José Brasa

José Brasa (Vigo, Spain, 1951) is a Spanish born coach. He is the current coach of Old Club Liège Hockey in Belgium.

He's known as the only coach who ever won an Olympic gold medal with Spain when he led the Spanish Women to the title in Barcelona, 1992. He also coached the India national field hockey team.[1] He was preceded by Joaquim Carvalho. He coached the Indian team till the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.[2] He was unceremoniously sacked by Hockey India in 2010.[3] In the World Series Hockey organised by the Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sport, Brasa coaches the Chennai Cheetahs, a Chennai-based Hockey team, in the league.[4] He did also coach the Ukraine women's national field hockey team.[5]

References
  1. El español José Brasa, nuevo seleccionador de hockey hierba indio 2 May 2009
  2. Spaniard Jose Brasa Is India's New Hockey Coach Archived 2009-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Coach Diaries: Tale of former India hockey coaches who left the job, country on bitter note". The Indian Express. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. Chennai Cheetahs
  5. José Brasa: “El castigo no es la mejor forma de dirigir a un equipo” 30 May 2012 "El ex seleccionador femenino de España (ganador del oro en Barcelona’92), José Brasa, ha encabezado un semanario de entrenadores organizado por la EHF en Ucrania para formar a los técnicos de este país y de Rusia. Brasa, colaborador habitual de las selecciones femeninas ucranianas.."


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