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{{short description|Spanish footballer and manager (born 1950)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Del Bosque|González|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vicente del Bosque
| image = Vicente del Bosque Euro 2012 final.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Del Bosque managing [[Spain national football team|Spain]] at the [[UEFA Euro 2012 Final]]
| fullname = Vicente del Bosque González
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Salamanca]], [[Francoist Spain|Spain]]
| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1966–1967
| youthclubs1 = [[CD Salmantino|Salmantino]]
| youthyears2 = 1967–1968
| youthclubs2 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| years1 = 1967–1968
| clubs1 = [[Real Madrid Castilla|Real Madrid B]]
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1968–1984
| clubs2 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| caps2 = 445
| goals2 = 30
| years3 = 1970–1971
| clubs3 = → [[CD Castellón|Castellón]] (loan)
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 1971–1972
| clubs4 = → [[Córdoba CF|Córdoba]] (loan)
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1972–1973
| clubs5 = → [[CD Castellón|Castellón]] (loan)
| caps5 = 30
| goals5 = 5
| totalcaps = 518
| totalgoals = 45
| nationalyears1 = 1969
| nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1970–1976
| nationalteam2 = [[Spain national amateur football team|Spain Amateur]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1975–1980
| nationalteam3 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]]
| nationalcaps3 = 18
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1987–1990
| managerclubs1 = [[Real Madrid Castilla]]
| manageryears2 = 1994
| managerclubs2 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] 
| manageryears3 = 1996
| managerclubs3 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] (caretaker)
| manageryears4 = 1999–2003
| managerclubs4 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| manageryears5 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs5 = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
| manageryears6 = 2008–2016
| managerclubs6 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|Spain}} <small>(as manager)</small>}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 South Africa]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[UEFA Euro 2012|2012 Poland-Ukraine]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009 South Africa]]|}}
{{Medal|Runner-up|[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013 Brazil]]|}}
}}
'''Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque''' ({{IPA|es|biˈθente ðel ˈβoske ɣonˈθaleθ}}; born 23 December 1950) is a Spanish retired [[Association football|football]] manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time<ref>{{cite web|title=Greatest Managers, No. 11: Del Bosque|date=6 August 2013|url=http://www.espnfc.com/real-madrid/story/1511147/greatest-managersno-11-vicente-del-bosque|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> and is to date the only football manager to have won the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], the [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]] and the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]].

After taking over from [[Luis Aragonés]] – who had led Spain to European success at [[UEFA Euro 2008]] – del Bosque went on to lead the national team to win their first-ever [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]], and then to retain their European Championship in [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]. Del Bosque coached [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] from 1999 to 2003, which was one of the most successful periods in the club's modern era.

During his playing career, del Bosque made over 400 appearances for Real Madrid, winning five [[La Liga]] [[List of Spanish football champions|titles]] and four [[Copa del Rey|Copas del Rey]]. He played internationally with the senior Spain national team on 18 occasions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football-legends/vicente-del-bosque-gonzalez|title=Del Bosque|access-date=26 January 2016|work=Real Madrid Club de Fútbol}}</ref>

==Playing career==
As a player, del Bosque was a [[midfielder]] who played in [[La Liga]] 441 times with 30 goals. This career included spells at [[Real Madrid Castilla|Castilla CF]], [[Córdoba CF|Córdoba]], [[CD Castellón|Castellón]] and [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]. He won five league titles ([[1974–75 La Liga|1974–75]], [[1975–76 La Liga|1975–76]], [[1977–78 La Liga|1977–78]], [[1978–79 La Liga|1978–79]], [[1979–80 La Liga|1979–80]]) and four [[Copa del Rey]] titles ([[1973–74 Copa del Generalísimo|1973–74]], [[1974–75 Copa del Generalísimo|1974–75]], [[1979–80 Copa del Rey|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Copa del Rey|1981–82]]) with Real Madrid. He was also part of the Real Madrid team that lost to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the [[1981 European Cup Final]].

