Luis Montoya

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Luis Montoya
Personnel
Surname Luis Fernando Montoya Soto
birthday July 23, 1961
place of birth Caldas ,  Colombia
size 180 cm
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1995 Colombia U-20
2001-2002 Atlético Nacional
2003-2004 Once Caldas

Luis Fernando Montoya Soto (born July 23, 1961 in Caldas ) is a former Colombian football coach. His greatest success is winning the Copa Libertadores 2004 with outsider Once Caldas .

Career

Luis Montoya was born on July 23, 1961 in Caldas in central Colombia . After he did not appear as an active football player, he worked as a coach for many years in the youth work of various Colombian clubs. In 1995 he briefly coached the U-20 national team of the South American country. He later worked in various functions for Atlético Nacional , where he was, among other things, youth and assistant coach.

In 2001 he took over as coach of the Atlético Nacional first team. Colombia's record champions could not win a title under Montoya. This remained in office until the end of the 2002 season and achieved positions nine and three with his team.

From the beginning of 2003 Luis Montoya held the coaching position at the Once Caldas club from Manizales . Here Montoya became a successful coach and led his team to win the Colombian football championship in the first year, only the second title in the club's history. This was achieved through a 1-0 home and return win over Atlético Junior in the final . By winning this title Once Caldas was qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2004 , but went into the tournament as an outsider. In the group stage they faced Unión Atlético Maracaibo from Venezuela , CA Vélez Sársfield from Argentina and CA Fénix from Uruguay . Once Caldas prevailed confidently in this group and was the first to reach the second round. There they met Barcelona SC Guayaquil from Ecuador and in the end were just able to prevail with 4-2 on penalties after they had been tied on two legs. The quarter-finals were more surprising, when Once Caldas met the two-time Libertadores winner FC Santos from Brazil and won 2-1 on aggregate. The Colombian outsider was already in the semi-finals. There they were even able to defeat the highly favored São Paulo FC with another 2-1 return leg and found themselves in the final of the Copa Libertadores for the first time in club history . The opponent here was the Argentine top club Boca Juniors , who were also defending champions. After a goalless draw in the first leg, the second leg ended 1-1 after extra time, so a penalty shoot-out had to determine the winner of the 2004 Copa Libertadores. While all four shooters missed at Boca Juniors, Luis Montoya's players converted two of their penalties and secured the title in the Copa Libertadores. A little later, Once Caldas met the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League winner , FC Porto, in the last ever World Cup game (the competition was abolished after the season and reorganized as the FIFA Club World Cup ) . After 0-0 after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was repeated, but this time Porto showed the better nerve and prevailed 8: 7 after eighteen penalties. A little later, Montoya resigned as coach of Once Caldas.

Raid

On December 22, 2004, just ten days after the World Cup match against FC Porto, Luis Montoya was the victim of a robbery in the Colombian city of Medellín . In the course of this, the soccer coach and married family man was shot and seriously wounded. Montoya tried to protect his wife in the attack, whereupon the perpetrators fired shots at the couple. While Montoya's wife was relatively unscathed, Luis Montoya was hit harder. Since the attack he has been paralyzed from the head down, his ability to speak is limited and he has to be artificially ventilated. Since then, the former trainer has been taking part in a stem cell transplant experiment aimed at improving his health.

In early 2005, the seriously ill Luis Montoya was named South America's 2004 coach of the year.

Today Luis Montoya lives in Medellín with his wife and son and works from bedside as an expert on Colombian television. He also writes columns in popular Colombian newspapers such as El Tiempo .

successes

2004 with Once Caldas
Apertura 2003 with Once Caldas

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rp-online.de Trainer Luis Fernando Montoya paralyzed forever
  2. ↑ tagesspiegel.de Soccer players as targets
  3. ^ Blick.ch Paralyzed Montoya Trainer of the Year

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personal data
SURNAME Montoya, Luis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montoya Soto, Luis Fernando (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Caldas , Colombia