🇪🇸 End of an era at the RFEF, Santi Denia leaves the under-21s | OneFootball

The coach from Albacete steps down as the under-21 coach after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the European Championship in the category

End of an era in Spanish youth football. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced this Thursday the departure of Santi Denia, who after 15 years with the federation embarks on a new professional chapter.

Santi Denia joined the RFEF in August 2010 to take charge of the under-16 team. Since then, he has been on practically every bench in Spanish youth football: under-17, under-19, under-21, and the Olympic team.

As head coach, Denia achieved several honors with the Spanish youth teams: European under-17 champion in 2017 (Croatia), European under-19 champion in 2019 (Armenia), and a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with an unforgettable victory against France in the final.

Additionally, he was also a fundamental part of the coaching staff that achieved Olympic silver in Tokyo 2020, among other achievements as assistant coach.

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