Eusebio Sacristán

For the Portuguese football player, see Eusébio.

Eusebio

Eusebio being interviewed on Barça TV
Personal information
Full name	Eusebio Sacristán Mena
Date of birth	13 April 1964 (1964-04-13)
Place of birth	La Seca, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Barcelona B (coach)
Youth career
	La Seca
1979–1982	Valladolid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1983	Valladolid B
1983–1987	Valladolid	117	(13)
1987–1988	Atlético Madrid	27	(3)
1988–1995	Barcelona	203	(14)
1995–1997	Celta	67	(1)
1997–2002	Valladolid	129	(5)
Total		543	(36)
National team
1984–1987	Spain U21	17	(3)
1986–1988	Spain U23	4	(1)
1986–1992	Spain	15	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2008	Barcelona (assistant)
2009–2010	Celta
2011–	Barcelona B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Sacristán and the second or maternal family name is Mena.

Eusebio Sacristán Mena (born 13 April 1964 in La Seca, Valladolid), simply Eusebio in his playing days, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.

Club career

Eusebio started playing professionally with hometown's Real Valladolid, being an automatic first-choice from an early age, and moving to Atlético de Madrid in 1987–88.

After one sole season in Madrid, he joined FC Barcelona, and proceeded to be one of coach Johan Cruyff's most used squad members in the subsequent years. He played the entire matches at both the victorious 1989 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 European Cup finals.

Eusebio could only manage 36 appearances in his last two seasons combined, this prompting a moved to Celta de Vigo in 1995, where he posted two more solid campaigns. He retired in 2002 at the age of 38 with first side Valladolid, having played 543 La Liga matches (the only division he competed in after being promoted to its first club's first team), second-best in the competition, only behind goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta.

Upon retiring, Sacristán opened a football school in Valladolid, for 6-to-12 year-old children; he also obtained his coaching degree and, from 2003–08, was part of Frank Rijkaard's staff at Barcelona.

In March 2009, he was named head coach of another former side, Celta, as the Galicians struggled in the second division. In the following season, more of the same (although Celta eventually easily retained its division status, it struggled until the last month of competition), and he was dismissed in June 2010.

Eusebio returned to Barcelona for the 2011–12 season, being appointed the B-team's manager after Luis Enrique left for A.S. Roma.

International career

Eusebio gained 15 caps for Spain, the first coming on 24 September 1986, in a friendly match with Greece, in Gijón. He was subsequently picked for the final squad at UEFA Euro 1988, with the national team exiting in the group stage in West Germany (no matches played).

Honours

Barcelona

• European Cup: 1991–92
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
• UEFA Super Cup: 1992
• Spanish League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Spanish Cup: 1989–90
• Spanish Supercup: 1991, 1992, 1994

Valladolid

• Spanish League Cup: 1983–84

External links

• FC Barcelona official profile
• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Eusebio Sacristán at National-Football-Teams.com
• Transfermarkt profile
• FC Barcelona profile