Pepe Mel, the great architect of Spanish talent

Pepe Mel He is one of the most recognized coaches in Spanish football. The coach of Madrid adds twenty-five years in trading, since he took charge of Coslada in 1999. He currently heads the Tenerifethe bottom of the Second Division where he signed a month ago, after the dismissal of Óscar Cano.

Mel is a passionate coach type bet on the quarryregardless of the age of football players. In the blue and white team he gave confidence Dani Fernández and Aaron Martínsixteen and seventeen years old, respectively. Although the results did not help them (4/12 points), the two pearls of Tenerife have already scored their first professional goals.

These are some of his greatest achievements among the young footballers he shined:

PEDRI

21 YEARS

Pedri made his debut in 2019 with Las Palmas at just seventeen years old, under Pepe Mel. The Madrid coach blindly trusted the Tenerife player, who completed a good season in the Second Division. For this reason, Barça signed him and now he has become one of the best footballers in the world.

2

DANI CEBALLOS

28 YEARS

Ceballos started the 2014/15 season as a starter for Betis, after coming through the youth team. Pepe Mel signed for the Betis team in December with a view to promotion to LaLiga. The Andalusian midfielder was indispensable for the coach of Madrid, who believed in him during his stay at the club (December 2014 – January 2016). He later went to Madrid, where he won three Champions Leagues.

3

FABIÁN RUIZ

28 YEARS

Pepe Mel made Fabián’s debut at 18 years old at Betis. Although he didn’t play many minutes, he was in the first team dynamic for half of the season. The Spanish player never met the coach in any team, even though he was his first great supporter. This summer he was proclaimed champion of the Euro Cup, after performing at a high level and scoring four goals.

4

ALBERTO MOLEIRO

21 YEARS

‘The new Pedri’ was the nickname Moleiro adopted when he made his debut at Las Palmas, after breaking into the first team at a young age. The Tenerife playmaker is already one of the leaders of the Canary Islands team at just twenty-one years old and plays for Spain U-21. His marking value is twenty million euros and his contract expires in 2026.

5

JOSEPH MARTINEZ

26 YEARS

Josep Martínez made his Las Palmas debut in 2019, in the final rounds of the Second Division. The following season he exchanged starting positions with Álvaro Valles, aged just 21. Since that year, the Valencian goalkeeper has transferred almost 20 million euros in transfers, between Inter Milan, Genoa and Leipzig. He is currently Yann Sommer’s successor in the Nerazzurri team.