The Spanish national team coach and the Catalan coach of Barça Women are among the winners of the coaching awards presented during the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
At the Ballon d'Or ceremony, held on Monday, 26 October, the Johan Cruyff Trophy for the best coach of the 2025-2026 season was awarded to Luis de la Fuente. The Spanish coach is in charge of a national side that won the world champion title, a result that weighed heavily in the jury's choice.
The distinction highlights the work carried out by La Roja throughout the cycle, from match preparation to managing the various key moments of the competition. For the coach, this recognition comes at the end of a particularly demanding season on the international stage.
In the women's category, another Spaniard was in the spotlight. Pere Romeu was praised for his work on the bench of the FC Barcelona women's team. Their collective success was deemed sufficiently remarkable to earn him this recognition at world level.
These two trophies confirm the leading place of Spanish football among the individual honours of this edition. They also remind us that the role of the coach, long less publicised than that of the players, now occupies a central place in the assessment of a season.
The awards list of the ceremony will be completed by the other prizes given to players and clubs. The winners of the coaching trophies have thus joined the list of personalities honoured for a season that produced numerous successes across Europe and the world.
The distinction highlights the work carried out by La Roja throughout the cycle, from match preparation to managing the various key moments of the competition. For the coach, this recognition comes at the end of a particularly demanding season on the international stage.
In the women's category, another Spaniard was in the spotlight. Pere Romeu was praised for his work on the bench of the FC Barcelona women's team. Their collective success was deemed sufficiently remarkable to earn him this recognition at world level.
These two trophies confirm the leading place of Spanish football among the individual honours of this edition. They also remind us that the role of the coach, long less publicised than that of the players, now occupies a central place in the assessment of a season.
The awards list of the ceremony will be completed by the other prizes given to players and clubs. The winners of the coaching trophies have thus joined the list of personalities honoured for a season that produced numerous successes across Europe and the world.
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Source: Ouest-France