Luis Ángel Duque Mata (born 31 October 1953) is a Spanish

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Managerial career

Born in

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, Duque began his managerial career with

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

' youth setup, being promoted to the main squad in 1989. After taking the club to

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and narrowly avoiding relegation in the 1994–95 campaign, he was appointed

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

manager in December 1995. Duque subsequently suffered relegation with ''Geta'' in June of the following year, and was relieved from his in May 1997, with the side already out of the promotion zones. In 1999, he was appointed at the helm of

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, and subsequently managed

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and

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

, all in

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. On 2 February 2004, Duque was named

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

manager. He was sacked on 5 April, with the club nearing the relegation zones. In the 2005 summer Duque returned to his first club Leganés, managing the side during most of the 2005–06 campaign. He was later the club's sports director, eventually returning as manager in July 2009. On 22 March 2010, Duque stepped down as manager,Luis Ángel Duque deja de entrenar al Leganés y vuelve al cargo de director deportivo (Luis Ángel Duque leaves Leganés' manager post and returns to sports director job)

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, 22 March 2010 returning to his previous position. He left ''Lega'' in the end of the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duque, Luis Angel 1953 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish football managers Segunda División managers CD Leganés managers Getafe CF managers SD Compostela managers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa managers UD Almería managers Cartagena FC players Men's association football players not categorized by position Spanish men's footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen