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Jorge Vilda
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Personal information
Full name Jorge Vilda Rodríguez
Date of birth (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team
 Spain (Manager)
Youth career
Years Team
1991–1995 Barcelona
1995-1996 Rayo Vallecano
1996-1998 Real Madrid
Managerial career
2009–2013 Spain U-19 women (assistant)
2009–2014 Spain U-17 women
2014–2015 Spain U-19 women
2015– Spain women
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vilda and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Jorge Vilda Rodríguez (born 7 July 1981) is a Spanish football coach and UEFA Pro Licence holder, who is the current head coach of the Spain women's national football team - a position he has held since 2015. Vilda is also sporting director of the Spanish FA's (RFEF) women's national-team system and tactical instructor at their National Coaching School.

A former youth player at Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona, Vilda began as an assistant coach at WU17 and WU19 level, before taking the head coach's position with Spain's WU17s in 2009. During five years at that level, Spain won gold (2010 & 2011), silver (2014) and bronze (2013) at UEFA Women's U-17 EUROs,[1] in addition to silver (2014) and bronze (2010) at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

In 2014 he was among the ten nominees for that year's FIFA Coach of the Year for Women's Football and was appointed to the head coach's role with Spain's WU19s, which resulted in silver medals at the UEFA Women's U-19 EURO in 2014 and 2015.

Appointed Spain's senior head coach in 2015, succeeding Ignacio Quereda, Vilda oversaw a successful qualifying campaign for the UEFA Women's EURO 2017.[2] At the competition in the Netherlands they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost on penalties to Austria after a 0-0 draw.[3]

In 2018 Spain won the Cyprus Cup and also secured their place at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup - only their second appearance at the global event. Additionally, Vilda oversaw Spain's victory at the UEFA WU19 EURO, which contributed to being shortlisted for the award of The Best FIFA Woman's Coach 2018.[4]

By 2019, many of the players that Vilda had worked with at youth level, including Alexia Putellas, Amanda Sampedro, Virginia Torrecilla, Lola Gallardo, Nahikari García, Patri Guijarro, Mariona Caldentey and Ivana Andrés, had all established themselves as regular senior-squad members. At France 2019, Spain qualified from Group B in second place (behind Germany and ahead of China PR and South Africa), the first time Spain had reached the knockout stages of the FIFA WWC.

Drawn against 2015 champions USA in the Round of 16,[5] two penalties from Megan Rapinoe ended Spain's chances of reaching the last eight. Vilda and Spain's momentum has continued into 2020, with La Roja finishing second in the She Believes Cup - beating England and Japan and losing to hosts United States.

In UEFA Women's Euro 2022, Jorge Vilda's Spain was rated as the top contender for the European title, and once again proved to be a dominant team, but its lacklustre performance once again deprived Spain of its first major trophy, after suffering a blowing defeat to the English hosts in the quarter-finals.

Managerial honors

  • Spain senior women's national team
    • Algarve Cup winners 2017[6]
    • Cyprus Cup winners 2018[7]
  • Spain WU19s[8]
    • Runners-up at the UEFA WU19 EURO in 2014 & 2015
  • Spain WU17s
    • Winners of the UEFA WU17 EURO 2010 & 2011, runners-up in 2014, third in 2013[1]
    • Runners-up at the FIFA WU17 World Cup 2014, third place in 2010[9][10]
  • FIFA Coach of the Year for Women's Football
    • Nominated for the award in 2011 & 2014
    • Shortlisted in 2018[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Young Competition for Budding Talents". UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "History".
  3. ^ "Austria-Spain | UEFA Women's EURO".
  4. ^ "FIFA docuseries celebrates Zagallo as he turns 90". Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ FIFA.com
  6. ^ "Spain crowned Algarve Cup champions". FIFA. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "USA celebrate while Spain reign in Cyprus". FIFA. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Tournament History:WU19 Euro". UEFA. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ "A Victory for Women's Football". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Asian sides dominate Trinidad & Tobago". Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. ^ "FIFA has announced the ten coaches who have been shortlisted for The Best FIFA Women's Coach award 2018". FIFA. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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