Spanish national team coach Luis de la Fuente won the Men's Coach of the Year award at the 2026 Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in London. (EPA Images pic)LONDON: Luis de la Fuente won the Ballon d'Or for men's coach of the year on Monday after leading Spain to World Cup glory.
"Teamwork makes us invincible. This is a great honour," de la Fuente said after collecting the award at a ceremony in London.
"The secret is to work with very generous players that put the team first. We've got such an amazing pool of talent, the best in the world, so as a coach I have such a great amount of talent to work with. So this is their success," he added.
In an age of coaches who were previously star players, 65-year-old de la Fuente stands out as a technician who worked his way up through the national coaching ranks in Spain.
