| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Milla Aspas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Teruel, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Spain U21 (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Teruel | ||
| 1983–1985 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1987–1988 | Barcelona B | 40 | (5) |
| 1985–1990 | Barcelona | 54 | (2) |
| 1990–1997 | Real Madrid | 165 | (3) |
| 1997–2001 | Valencia | 79 | (1) |
| Total | 338 | (11) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1990 | Spain | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Puçol | ||
| 2007–2008 | Getafe (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Spain U19 | ||
| 2008–2010 | Spain U20 | ||
| 2010– | Spain U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Luis Milla Aspas (born 12 March 1966 in Teruel, Aragon) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current coach.
He represented three teams – including both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid – during a 16 year-professional career, where he won three La Liga titles (one with the former and two with the latter) and amassed totals of 337 games and 11 goals.
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After finishing his football formation with FC Barcelona, Milla made his first division debuts in 1984–85, scoring in his only appearance of the campaign, against Real Zaragoza, as Barça pitched in a team majorly composed of youth players, due to a general professional's strike.
Definitely promoted to the first team in 1988, Milla would be involved two years later in a sour contract renewal dispute with the board of directors and then manager Johan Cruyff,[1] which eventually finished with his free transfer to Real Madrid. He was seriously injured in his first season, but bounced to back to be an important first-team element in the conquest of two leagues and one cup, being fairly used even after the 1994 purchase of Fernando Redondo.
Milla finished his career after four years at Valencia CF, in June 2001, with more than 400 official appearances as a professional. During a three-month period beginning in late 1989, he earned himself three caps for the Spanish national team, the first against Hungary, in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
In the 2007–08 season, Milla was first involved in professional coaching, assisting former Barcelona and Madrid teammate Michael Laudrup in Getafe CF. In the ensuing summer, he was named the national under-19's coach, after Vicente del Bosque's appointment as the senior manager.
In his first tournament, the 2009 UEFA European championship, the team did not progress through the group stage. In the 2010 edition in France, however, he led Spain to the final, were they were defeated by the hosts.
Later in the same year, Milla replaced Juan Ramón López Caro at the helm of the under-21 team. Despite finding a delicate situation upon his arrival, he managed to qualify the national side for the 2011 European championship, after defeating Croatia in a two-legged play-off.
In the final stages in Denmark, Milla led the Spanish under-21s to their third title, after only conceding two goals in five games (four wins and only one draw).
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