Internationally, del Bosque received 18 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] with the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]], scoring one goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20100415/unico-gol-del-bosque-roja/745963.shtml |title=The only goal scored by Del Bosque with Spain |language=es |publisher=Rtve.es |date=2010-04-15 |access-date=2012-07-02}}</ref> He appeared for Spain at [[UEFA Euro 1980]],<ref>[[UEFA Euro 1980 squads#Spain|Spanish Squad for Euro 1980]], {{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80e-fulldet.html |title=European Championship 1980 (Details) |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]] |first=Marcel |last=Haisma |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=8 January 2009 }}</ref> which would be disappointing for Spain as it exited at the group stage of the competition.

==Managerial career==
===Real Madrid===
Del Bosque served at Real Madrid since 1984 and rose through the ranks at the club; however, he only first managed Madrid for a couple of months in 1994 after the sacking of [[Benito Floro]] and before the appointment of [[Jorge Valdano]]. He would again manage Real for two games in 1996, while he was the youth team coach, after Jorge Valdano was sacked and before [[Arsenio Iglesias]] took the job until the end of that season. But in 1999–2000, the club management decided to give him the full-time job after difficulties with their coach, [[John Toshack]], with del Bosque taking over in November 1999.

In his four seasons in charge, del Bosque ushered the club through one of its most successful spells in modern history, having steered the club to two [[UEFA Champions League]] titles in [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|2000]] and [[2002 UEFA Champions League Final|2002]], two domestic [[La Liga]] titles in [[La Liga 2000–01|2001]] and [[La Liga 2002–03|2003]], a [[Supercopa de España]] in [[2001 Supercopa de España|2001]], a [[UEFA Super Cup]] in [[2002 UEFA Super Cup|2002]], the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] in [[2002 Intercontinental Cup|2002]] as well as finishing in the last four of the UEFA Champions League every year he was in charge. Not since the great Madrid side of the 1950s and 1960s that had [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] and [[Ferenc Puskás]] did the club succeed so consistently. Del Bosque was credited with a humble, patient and unassuming style<ref name="bbc_stats"/> which saw him manage the club as it underwent a policy during [[Florentino Pérez]]'s tenure as club President that was known as ''Los [[Galácticos]]'', where the world's best and most marketable stars were signed for the club beginning with [[Luís Figo]] and including [[David Beckham]], [[Zinedine Zidane]] and [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]. In the del Bosque era Real managed 104 wins out of a possible 186 in his time as coach of Madrid.<ref name="bbc_stats"/> Despite the level of success, many players – in particular the so-called ''Galácticos'' – were bought without the input of del Bosque amid often made allegations that the Real Madrid hierarchy (in particular Pérez and general manager Jorge Valdano) had more control over transfer policy, team selection and other aspects of club that minimised the level of control del Bosque had during his time as manager.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidbruceallen.com/strategyoped/2006/03/real_madrid_a_c.html |title= Strategy Op. Ed.: Real Madrid: A contingency theory explanation of how to fail|website=www.davidbruceallen.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214233221/http://www.davidbruceallen.com/strategyoped/2006/03/real_madrid_a_c.html |archive-date=14 December 2007}}</ref>

Real Madrid decided not to renew Del Bosque's contract in 2003,<ref name="bbc_stats">{{Cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3016096.stm
|title=The unluckiest manager ever sacked?
|work=[[BBC Sport]]
|date=24 June 2003
|access-date=8 January 2009
}}</ref> just a day after he won the club its 29th Liga title and a week after the club signed [[David Beckham]]. Del Bosque was offered the post of technical director<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3012442.stm
|title=Real ditch Del Bosque
|work=[[BBC Sport]]
|date=24 June 2003
|access-date=8 January 2009
}}</ref> but turned it down, leading to many suggestions in Spanish media that there was a much rumoured political split at the club involving del Bosque and several players, especially captain [[Fernando Hierro]] (who was asked to leave the club in the summer of 2003), on one side, while Valdano and Pérez wielded the axe of control to, in their words, "shake up the team," on the other. Pérez said in an interview with [[BBC]] Sport, "del Bosque was showing signs of exhaustion. I want to be sincere about this – our belief that he was not the right coach for the future."

