Read about Jorge Vilda’s net worth, age, wife, children, height, family, parents, salary and career as well as other information you need to know.
Introduction
Jorge Vilda is a Spanish football coach and UEFA Pro Licence holder, who is the current head coach of the Spain women’s national football team – a position he has held since 2015. Vilda is also the sporting director of the Spanish FA’s (RFEF) women’s national-team system and tactical instructor at their National Coaching School.
Early life & career
| Name | Jorge Vilda |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Profession | Football coach |
| Age | 42 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Jorge Vilda Rodríguez was born on July 7, 1981, and is 42 years old. He is the son of Spanish parents and was raised in Madrid. A former youth player at Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, and FC Barcelona, Vilda began as an assistant coach at WU17 and WU19 level, before taking the head coach’s position with Spain’s WU17s in 2009. During five years at that level, Spain won gold (2010 & 2011), silver (2014), and bronze (2013) at UEFA Women’s U-17 EUROs, in addition to silver (2014) and bronze (2010) at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
In 2014 he was among the ten nominees for that year’s FIFA Coach of the Year for Women’s Football and was appointed to the head coach’s role with Spain’s WU19s, who collected silver medals at the UEFA Women’s U-19 EURO in 2014 and 2015 before being appointed as head coach to the senior side since then.
Jorge Vilda was appointed Spain’s senior head coach in 2015, succeeding Ignacio Quereda, he oversaw a successful qualifying campaign for the UEFA Women’s EURO 2017. At the competition in the Netherlands, they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost on penalties to Austria after a 0–0 draw.
In 2018 Spain won the Cyprus Cup and also secured their place at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup – only their second appearance at the global event. Additionally, Vilda oversaw Spain’s victory at the UEFA WU19 EURO, which contributed to being shortlisted for the award of The Best FIFA Woman’s Coach 2018.
By 2019, many of the players that Jorge Vilda had worked with at the youth level, including Alexia Putellas, Amanda Sampedro, Virginia Torrecilla, Lola Gallardo, Nahikari García, Patri Guijarro, Mariona Caldentey and Ivana Andrés, had all established themselves as regular senior-squad members. In France 2019, Spain qualified from Group B in second place (behind Germany and ahead of China and South Africa), the first time Spain had reached the knockout stages of the FIFA WWC.
Drawn against 2015 champions U.S. in the Round of 16, two penalties from Megan Rapinoe ended Spain’s chances of reaching the last eight. Vilda and Spain’s momentum has continued into 2020, with La Roja finishing second in the She Believes Cup – beating England and Japan and losing to hosts the United States.
In 2023, a rift between Jorge Vilda and the players emerged with 15 of Spain’s top female players making themselves unavailable for the 2023 Cup of Nations tournament in Australia in the lead-up to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Wife
Jorge Vilda is married. He has kept his family away from the public eye.
Salary
Jorge Vilda’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $450,000 dollars annually.
Jorge Vilda net worth
How much is Jorge Vilda worth? Jorge Vilda’s net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a football coach. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential football coaches in Spain. He stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.
Source: Apumone.com
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