Luiche

Luis García Martínez (born 20 August 1941), commonly known as Luiche, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a right back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Luiche
Personal information
Full name Luis García Martínez
Date of birth (1941-08-20) 20 August 1941
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Villena
1962–1964 Monóvar
1964–1965 Oliva
1965–1966 Calvo Sotelo 11 (0)
1966–1967 Ibiza
1967–1968 Eldense
1968–1971 Villarreal
1971–1972 Benicarló
1972–1974 Villena
Teams managed
1974–1975 Petrelense
Santa Pola
Almansa
1980 Eldense
1980–1981 Albacete
1981–1983 Almansa
1984 Alcoyano
1985–1986 Nules
1986–1988 Villarreal
1988–1991 Castellón
1991 Sabadell
1992 Cartagena
1994 Castellón
1995–1996 Alcoyano
1996 Castellón
1998 Novelda
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Alicante but raised in Villena, both in the Valencian Community, Luiche's professional inputs as a player consisted of 11 Segunda División matches with CF Calvo Sotelo in the 1965–66 season. During his playing career, he also represented Villena CF (two stints), CD Monóvar, UD Oliva, SD Ibiza, CD Eldense, Villarreal CF and CD Benicarló before retiring in 1974 at the age of 32.[1]

Immediately after retiring Luiche took up coaching, being in charge of local side UD Petrelense. After managing Santa Pola CF and AP Almansa, he first arrived in Segunda División B, in charge of a club he represented as a player, Eldense.[2]

In 1986, after spells at Albacete Balompié, Almansa, CD Alcoyano and CF Nules,[3] Luiche was appointed manager of Villarreal in Tercera División. After achieving promotion with the latter in his first season and narrowly missing out promotion in his second, he took over CD Castellón in the second division.

Luiche achieved promotion to La Liga with Castellón in 1989, and remained in charge of the club until April 1991; despite being replaced by Lucien Muller, the club still suffered relegation at the end of the campaign. In June 1991, he was named manager of CE Sabadell FC in the second level,[4] but was sacked in October after only one win in six matches.[5]

Luiche then worked at Cartagena FC before returning to Castellón in February 1994, but being unable to avoid the club's relegation from the second division. After suffering another drop at Alcoyano in 1995–96, he subsequently managed Novelda CF also in division three.

In May 2012, the city of Villena named their new stadium after Luiche.[6]

Honours

Manager

Castellón

References
  1. "Luis García Martínez "Luiche" y su pasión por el fútbol" [Luis García Martínez "Luiche" and his passion for football] (PDF) (in Spanish). Villena. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Luis García "Luiche"... entregado al deporte" [Luis García "Luiche"... dedicated to the sport] (in Spanish). Villena Cuéntame. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. "Luiche fichó como técnico del Nules" [Luiche signed as manager of Nules] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ""Luiche" ya es del Sabadell" ["Luiche" is already of Sabadell] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 16 June 1991. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  5. "Luiche, cesado en el Sabadell" [Luiche, sacked at Sabadell] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 October 1991. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "El nuevo polideportivo municipal de Villena se denominará Luiche" [Villena's new municipal multi-sport stadium will be named Luiche] (in Spanish). Información. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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