Ancelotti and Pacheta, awarded by the Coaches Committee

Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, and Jose Rojo ‘Pacheta’, The Valladolid coach, was awarded the 9th edition of the Ramón Cobo Awards, in a gala held in Ciudad del Fútbol where the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, gave the gold badge to Venancio López.

The Coaches Committee recognized the work of ancelotti in the 2021-22 season where he won LaLiga Santander and the Champions League with Real Madrid. The Italian coach was unable to attend a gala where he was present package, who collected the award for the best Second Division coach after being promoted to Real Valladolid.

Luis Rubiales with the president of the Coaches Committee, David Gutierrez, they presented each prize, in recognition of sporting achievements and the exemplary behavior, respect and sportsmanship of the technicians. The act served as a tribute to Venancio López, who received the RFEF gold badge.

“Venancio is a person who works, does not give up, helps the poor, with a record that includes four European Cups and we decided to give him this recognition because he shows the values ​​that we want to deliver from the RFEF,” said by Rubiales.

The technicians awarded are Guillermo Fernández (formerly from Racing de Santander) and Miguel Álvarez, who continues to lead Villarreal B after being promoted to LaLiga SmartBank.

For their work in the Second Federation, Ángel Rodríguez (Pontevedra), Santi Castillejo (Osasuna B), Diego Martínez (Numancia), Germán Crespo (Córdoba) and Gustavo Siviero (Intercity) received recognition for their work last season. And from the Women’s First Division, the award was received by Jonatan Giráldez (Barcelona).

In futsal, the winners were Jesús Velasco (Barcelona) and Tete (UMA Antequera FS), and in the women’s category Andrés Sanz (Atlético Navalcarnero).