Who is José Lana, the Spain Under-19 coach: which teams has he coached and where did he play as a footballer?

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Who is José Lana, the Spain Under-19 coach: which teams has he coached and where did he play as a footballer?

In January 2023, the Real Spanish Football Federation announced changes to the organization chart of the lower categories “to continue growing with the goals set”.

So, santi denia became the under-21 coach, occupying exactly the position he had held Louis van de Bron until he hits the bank of the absolute to replace Luis Enrique Martinez.

So things, José Lana Then he became the U-19 coach. Lana, born in 1976 in the Asturian city Wednesdaywas a technical analyst in the lower categories of the RFEF, to which He came over from Real Racing de Santander in the 2018-2019 seasonwhere he worked as an assistant coach of the Cantabrian club’s first team.

Diploma in Physical Education National Institute of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (INCAFD) of Castilla y Leónbelonging to the University of León, worked as an assistant coach in several teams, among others the Caudal Deportivo de Mieres, Pájara Playas de Jandía and as a physical trainer at Burgos CF, Racing de Santander. He also worked in Canada at Chinooks SC and Calgary West SC during various periods.

He was also part of the coaching staff of the Italy 2019 European Under-21 Championshipin which the Spanish team won the title of European champion and in the past Olympic Games Tokyo 2020in which the Spanish team the silver medal.

The Asturian has led an atypical career so far. “I’m from Mieres. I studied Physical Education and joined Caudal Deportivo in 1999. I was second in the first team, first coach at the base, director of the quarry… And in 2007 I had my first experience from: I went to Pájara-Playas de Jandía, in the Canary Islands”, he told in conversation with “Relevo”. There he worked as a physical trainer for three seasons until he returned to Caudal and left for Racing Santander in 2013. After a short period in Burgos, he left for Canada in 2018.