Former Spain coach José Luis Aragonés Suárez, populary known as Luis Aragonés, has passed away at the age of 75 on Saturday morning. Aragonés led the Spanish national team to UEFA EURO 2008 glory and he has won various titles at club level.

“(We) would like to express our pain and consternation following the death of a man who was a player and a coach in many clubs both here in Spain and elsewhere and who also led the Spanish national team at the beginning of their most glorious period at world level. Luis Aragonés – from Madrid – took Spain to victory at the 2008 European Championship. He passed today at the Clínica Centro de Madrid,” the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said in an official statement.

Aragonés was born in Hortaleza, a districts of Madrid, on July 28, 1938. He started his playing career with CD Getafe in 1957 and moved to Real Madrid in 1958. But Aragonés never made it into Real’s senior team and he spent most of the time on loan with Recreativo de Huelva, Hércules CF and Úbeda CF. His journey contiued at Real Oviedo and Real Betis, before he retired from professional football at Atlético Madrid in 1974. Aragonés earned eleven caps for the Spanish national team, while scoring three goals.

Aragonés was appointed Atlético Madrid coach in 1974, which happended to be just his first stop as a coach. He went on to coach many clubs including the likes of FC Barcelona, Valencia CF and Fenerbahçe. But he will be most probably remembered for his success with the Spanish national team, which he led to the nation’s first major tournament win since 1964.