U21 European Cup ended in the quarterfinals, Official: Spanish U21 coach Santi is dismissed

June 26th, the Spanish Football Association officially announced that after 15 years of successful cooperation, the Spanish U21 national team decided to part ways with the team coach Santi Denia.

Next, Sandy will start a new career chapter. During his tenure, Spanish youth teams at all levels have achieved many brilliant achievements.

Santi served as the head coach of the Spanish U16 national team in August 2010 and transferred to the head coach of the Spanish U17 national team in 2011. He worked in this position until 2019, and was later promoted to head coach of the Spanish U19 national team, and took over the Spanish U21 national team at the end of 2022 until his recent U21 European Cup loss to England and was stopped in the quarterfinals.

As the head coach of the national team at all levels in Spain, Santi has an enviable report card, such as the 2017 U17 European Cup champion and the 2019 U19 European Cup champion. In addition, he led the Spanish National Olympic team to win gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, especially the epic game against the French National Olympic team in the finals is unforgettable.

In addition to these achievements, Santi also achieved many excellent results when she worked as an assistant coach for national teams at all levels in Spain, including helping the team win silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics. However, his greatest achievement was to cultivate a large number of Spanish stars.

In 220 games coaching Spanish national teams at all levels (10 U15 games, 16 U16 games, 105 U17 games, 14 U28 games, 39 U19 games, 30 U21 games and 6 Olympic National Olympic Games), Santi made great contributions to Spanish football. All employees of the Spanish Football Association expressed their sincere gratitude for his efforts and wished him all the best in his new career.