Luis Sánchez Duque (born 13 November 1956) is a Spanish football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

Manager career

Born in

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a fla ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

, Sánchez Duque began his managerial career with

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

in 1993, after already representing the club's predecessor as a player in the 80's. He achieved a promotion to Segunda División in his first season in charge, but was sacked in May 1995. Sánchez Duque was subsequently appointed

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

manager, managing to stay two seasons in the second level. In the 1997 summer he was named

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches a ...

manager, but was relieved from his duties in October. In December 1999, after one season back at Leganés, Sánchez Duque was appointed at the helm of

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at '' Estadio Salto del Caballo'', w ...

. He eventually left the club in the following year, after suffering team relegation. On 23 December 2000, Sánchez Duque was appointed

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

manager. On 1 March of the following year, after only eight matches, he was sacked. On 27 November 2001, Sánchez Duque joined

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Lo ...

. On 17 February 2002, he was sacked, shortly after confirming his continuity in a press conference. Sánchez Duque subsequently managed

Tomelloso CF Tomelloso Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Tomelloso, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1979 it played its home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Tomelloso'', which has a capacity of 5,000 seats. The ...

and

Valencia CF Mestalla Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1944, and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group ...

, being later assistant of the latter's main squad. He stepped down from his job in April 2007, after suffering a

cardiac arrhythmia Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, heart arrhythmias, or dysrhythmias, are irregularities in the Cardiac cycle, heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. A resting heart rate that is too fast – above 100 beats per mi ...

.Luis Sánchez Duque, ingresado por una arritmia cardíaca (Luis Sánchez Duque, interned due to a cardiac arrhythmia)

El Mundo Deportivo ''Mundo Deportivo'' (; meaning ''Sports World'' in English) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona. History and profile ''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since ...

, 28 April 2007

References

External links

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Getafe Histórico profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez Duque, Luis 1956 births Living people People from Getafe Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Getafe Deportivo players Spanish football managers Getafe CF managers CD Leganés managers Albacete Balompié managers CD Toledo managers Córdoba CF managers CD Numancia managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Valencia CF Mestalla managers