Rafa Benitez was appointed Real Madrid's new coach Wednesday, June 3, 2015, with the Spaniard signing a three-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu. The appointment brings Benitez's coaching career full circle as he returns to the club where he made his first steps as a youth team coach in the early nineties. "It is an emotional day because I've returned home," a tearful Benitez said at his official unveiling at the Santiago Bernabeu. The rotation of the playing resources was injudicious, the positional anomalies of Ronaldo ,Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos were never properly addressed, and the season's end proved there was a wafer-thin lack of the mental and physical intensity at training on a daily basis that set apart Barcelona. Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo are set to work under another manager at the Bernabeu after Benitez replaced Carlo Ancelotti. These are things in which Benitez has real expertise. Not only is his attention to detail legendary, so is what he demands of players. His finest hour came at Liverpool, where he lifted the Champions League in 2005, with a UEFA Super Cup and FA Cup also following. Benitez's managerial career 1993-95 Real Madrid B 1995-96 Real Valladolid 1996 Osasuna 1997-99 Extremadura 2000-01 Tenerife 2001-04 Valencia La Liga ( 2001/02, 2003/04) UEFA Cup (2003/04) 2004-10 Liverpool UEFA Champions League (2004/05), UEFA Super Cup (2005), FA Cup (2005/06), FA Community Shield (2006) 2010 Inter Milan Supercoppa Italiana (2010) FIFA Club World Cup (2010) 2012-13 Chelsea UEFA Europa League (2012/13) 2013-15 Napoli Coppa Italia (2013/14), Supercoppa Italiana (2014)
Good luck Rafa! !!!path: 1986-1995: youth ranks at Real Madrid 1995-1996: Real Valladolid 1996-1997: Osasuna 1997-1999: Extremadura 2000-2001: Tenerife 2001-2004: Valencia 2004-2010: Liverpool 2010-2010: Inter Milan 2012-2013: Chelsea 2013-2015: Naples 2015: Real Madrid Honours: - One Champions League (Liverpool 2005) - 1 World Club Cup (2010 with Inter) - One European Super Cup (2005 in Liverpool) - 2 Europa League (2004 and 2013 in Valencia with Chelsea) - 2 Leagues (2002 and 2004 with Valencia) - 1 FA Cup (2006 in Liverpool) - One Italian Cup (2014 in Naples) - 2 Italian Super Cups (2010 and 2014 Inter Napoli) - 1 Supercup England (Liverpool 2006) Individual awards: - Voted Best Coach of the Year by the UEFA: 2004 and 2005.