The [[BBC]] article states: "It is a strange tale from start to finish – how the shy, mustachioed man from Salamanca came to be in charge of the most expensive and talented bunch of footballers in the modern game, won the biggest trophies on offer and then got the boot in favour of a man yet to be named. With the Real superstars, del Bosque was extremely popular – partly because he was happier to let them get on with it. Cool as a cryogenically-frozen cucumber, he managed to avoid confrontations with his charges, despite the stellar egos in the squad, and never once lost his calm in front of the media."

In the four years since Del Bosque's departure, Real Madrid changed seven coaches and did not win any major trophies until they won the La Liga title in [[2006–07 La Liga|2007]], under new coach [[Fabio Capello]] (who was also sacked afterwards). They had also been defeated in the round of 16 of the Champions League every year since the [[2004–05 Real Madrid CF season|2004–05 season]] (one year after Del Bosque was sacked), until the [[2010–11 Real Madrid CF season|2010–11 Champions League season]], which saw Real Madrid defeat [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] in the round of 16 under new manager [[José Mourinho]]. It would take until the [[2013–14 Real Madrid CF season|2013–14 campaign]] for the club to win another Champions League title, under manager [[Carlo Ancelotti]].

===Beşiktaş and hiatus===
After [[Iñaki Sáez]] resigned in the wake of a terrible performance at [[UEFA Euro 2004]], which saw Spain having their worst result in the tournament since 1988, del Bosque was approached as a possible manager of the national side. He was not interested in the job, however, and the job was subsequently given to [[Luis Aragonés]].

With [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], del Bosque arrived in Turkey to much fanfare and hope, but failure to deliver results saw him get the sack towards the tail end of the 2004–05 season.

After [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] were eliminated by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], del Bosque was approached with an offer to become their manager, but declined.

During the 2007 [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] crisis, del Bosque spoke on the line saying that the departure of [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] was a mistake, and he was one of the candidates to replace [[Fabio Capello]] as manager of the team. [[Bernd Schuster]], however, was awarded the job on 9 July 2007.

===Spain national team===
[[File:Vicente del Bosque - Teamchef Spain (01).jpg|thumb|right|175px|Del Bosque as [[Spain national football team|Spain]] head coach in 2009]]

On 11 March 2008, del Bosque announced that he would replace [[Luis Aragonés]] as head coach of the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]]; it was confirmed on 15 July 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7508652.stm |title=Del Bosque gets Spain coach's job |work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=17 July 2008 |access-date=8 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12024_3823638,00.html |title=Spain appoint Del Bosque |publisher=Sky Sports |date=17 July 2008 |access-date=8 January 2009 }}</ref>

Spain under del Bosque began their [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 5|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] campaign successfully, defeating [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] 1–0 with a goal from [[David Villa]]. Spain defeated [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] 4–0 three days later with two goals coming from Villa, and one each from [[Joan Capdevila]] and [[Marcos Senna]], with a notable debut from [[Bojan Krkić|Bojan]], coming on as a substitute and defeating rumours that he will swap allegiances to [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]]. This win secured the Spaniards a first place spot in their group with six points. The next round saw Spain defeat [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] 3–0, then, four days later, beat [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 2–1 away – an 88th-minute strike from Villa (his fifth of the campaign) earning them the win. This result maintained their 100% start to the qualifying campaign.

