Raul González Blanco takes charge of Oviedo, his first coaching job

In Oviedo's stadium, supporters saw the legendary Raul González Blanco take the bench for the first time as head coach. The Spanish second‑division club announced on Monday that Raul was the new head coach.

Aged forty‑nine, the Real Madrid icon thus takes his first senior‑team role. He has signed a contract that ties him to the club until 2028. Before this role, he coached Real Madrid’s youth sides, including Castilla, from 2019 to 2025. With Castilla, he won the Youth League in 2020. As a player, he wore the Real Madrid shirt 741 times between 1994 and 2010, scoring 323 goals.

He won six Spanish league titles and three Champions Leagues. After his spell in Madrid, he played for Schalke in Germany, Al‑Sadd in Qatar and the New York Cosmos in the United States. A Spanish international, he was capped 102 times and scored 44 goals between 1996 and 2006, a record at the time. Oviedo split with Julian Calero on Monday, despite a 1‑2 win in Cadiz on Saturday. The club sits ninth in Liga 2 with twenty‑one points after thirteen matches.