#4 Luis Aragones
To many, the name of Luis Aragones crops up imagery of Spain’s swashbuckling Euro 2008 team that stormed to the title. He laid the groundwork for their success in further tournaments by being brave enough to drop experienced players such as Raul and employing a tiki-taka style of football.
He passed away nearly two years ago aged 75 and will always be remembered fondly for delivering Spain’s first major trophy for nearly 50 years.
He was nothing short of a legend for Atletico Madrid, spending a vast majority of his playing career with them and managing them in 4 different spells.
Before playing for them, he was initially signed by Real Madrid from Getafe but was never given a chance with the Los Blancos, not appearing for them a single time. He was repeatedly loaned out to various clubs and despite making good impressions, always found the path to the Madrid first team blocked.
He finally ended up leaving them and joining cross-town rivals Atletico where he went on to enjoy quite a bit of success, winning three league titles, 2 cups and scoring 123 goals in 263 appearances.
