Luri Sorroche makes history in Catalan men’s football

Although she classifies herself as “a coach just like any other coach”, the truth is that Luri Sorroche She has entered history for being the first woman to lead a male team in the first territorial category. She will in the Vilanova of First Catalan and affirms that he feels “happy to be able to be in the club of my city”. Last season he managed Sitges, in the Second Catalan.

At only 32 years old, sorroche He has been training continuously for 17 years, always in men’s football. His life is linked to a ball, since he started at the age of 8, combining soccer with futsal and as an amateur he played in the Vilanova and the Sitges. He soon realized that his vocation was on the bench. He graduated -he has the UEFA PRO- and started training going through all the base categories. Already as an amateur, the clubs did not finish betting on her as the first coach and she was always second. After a time rolling on the benches, she began her international experience. She left with the school Barça a Miami. from there to China and then to Indiawhere she became the absolute selector of one of the states.

On his return to Cataloniasigned for him My, from Tercera Catalana, and achieved promotion to Segunda. His next destination was Sitges and this season that begins, the Vilanova.

a young team

Luri Sorroche has already started working on her squad for next year. “We are setting up a team with talented people from the region. It is a young group, with many players that I know well, because I had them in grassroots football”. The technique does not set long-term goals: “We hope to have a good season, but we don’t want to sell smoke. We will train to win, playing a distinctive game that identifies us as the Vilanova”. luri He assures that he adapts to the circumstances, although his philosophy is to try to “maintain a short style and a guaranteed finish”.

18 confirmed

In the absence of closing any more renovations and some signings, the Vilanova squad is made up of: Albert Alfonso (Valls) and Héctor (juvenile), goalkeepers; Álex Saldaña, Aleix Semur, Iván Torres (Atlétic Vilanova), Dani Gutiérrez (Cerdanyola youth), Arlès Gordillo (juvenile) and Boza (Gavà), defenders; Oriol Codina, Álex Frutos (Sitges), Matthew Clewley and Adam Maftouh (Sitges), media; and Marc López (youth), Jan Casas (FAT. Vilafranca), Sergio Ximénez (Atlètic Vilanova), Jean Marco Mormeneo (Sitges), Víctor Fernández (At. Vilafranca) and Jair Fernández, forwards.

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