Checkmate. Madrid "Real" appointed the new head coach Julien Lopetega. When the place of the head of the team prophesied and Arsen Wenger, and Antonio Conte and even the legend of the Madrid Guti.

Lopetegi was born in 1966 (now he is 51 years old) in the family of athlete Jose Antonio Hulen Lopetega, who became famous, lifting the gravity.

However, Hullen went to football. He started the goalkeeper in "Real Sociedad". And in 19 years I got to Madrid "Real", where he played for three seasons for the second team. However, in the main team held only one match - in the derby against "Atletico" (3: 3). Then there were "Logrones", "Barcelona" and "Rayo Vallecano". Despite regular calls to the national team, Julien's asset is just one game for the "Red Furies". And in 2002 he decided to end his career as a football player.

Lopetegi coached the Spanish youth team U-17. And his first work in the club was "Rayo Vallecano", where he did not last a year.

After this, Hullen decided to become a sports commentator. A famous in this role, when he lost consciousness on the air.

5 years later, he again took to train. Now he started with the reserve team of "Real". However, his talent was best revealed in his work with youth teams.

He twice withdrew the U-20 in the quarterfinals of the World Championships - in Colombia (2011) and Turkey (2013). In 2012, he led to the title of champion of Europe, the Spanish national team U-19. And the following year he won the same title with the team among players not older than 21 years.

In 2016 Lopetegi replaced Vincente Del Bosque as head coach of the Spanish national team. Then this place was predicted by the Spanish stars of the coaching department - Luis Enrique, Ernesto Valverde, Josep Guardiola - but the choice fell on Lopetegi.

Since then, his team has played 12 matches in which they have not lost a single game - 10 wins and 2 draws.

To responsibilities in the "Real" he will start after the World Cup, where the Spanish team will play with Portugal, Morocco and Iran.