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VCF | Valencia CF, in the hands of Javier Miñano

VALENCIA. Physical trainer for Real Madrid for Zidane and Ronaldo, for Spain’s World Champion and for the Euro Cup, and now for Valencia CF, Javier Miñano, has a difficult challenge in set-up. An atypical situation, with two months of hiatus and the need to perform immediately for a season of eleven games.

In the last three campaigns, this work had fallen to Ismael Fernández, Marcelino’s trusted man. Now, Javier Miñano will be in charge of obtaining the best physical condition for the restart of the competition, whose date may be June 12, as revealed by Javier Tebas last Sunday on Movistar +. In addition, physical condition is an area that has generated some suspicion this season with an infirmary filled every week with more than 3-4 injured.

“The fundamental objective is that the player is in the best conditions, in an optimal state, just before playing. We need the players to have a routine very similar to the rhythm of competition. We also have to educate the player to get used to the physical demand with the least possible fatigue “, explained the Valencia CF physical trainer in an interview with France Football.

Another aspect that Javier Miñano assessed in February in an interview with Mean’s Health the future for the preparation of footballers: “The future depends on technology, more specifically on the use of Big Data. We must make way for something more scientific at the research level to simplify that data. And the future is also in the individual work: further personalize training loads. “

This is how all the teams that the Celades physical trainer has carried in his career in his first eleven league games have started.

Stage at Real Madrid CF (Seasons: 3)

He was the physical trainer of Vicente del Bosque and Real Madrid of the ‘Galacticos’.

2000-2001

Good start with 20 points from 33. He was third only surpassed by one point for Valencia CF and RC Deportivo de La Coruña. The madridistas ended up being champions.

Baggage: Six wins, two draws and three defeats.

2001-2002

Real Madrid had a very disappointing start. He made 16 of 33 points and was in seventh place seven points from the lead. Valencia CF was the league champion and Real Madrid finished third with 66 points.

Baggage: Four wins, four draws and three defeats.

2002-2003

From less to more. Real Madrid made 18 points out of 33 and was fourth to five points behind Real Sociedad. He ended up going back to his rivals and was the champion of the domestic competition.

Baggage: Four wins, six draws and one loss

Besiktas (Seasons: 1)

2004-2005

The Valencia CF physical trainer also had an adventure abroad with Vicente Del Bosque. Specifically, in the Turkish Besiktas. An experience that did not go well for Spanish preparers. In the first eleven days, Besiktas were eighth and were far from the title fight. Later he was improving and finished fourth. However, Del Bosque and his coaching staff were terminated in January of that season, being fourteen points behind the leader and eliminated from the UEFA Cup and the Turkish Cup.

Baggage: Four wins, three draws and four defeats.

Racing de Santander (Seasons: 1)

2006-2007

He was a physical trainer with Miguel Ángel Portugal at Racing de Santander de Munitis and Zigic. He was on target for permanence, but it was not an encouraging start. Racing Santander occupied the fifteenth position with 11 points out of 33 possible. However, Racing gradually picked up its tone and finished with 50 points in tenth place.

Baggage: Two wins, five draws and four defeats.

The last decade had been devoted to preparing teams: Spain, Armenia and South Korea

On the other hand, in the last decade Javier Miñano has prepared teams at the end of the season to face short tournament guarantees. With Vicente Del Bosque he has been the physical trainer of the best generation of the Spanish team with two Euro Cups and one World Cup. The 2014 World Cup was a major disappointment and in the 2016 Euro Cup they fell in the last 16 against Italy. In 2017, he had another national team experience with South Korea and a year later prepared the Armenian team before joining Valencia CF.

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