Since del Bosque was appointed to the job, 38 players have debuted with the Spain team: Bojan, [[Andoni Iraola]], [[Fernando Llorente]], [[Diego Capel]], [[Sergio Busquets]], [[Jesús Navas]], [[Diego López Rodríguez|Diego López]], [[Gerard Piqué]], [[Jordi Alba]], [[Pedro (footballer, born 1987)|Pedro]], [[Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985)|Pablo Hernández]], [[Borja Valero]], [[Bruno Soriano|Bruno]], [[Nacho Monreal]], [[Víctor Valdés]], [[Álvaro Negredo]], [[Juan Mata]], [[Javi Martínez]], [[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]], [[Manu del Moral|Manu]], [[Aritz Aduriz]], [[Adrián López|Adrián]], [[Juanfran (footballer, born 1985)|Juanfran]], [[Beñat Etxebarria|Beñat]], [[Iker Muniain]], [[Javi García]], [[Álvaro Domínguez (footballer, born 1989)|Álvaro Domínguez]], [[Markel Susaeta]], [[Koke (footballer, born 1992)|Koke]], [[Marc Bartra]], [[Isco]], [[César Azpilicueta]], [[Iñigo Martínez]], [[Alberto Moreno]], [[Mario Suárez (footballer)|Mario Suárez]], [[Michu]], [[Cristian Tello]], [[Diego Costa]], [[Ander Iturraspe]], [[David de Gea]] and [[Gerard Deulofeu]], while one uncapped player, [[Fernando Amorebieta]], has been called up but failed to debut.

On 9 June 2009, in a friendly against [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]] in which Spain won 6–0, del Bosque became the first manager in all of football history to win his first ten games as debut manager of a national team,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} the previous record being nine held by [[João Saldanha]] of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. The record currently stands at 13 successive victories,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} with the last winning match being a 2–0 win against [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] in the [[2009 Confederations Cup]], followed by a 2–0 defeat in the semifinal stage of the same competition against [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]].

On 14 October 2009, Spain joined the very small number of teams to have won all their [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|World Cup qualifying]] games in a single campaign, achieving a record-breaking ten wins in ten games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236569&cc=5739&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721105030/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236569&cc=5739&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|title=Perfect record intact|date=17 October 2009|work=[[ESPNsoccernet]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=8 July 2010}}</ref>

In Spain's first game of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] on 16 June, they lost 1–0 to [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Sheringham|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_16/default.stm|title=Spain 0–1 Switzerland|date=16 June 2010|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref> Spain bounced back and won [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group H|group H]] by winning the next two games. They faced [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in the Round of 16, winning 1–0, and defeated [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in their quarter-final match, again by 1–0. Spain then defeated [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the semi-final on 7 July 2010, winning 1–0, allowing them to reach their [[2010 FIFA World Cup Final|first World Cup final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264121&league=FIFA.WORLD&cc=5739&ver=global|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710054259/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264121&league=FIFA.WORLD&cc=5739&ver=global|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2010|title=Puyol heads Spain into final|date=7 July 2010|work=[[ESPNsoccernet]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=8 July 2010}}</ref> In the final against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], he led his team to victory after a goal scored in extra time by [[Andrés Iniesta]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264123&cc=5739&ver=global|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713192706/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264123&cc=5739&ver=global|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2010|title=Iniesta sinks Dutch with late strike|date=11 July 2010|work=[[ESPNsoccernet]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=13 July 2010}}</ref> Upon this triumph, he became the oldest coach to win the World Cup.

[[File:Spain national football team Euro 2012 trophy 03.jpg|thumb|left|Del Bosque celebrating winning [[UEFA Euro 2012]] with Spain]]

On 1 July 2012, del Bosque led Spain to victory at [[UEFA Euro 2012|Euro 2012]], hosted by Poland and Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-italy-spain-soccer-20120702,0,2569775.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702172004/http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-italy-spain-soccer-20120702,0,2569775.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2012|title=Spain overpowers Italy, 4–0, to win European Championship|date=2 July 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=4 July 2012 }}</ref> Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the [[UEFA Euro 2012 Final|final]] in [[Kyiv]] to win a second consecutive [[UEFA European Football Championship|European championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/jul/02/euro-2012-spain-italy-final-history?newsfeed=true|title=Spain seal their place in history with Italy's destruction|date=2 July 2012|work=Guardian UK|access-date=4 July 2012 }}</ref>

In the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] held in Brazil, Spain advanced to the final, played against Brazil; but suffered a heavy 3–0 defeat. A goal from [[Neymar]] and a brace from [[Fred (footballer, born 1983)|Fred]] saw a heavy burden landing on del Bosque and his type of football tactics he used, [[tiki-taka]].

