De la Fuente replaces Luis Enrique as Spain coach

Luis Enrique has left his post as Spain coach and been replaced by Luis de la Fuente. The 52-year-old’s move came following Spain’s penalty shoot-out defeat to Morocco in the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. De la Fuente, 61, has worked with Spain’s youth sides for almost a decade. “The RFEF has chosen Luis de la Fuente as the new national coach,” read a statement. “The sports director, Jose Francisco Molina, has forwarded a report to the president, Luis Rubiales, in which he recommends the choice of the coach from La Rioja, until now the under-21 coach, to lead the new stage that begins after the World Cup in Qatar. Molina will present the report for his appointment next Monday, December 12, to the RFEF board of directors.”