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    Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of La Liga club...
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    Chelsea manager by Rafael Benítez, who had previously coached Torres at Liverpool. It was reported that one reason for Benítez's appointment was to help...
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    with Dalian Yifang of the Chinese Super League, reuniting with manager Rafael Benítez who had joined the club two weeks before and reportedly activated the...
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    and won the UEFA Champions League in his first season, under manager Rafael Benítez, scoring the equalising goal in the Final against Milan. The following...
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  • League games during his time at the club. He was replaced by Spaniard Rafael Benítez on the same day, who signed a three-year deal, but was not able to prevent...
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  • 2019-03-12. "Rafael Benítez: Ex-Newcastle boss appointed manager of Chinese side Dalian Yifang". BBC. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019. "Rafa Benítez: "Our...
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    their first UEFA Champions League for Chelsea in 2012. A year after, Rafael Benítez led the club to win the UEFA Europa League, becoming the first club...
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    end of the 2003–04 season, to be replaced by Valencia manager, Rafael Benítez. In Benítez's first season in charge, Liverpool reached the UEFA Champions...
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    tennis player Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer Rafael Cerro, Colombian weightlifter Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan...
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  • June 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023. "Preliminary agreement for Rafa Benítez to be the Centenary coach of RC Celta". RC Celta de Vigo. 23 June 2023...
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    £20 million offer from Chelsea, staying with Liverpool under new coach Rafael Benítez. Liverpool had many injuries early in the 2004–05 season, and a broken...
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  • two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league...
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    spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Napoli, where he was reunited with Rafael Benítez, the coach who signed him to play for Liverpool in 2005. During his...
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  • In an attempt to bring about an equalising goal, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez substituted Mascherano for striker Peter Crouch. Milan had an attack...
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    assistant manager. He continued in this position under the interim manager Rafael Benítez. In 2013, Holland continued in his role as assistant manager under Jose...
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    of £6.5 million. On completion of the deal, then Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez said of Škrtel: "He is aggressive, quick, is good in the air and I think...
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    midfielder Dietmar Hamann in the summer of 2006, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez indicated that he saw Zenden as an option in the central midfield. Zenden...
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    opposing managers such as Arsène Wenger, David O'Leary, Graeme Souness and Rafael Benítez following defeats by sides managed by Allardyce. Allardyce wrote in...
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  • left the club and joined Real Madrid. On the 10 June, Inter signed Rafael Benítez from Liverpool on a two-year contract, ending a six-year stint as manager...
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  • after a 3–0 loss away to Juventus in the UEFA Champions League, with Rafael Benítez replacing him as interim manager until the end of the season. On 15...
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    covered a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Under new manager Rafael Benítez, Real Madrid remained unbeaten in the league until a 3–2 loss at Sevilla...
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  • the early 1990s, two former Castilla players, Vicente del Bosque and Rafael Benítez, began their coaching careers with the team. In 1997, the team was relegated...
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    season. Having initially played as a full-back, the arrival of manager Rafael Benítez in 2004 saw Carragher move to become a centre-back, where he found his...
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    After six years in charge, Gérard Houllier was replaced as manager by Rafael Benítez, who had led Valencia to victory in La Liga and the UEFA Cup the previous...
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    Villa and Sunderland, Roy Hodgson with Blackburn Rovers and Fulham, Rafael Benítez with Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle United, Brendan Rodgers with Swansea...
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    final on penalties. Kewell was controversially selected by manager Rafael Benítez ahead of the defensive midfielder Dietmar Hamann, signalling the club's...
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    and their manager in 2007. He was then appointed assistant manager to Rafael Benítez at Liverpool in 2008 before returning to Bolton Wanderers in 2012 as...
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    became effective in July 2010, after he turned 18, with new manager Rafael Benítez being quoted as saying, "Coutinho is the future of Inter." On 27 August...
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    managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Finals. Rafael Benítez became the first manager to win the competition as both the UEFA Cup...
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  • Rafael Cañedo Benítez (1 January 1942 – 10 July 2001) was a Mexican businessman and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party....
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