In the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], del Bosque and his team posted their worst finish in the finals since the World Cup in France in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] through being eliminated during the group stage following a 5–1 defeat to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and a 2–0 defeat to [[Chile national football team|Chile]], before a 3–0 dead rubber win over [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]. The heavy opening defeat to the Netherlands marked the first time Spain had conceded five or more goals in an international game since a 6–2 defeat to [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] in 1963, and only the second time they had conceded five or more goals in a World Cup game, having done so before in their 6–1 defeat to [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], which incidentally was also held in Brazil. The result was also the biggest margin of defeat by a defending champion at a World Cup. Furthermore, despite a 3–0 win rounding of their campaign following the 2–0 defeat to Chile, Spain's final standing of 23rd out of the 32 entered teams was their worst-ever finish at a World Cup. After this, he announced that he would resign as Spain's manager, but there was no reaction from the RSFF.

Del Bosque announced his intentions to resign as the Spain national team coach following [[UEFA Euro 2016]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thefootballcafe.com/news/bosque-to-quit |title=Vicente del Bosque to quit managing Spanish National team after Euro 2016. |publisher=thefootballcafe.com |date=2014-10-17 |access-date=2014-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021143043/http://thefootballcafe.com/news/bosque-to-quit/ |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 14 June 2015, he reached 100 matches as Spain coach in a [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying]] win over [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]] in [[Barysaw]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/qualifiers/news/newsid=2256445.html|title=Del Bosque's 100-match Spain reign in numbers|date=14 June 2015|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

At the age of 65 and having achieved every available top-tier title, del Bosque announced his retirement from the sport on 30 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2016/06/30/seleccion/1467303050_307785.html|title=Del Bosque se jubila: deja la Selección española y el fútbol|language=es|publisher=futbol.as.com|date=1 July 2016|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/66701/spain-coach-vicente-del-bosque-confirms-retirement|title=Spain coach Vicente del Bosque confirms retirement|publisher=KickOff|date=1 July 2016|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36648686|title=Vicente del Bosque: Spain manager stepping down after Euro 2016 exit|work=BBC Sport|date=30 June 2016|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>
{{wikinews|del Bosque to quit Spanish team management after contract expiry}}

