Rafael Benítez
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Born
1960 (66 years old)
Madrid, SpainPosition
Manager
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Coaching
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1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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Panathinaikos
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Greek Super League 1
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Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.
Benítez joined Real Madrid's coaching staff at the age of 26, going on to work as the under-19 and reserve team coach, and assistant manager for the senior team. He moved away from Real Madrid in 1995, but management spells at Real Valladolid and Osasuna were short-lived and unsuccessful. He guided Segunda División club Extremadura back to La Liga in his first season in the 1997–98 season, but the team was relegated the following season. He left the club, and coached Tenerife in 2000, winning promotion in his only season.
Benítez was appointed coach of Valencia and won La Liga in the 2001–02 and 2003–04 seasons, with the UEFA Cup alongside the latter. After leaving Valencia, Benitez moved to English club Liverpool of the Premier League, guiding the club to victory in the UEFA Champions League in 2005. For the second consecutive season, he was named UEFA Manager of the Year. He also won the FA Cup in 2006 and reached the 2007 Champions League final, but was unable to win the Premier League, with Liverpool's best league performance under Benítez a second-place finish in 2008–09.
After leaving Liverpool in June 2010, Benítez was appointed manager of treble-winning side Inter Milan. Despite attaining silverware with the Supercoppa Italiana and Club World Cup, his reign at the club was short, and he was dismissed midway through the 2010–11 season. In November 2012, he was appointed interim manager of Chelsea for the remainder of the season, and he went on to win the 2013 Europa League. He returned to Italy in 2013 to coach Napoli, where he won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He then left Napoli and became coach of Real Madrid in June 2015 on an initial three-year contract, lasting six months.
Benítez was appointed manager of Newcastle United in March 2016. He was unable to avoid relegation, but earned promotion back to the Premier League by winning the Championship. He left the club in June 2019, and joined Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional. He left the club by mutual consent in January 2021, before taking over as manager at Everton in June. He was dismissed in January 2022, and then managed Celta Vigo in 2023–24.
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 English Championship |  Newcastle | 2016-2017 | |
 Italian Supercoppa Italiana |  Napoli | 2014 | |
 Italian Coppa Italia | Napoli | 2013-2014 | |
 UEFA Europa League |  Chelsea | 2012-2013 | |
 FIFA Club World Cup |  Liverpool | 2010 | |
 English FA Cup | Liverpool | 2005-2006 | |
 UEFA Super Cup | Liverpool | 2005 | |
 UEFA Champions League | Liverpool | 2004-2005 | |
| English FA Cup |  Valencia | 2003-2004 | |
 Spanish La Liga | Valencia | 2003-2004 | |
| Spanish La Liga | Valencia | 2001-2002 |
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Former Youth Teams
 Real Madrid | 1973-1978 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
 Real Madrid B | 1979-1981 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Linares Deportivo | 1985-1986 | Permanent | - | - |
Former Club Staff
| Real Madrid B | 1993-1995 | Manager | - | - | |
 Valladolid | 1995-1996 | Manager | - | - | |
 Osasuna | 1996 | Manager | - | - | |
 Extremadura | 1997-1999 | Manager | - | - | |
 Tenerife | 2000-2001 | Manager | - | - | |
 Valencia | 2001-2004 | Manager | - | - | |
 Liverpool | 2004-2010 | Manager | - | - | |
 Inter | 2010 | Manager | - | - | |
| Chelsea | 2012-2013 | Caretaker Manager | - | - | |
 Napoli | 2013-2015 | Manager | - | - | |
| Real Madrid | 2015-2016 | Manager | - | - | |
| Newcastle | 2016-2019 | Manager | - | - | |
 Dalian Yifang | 2019-2021 | Manager | - | - | |
 Everton | 2021-2022 | Manager | - | - | |
 Celta Vigo | 2023-2024 | Manager | - | - |
Contracts
 Dalian Yifang | 2019-2021 | - |
 Celta Vigo | 2023-2026 | - |
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