Lluís Cortés

Lluís Cortés (born 10 August 1986) is a Spanish football coach. He was formerly manager of Ukraine women's national team.[1] His treble-winning 2020/21 season with FC Barcelona Femení is widely regarded as one of the greatest season's in women's club football history.

Lluís Cortés
Lluís Cortés in 2019
Personal information
Full name Lluís Cortés
Date of birth (1986-08-10) 10 August 1986
Place of birth Lleida, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 UE Lleida 2 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2019 FC Barcelona Femení (assistant)
2019–2021 FC Barcelona Femení
2021–2023 Ukraine women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Before becoming a coach, he played briefly for UE Lleida in the Spanish Segunda División in 2004-05.

Coaching career

Cortés has extensive experience in the women's game, having managed Catalan U12, U16, and U18 teams, and the senior side from 2014 to 2018.

Cortés joined Barcelona as an analyst in the summer of 2017, and until 2019 he was part of the assistant coaching team.

On 8 January 2019, he replaced Fran Sánchez as new head coach.[2] With Cortés as manager, the club reached its first Women's Champions League final in 2019, but failed to win it, losing to Lyon.[3] A year later in 2020, Barcelona won the Spanish Primera División and Supercopa de España.[4][5] Barcelona completed the 2019-20 Spanish domestic double after winning 2019-20 Copa de la Reina in February 2021.[6]

Barcelona successfully defended the Primera División title after winning their first 26 games.[7] He led Barcelona to the Women's Champions League final in 2021, two years after their defeat against Lyon. Barcelona emerged victorious, defeating Chelsea 4–0 to win their first Women's Champions League title.[8] In May 2021, Barcelona Femení completed their first treble after winning 2020-21 Copa de la Reina against Levante at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque.[9] Despite winning the historic treble, reports emerged that several Barcelona Femení players had requested his sacking,[10] and he decided to resign from his role as Barcelona Femení’s head coach after two years in charge.[11]

On November 14, the president of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko announced the appointment of Cortés as the head coach of the Ukraine national women's team.[12]

Managerial Statistics
As of matches played 30 November 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Barcelona 8 January 2019 27 June 2021[11] 101 90 3 8 388 52 +336 089.11 [13][14]
Career totals 101 90 3 8 388 52 +336 089.11

Honours

FC Barcelona Femení

Individual

References
  1. "Lluís Cortés Profile". FCBarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. "Lluís Cortés takes over women's team". FCBarcelona.com. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. "Women's Champions League final: Lyon Feminines 4-1 Barcelona Femenino". BBC Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. "Comunicado de la RFEF en relación con las competiciones no profesionales del fútbol español" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 May 2020.
  5. Real Sociedad women bemoan gulf in class after 10-1 thrashing by Barcelona, The Guardian, 9 February 2020
  6. "Barcelona brush aside Logroño 3-0 in Copa de la Reina final". olympics.com. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  7. "Barcelona crowned Primera Iberdrola champions again". ESPN.com. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona - Spanish side win first Women's Champions League title - as it happened". BBC Sport. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. "Barça Women 4-2 Levante: Cup champions!". fcbarcelona.com. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  10. "Barcelona's women's team ask for coach Lluis Cortes to be sacked". sport.es. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. "Lluís Cortés announces decision to step down as manager". fcbarcelona.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  12. "Женскую сборную Украины будет тренировать наставник Барселоны". СПОРТ.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  13. "Lluís Cortés :: Barcelona :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: Career :: Games :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  14. "Barcelona live score, schedule and results - Football - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  15. "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH 2021 - LLUIS CORTES". www.iffhs.com. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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