==Personal life==
Del Bosque married María de la Santísima Trinidad "Trini" López, and has three children – two sons and one daughter.<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/Bosque/linea/recta/elpepusocdmg/20100718elpdmgrep_1/Tes "Reportaje: el triunfo del hombre bueno. Del Bosque o la línea recta"] elpais.com, 18-7-2010. (in Spanish)</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
Source: <ref>{{BDFutbol|3658}}</ref>
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="14"|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|[[1968–69 Real Madrid CF season|1968–69]]
|[[La Liga]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
|[[1969–70 Real Madrid CF season|1969–70]]
|La Liga
|0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
|[[1973–74 Real Madrid CF season|1973–74]]
|La Liga
|16||0||7||5||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]|name=UC}}||0||colspan=2|—||24||5
|-
|[[1974–75 Real Madrid CF season|1974–75]]
|La Liga
|25||2||7||0||colspan=2|—||4{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]|name=CWC}}||0||colspan=2|—||36||2
|-
|[[1975–76 Real Madrid CF season|1975–76]]
|La Liga
|30||2||3||0||colspan=2|—||8{{efn|Appearances in [[European Cup]]|name=EC}}||0||colspan=2|—||41||2
|-
|[[1976–77 Real Madrid CF season|1976–77]]
|La Liga
|25||1||1||0||colspan=2|—||3{{efn|name=EC}}||1||colspan=2|—||29||2
|-
|[[1977–78 Real Madrid CF season|1977–78]]
|La Liga
|18||3||4||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||22||4
|-
|[[1978–79 Real Madrid CF season|1978–79]]
|La Liga
|30||2||9||0||colspan=2|—||4{{efn|name=EC}}||1||colspan=2|—||43||3
|-
|[[1979–80 Real Madrid CF season|1979–80]]
|La Liga
|32||0||6||1||colspan=2|—||8{{efn|name=EC}}||1||colspan=2|—||46||2
|-
|[[1980–81 Real Madrid CF season|1980–81]]
|La Liga
|29||2||3||0||colspan=2|—||5{{efn|name=EC}}||0||colspan=2|—||37||2
|-
|[[1981–82 Real Madrid CF season|1981–82]]
|La Liga
|23||2||5||0||colspan=2|—||6{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan=2|—||34||2
|-
|[[1982–83 Real Madrid CF season|1982–83]]
|La Liga
|6||0||4||0||4||1||3{{efn|name=CWC}}||0||0||0||17||1
|-
|[[1983–84 Real Madrid CF season|1983–84]]
|La Liga
|5||0||5||0||0||0||0{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan=2|—||10||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!239!!14!!54!!7!!4!!1!!42!!3!!0!!0!!339!!25
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[CD Castellón|Castellón]] (loan)
|[[1970–71 Segunda División|1970–71]]
|[[Segunda División]]
|13||4||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||13||4
|-
|[[1972–73 La Liga|1972–73]]
|La Liga
|30||5||8||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||38||5
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!43!!9!!8!!0!!colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—!!51!!9
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Córdoba CF|Córdoba]] (loan)
|[[1971–72 La Liga|1971–72]]
|La Liga
|19||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||19||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!19!!1!!0!!0!!colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—!!19!!1
|-
! colspan="3" | Career total
!301!!24!!62!!7!!4!!1!!42!!3!!0!!0!!409!!35
|}
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===International===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Spain national football team|Spain]]
|1975||3||0
|-
|1976||3||0
|-
|1977||1||0
|-
|1978||4||1
|-
|1979||5||0
|-
|1980||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||18||1
|}
:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Vicente del Bosque
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 13 December 1978 || [[Estadio El Helmántico|El Helmántico]], [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]] || {{fb|CYP}} || '''2'''–0 || 5–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 3|Euro 1980 qualifying]]
|}

===Managerial statistics===
{{Updated|match played 27 June 2016}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| {{Tooltip| Nat| Team nationality}}
!rowspan="2"| From
!rowspan="2"| To
!colspan="8"| Record
|-
!{{Tooltip| G| Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip| W| Wins}}
!{{Tooltip| D| Draws}}
!{{Tooltip| L| Losses}}
!{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip| Win %| Winning percentage}}
|-
|[[Real Madrid Castilla]]
|rowspan=4|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|11 June 1987
|25 June 1990
{{WDL|114|42|31|41|for=144|against=145|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|7 March 1994
|30 June 1994
{{WDL|13|5|2|6|for=23|against=22|diff=yes}}
|-
|Real Madrid
|21 January 1996
|24 January 1996
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=5|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|Real Madrid
|17 November 1999
|23 June 2003
{{WDL|203|113|49|41|for=461|against=267|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}}
|8 June 2004
|27 January 2005
{{WDL|25|11|7|7|for=40|against=25|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Spain national football team|Spain]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|1 July 2008
|30 June 2016
{{WDL|114|87|10|17|for=254|against=79|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|470|259|99|112|for=927|against=538|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
;Real Madrid 
*[[La Liga]]: [[1974–75 La Liga|1974–75]], [[1975–76 La Liga|1975–76]], [[1977–78 La Liga|1977–78]], [[1978–79 La Liga|1978–79]], [[1979–80 La Liga|1979–80]]
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1973–74 Copa del Generalísimo|1973–74]], [[1974–75 Copa del Generalísimo|1974–75]], [[1979–80 Copa del Rey|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Copa del Rey|1981–82]]

