Arabia Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Before becoming a coach, he played briefly for UE Lleida in the Spanish Segunda División in 2004-05.
Coaching career
editCortés has extensive experience in the women's game, having managed Catalan U12, U16, and U18 teams, and the senior side from 2014 to 2018.
Cortés joined Barcelona as an analyst in the summer of 2017, and until 2019 he was part of the assistant coaching team.
On 8 January 2019, he replaced Fran Sánchez as new head coach.[1] With Cortés as manager, the club reached its first Women's Champions League final in 2019, but failed to win it, losing to Lyon.[2] A year later in 2020, Barcelona won the Spanish Primera División and Supercopa de España.[3][4] Barcelona completed the 2019-20 Spanish domestic double after winning 2019-20 Copa de la Reina in February 2021.[5]
Barcelona successfully defended the Primera División title after winning their first 26 games.[6] He led Barcelona to the Women's Champions League final in 2021, two years after their defeat against Lyon. Barcelona emerged victorious, defeating Chelsea 4–0 to win their first Women's Champions League title.[7] In May 2021, Barcelona Femení completed their first treble after winning 2020-21 Copa de la Reina against Levante at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque.[8] Despite winning the historic treble, reports emerged that several Barcelona Femení players had requested his sacking,[9] and he decided to resign from his role as Barcelona Femení’s head coach after two years in charge.[10]
On November 14, the president of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko announced the appointment of Cortés as the head coach of the Ukraine national women's team.[11]
On 11 December 2023, Cortés was appointed manager of Saudi Arabia women's national football team, signing a contract until 2027.[12]
Managerial Statistics
edit- As of matches played 23 February 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Barcelona | 8 January 2019 | 27 June 2021[10] | 101 | 90 | 3 | 8 | 388 | 52 | +336 | 89.11 | [13][14] |
| Ukraine Women | 14 November 2021 | 8 August 2023 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 54.55 | |
| Saudi Arabia Women | 11 December 2023 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 40.00 | ||
| Career totals | 117 | 98 | 4 | 15 | 410 | 76 | +334 | 83.76 | |||
Honours
editManager
editFC Barcelona Femení
edit- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2020–21 Runners-up: 2018–19
- Primera División: 2019–20, 2020–21
- Copa de la Reina: 2020, 2021
- Supercopa de España: 2020[4]
- Copa Catalunya Femenina: 2019
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lluís Cortés takes over women's team". FCBarcelona.com. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Women's Champions League final: Lyon Feminines 4-1 Barcelona Femenino". BBC Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b Real Sociedad women bemoan gulf in class after 10-1 thrashing by Barcelona, The Guardian, 9 February 2020
- ^ "Barcelona brush aside Logroño 3-0 in Copa de la Reina final". olympics.com. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Barcelona crowned Primera Iberdrola champions again". ESPN.com. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona - Spanish side win first Women's Champions League title - as it happened". BBC Sport. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Barça Women 4-2 Levante: Cup champions!". fcbarcelona.com. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Barcelona's women's team ask for coach Lluis Cortes to be sacked". sport.es. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Lluís Cortés announces decision to step down as manager". fcbarcelona.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Женскую сборную Украины будет тренировать наставник Барселоны". СПОРТ.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Lluis Cortes: Former Barcelona manager takes over Saudi Arabia's women's team". BBC Sport. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Lluís Cortés :: Barcelona :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: Career :: Games :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Barcelona live score, schedule and results - Football - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH 2021 - LLUIS CORTES". www.iffhs.com. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
External links
edit- Lluís Cortés coach profile at Soccerway
- Lluís Cortés at WorldFootball.net
- Lluís Cortés at BDFutbol
- Lluís Cortés on Twitter