Luis García shares with his son Mateo after finishing the training session at the La Victoria Complex. Photo Xavier Caivinagua/El Mercurio
Argentine technical director Luis García confesses that he got a tattoo of the Sacred Heart after visiting the Virgin of Cajas in 2016, when he arrived as technical assistant to Gabriel Cosenza (+).
I asked him to bring me back one day and help me continue growing as a coach. Today, eight years later, seeing myself here as a coach, the truth is that I still can’t believe it, I enjoy it a lot…
A decade ago the Deportivo Cuenca strategist worked in a factory. He installed doors, he was a normal operator like any person. His dream was to make a living from football.
Today I find myself in a privileged place. The things that I have had to experience and experience in recent years are from a person who is touched with the wand
As a coach, he closely follows, apart from Guardiola and Klopp, De Zerbi, Xabi Alonso, Simeone, Marcelo Gallardo… He likes coaches who find in adversity an opportunity to continue developing.
If you see my thermos of mate I have Simeone, Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Bilardo, references of Argentine football and for me they are winners.
His life around football
The technical director of Deportivo Cuenca confesses that he did not have skills as a footballer. «I’m bad, I’m not going to lie about that. “I reached the First Division C of Argentina, which would be the fourth division… The truth is, it wasn’t my thing.”
He also didn’t enjoy it like he enjoys being a coach. “I wake up at night at 02:00, 03:00 and I start working if I have something on my mind.”
His life revolves around football. «I go to the gym because I have no other choice, but the truth is that I don’t enjoy it. “I don’t watch movies, I don’t watch series, I watch football, I’m with that all the time.”
Birthday with Deportivo Cuenca
Until March 10 you will have the company of your loved ones. They arrived to celebrate his 34th birthday in Cuenca on March 7.
Now that I have the possibility of having my son (Mateo), my wife in Ecuador until March 10, I also try to enjoy being with them… When they are not there, for me it is 100% work because I am passionate about it and it is also A way of living.