===Manager===
'''Real Madrid'''
*[[La Liga]]: [[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01]], [[2002–03 La Liga|2002–03]]
*[[Supercopa de España]]: [[2001 Supercopa de España|2001]]
*[[Copa Iberoamericana]]: [[Copa Iberoamericana|1994]]
*[[UEFA Champions League]]: [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|1999–2000]], [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|2001–02]]
*[[UEFA Super Cup]]: [[2002 UEFA Super Cup|2002]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[2002 Intercontinental Cup|2002]]

'''Spain'''
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
*[[UEFA European Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]

===Individual===
* [[UEFA Club Football Awards#Coach(es) of the Year|UEFA Club Coach of the Year]]: 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html |title=UEFA Awards – Coach of the Year |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=21 January 2016 |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[IFFHS World's Best Club Coach]]: 2002<ref name="Former Results"/>
* [[IFFHS World's Best National Coach]]: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013<ref name="Former Results">{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/former-results/|title=Former Results|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)#Men's World Manager of the Year|World Manager of the Year]]: 2012<ref name="WS2012">{{Cite journal |title=Lionel Messi wins World Soccer Player of the Year award! |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/lionel-messi-wins-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-award|date=14 December 2012 |journal=World Soccer }}</ref>
* [[FIFA World Coach of the Year]]: [[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]]
*[[ESPN]] 11th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013<ref>[https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1511147 Greatest Managers, No. 11: Del Bosque]</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest Managers of All Time|World Soccer 13th Greatest Manager of All Time]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Manager of all time|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=4 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Greatest XI">{{cite web|title=The Greatest XI: how the panel voted|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=2 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[France Football]] 33rd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019<ref name="Top6FF">{{cite web |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU|title=Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire|publisher=France Football |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="FOXSports">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia|work=[[FOX Sports]] |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="ABCes">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-50-mejores-entrenadores-historia-futbol-201903191710_noticia.html|title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>

===Personal===
* [[Spanish nobility|Nobility]]: Created 1st [[Marquess of Del Bosque]] by [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|King Juan Carlos I]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/02/04/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-2138.pdf | title = Boletín Oficial del Estado | language = es | date = 4 February 2011 | access-date = 4 February 2011 | publisher = boe.es | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807012540/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/02/04/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-2138.pdf | archive-date = 7 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.es/deportes/359740/del-bosque-tiene-un-nuevo-titulo| title = Del Bosque y Vargas Llosa, marqueses |trans-title= Del Bosque y Vargas Llosa, Marquess | date = 4 February 2011 | access-date = 4 February 2011 | language = es}}</ref>
* [[Government of Spain]]: [[Royal Order of Sports Merit|Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.as.com/mas-deporte/articulo/deferr-bosque-recibiran-gran-cruz/20110924dasdaimas_9/Tes|title=El seleccionador Vicente del Bosque es galardonado con la Gran Cruz|date=24 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[Province of Salamanca|Salamanca Provincial Council]]: Gold Medal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=523154|title=El seleccionador Vicente del Bosque recibe mañana Medalla de Oro de Salamanca}}</ref>
* [[Salamanca|Salamanca City Council]]: Favourite Son of Salamanca<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=8&ID=1245|title=Vicente Del Bosque, Hijo Predilecto de Salamanca|trans-title=Vicente Del Bosque, Favourite son of Salamanca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913163206/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=8&ID=1245|archive-date=13 September 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Intercontinental Cup winning managers]]
*[[Tiki-taka]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Vicente del Bosque}}
* {{BDFutbol player|3658|Vicente del Bosque player profile}}
* {{BDFutbol manager|3658}}
* {{NFT coach|18325/Vicente_Del_Bosque}}
* {{Soccerway coach|vicente-del-bosque/130179}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100623034536/http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=161&n=del%2Fbosque%2Fvicente%2Fdel%2Fbosque%2Fgonzalez National team data] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.realmadridfans.org/delbosque.htm Biography at Real Madrid Fans] {{in lang|es}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527140155/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040472616/1202816169356/jugador/JugadorLegendario/Del_Bosque.htm Real Madrid biography] {{in lang|es}}

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