Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 5:40:27 GMT
I would never have imagined that I would end up being the coach of a World Cup team, Russia, where I came as sports director with the dream of repeating South Africa's success. Fernando Hierro is the solution of Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Federation, to the unexpected earthquake.
Hierro wrote his story as a footballer with the Spanish team and now he is preparing to do so as a coach. A position that he never thought about when at the end of November 2017 he signed his return to the RFEF, with the immediate objective of repeating South Africa's success in Russia.
Four World Cups and two Euro Cups played. Fifteenth with the most games played (89), fifth top scorer in the history of the national team despite Binance App Users Data playing in the center of defense or center midfield (29 goals). Thirteen years defending the national team's shirt and shield. He retired from La Roja after the World Cup in South Korea, with the bitterness of being left on the verge of great success due to refereeing that made headlines.
Hierro's career, after his first steps in his native Vélez , began in the youth team and the jump to the Real Valladolid first team . In 1987 he started playing in the First Division and in January 1989 he received his first call-up with the team led by Luis Suárez at the time . He did not make his debut in that match against Northern Ireland. He did it on September 20, 1989 in a friendly against Poland. He was already a member of a Real Madrid team in which he made history after costing the white club 200 million pesetas.
A League and a Super Cup, against Barcelona, in his first Real Madrid campaign, with which he would win three European Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and five more League titles. Forceful central defender, with vision of the game, great ball handling and power in the aerial game that turned into a punch. In the 1991-92 League he scored eleven goals in the first fifteen days. It was a campaign in which he closed as his team's top scorer, with 21 goals.
After Spain was not in the Eurocup in Sweden '92, the new coach Javier Clemente did not count on him at first. He returned to be the author of something to remember. In Seville, on November 17, 1993, his goal against Denmark qualified Spain for the 94 World Cup in the USA, in which he played five games and scored a goal against Switzerland. Spain fell in the quarterfinals against Italy.
With the arrival of Jorge Valdano to the white bench in the 94-95 season, Hierro delayed his demarcation to the center of the defense. For Clemente he was still a midfielder and in the Euro 96 Championship in England , in which Spain fell to the host in the quarterfinals, he was one of the three players he used the most in all the games, along with Zubizarreta and Sergi Barjuán.
He became a candidate for the Ballon d'Or in 1997. A year later he won the seventh against Juventus and played in the World Cup in France. Clemente said goodbye, handing him the captaincy, which he maintained with his beloved José Antonio Camacho. The eighth in Paris and the ninth in Glasgow were moments that marked his career.
Hierro wrote his story as a footballer with the Spanish team and now he is preparing to do so as a coach. A position that he never thought about when at the end of November 2017 he signed his return to the RFEF, with the immediate objective of repeating South Africa's success in Russia.
Four World Cups and two Euro Cups played. Fifteenth with the most games played (89), fifth top scorer in the history of the national team despite Binance App Users Data playing in the center of defense or center midfield (29 goals). Thirteen years defending the national team's shirt and shield. He retired from La Roja after the World Cup in South Korea, with the bitterness of being left on the verge of great success due to refereeing that made headlines.
Hierro's career, after his first steps in his native Vélez , began in the youth team and the jump to the Real Valladolid first team . In 1987 he started playing in the First Division and in January 1989 he received his first call-up with the team led by Luis Suárez at the time . He did not make his debut in that match against Northern Ireland. He did it on September 20, 1989 in a friendly against Poland. He was already a member of a Real Madrid team in which he made history after costing the white club 200 million pesetas.
A League and a Super Cup, against Barcelona, in his first Real Madrid campaign, with which he would win three European Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and five more League titles. Forceful central defender, with vision of the game, great ball handling and power in the aerial game that turned into a punch. In the 1991-92 League he scored eleven goals in the first fifteen days. It was a campaign in which he closed as his team's top scorer, with 21 goals.
After Spain was not in the Eurocup in Sweden '92, the new coach Javier Clemente did not count on him at first. He returned to be the author of something to remember. In Seville, on November 17, 1993, his goal against Denmark qualified Spain for the 94 World Cup in the USA, in which he played five games and scored a goal against Switzerland. Spain fell in the quarterfinals against Italy.
With the arrival of Jorge Valdano to the white bench in the 94-95 season, Hierro delayed his demarcation to the center of the defense. For Clemente he was still a midfielder and in the Euro 96 Championship in England , in which Spain fell to the host in the quarterfinals, he was one of the three players he used the most in all the games, along with Zubizarreta and Sergi Barjuán.
He became a candidate for the Ballon d'Or in 1997. A year later he won the seventh against Juventus and played in the World Cup in France. Clemente said goodbye, handing him the captaincy, which he maintained with his beloved José Antonio Camacho. The eighth in Paris and the ninth in Glasgow were moments that marked his career.