Luis Rodríguez Vaz (born 7 February 1942) is a Spanish football manager.
Manager career Born in Verín, Ourense, Galicia,«El entrenador es quien pone la salsa a los equipos de fútbol» ("The manager who spices up the football teams"); La Voz de Galicia, 17 December 2011 Rodríguez Vaz was appointed Deportivo de La Coruña in November 1981, after a spell at Racing de Ferrol.Vaz muestra el camino (Vaz shows the way); La Voz de Galicia, 23 May 2000 In 1987, he returned to Dépor, but was sacked in February of the following year.
In December 1992 Rodríguez Vaz was named CD Lugo manager, with the side struggling in Segunda División. However, after only winning five matches out of 24, he suffered team relegation.Luis Rodríguez Vaz: ´Yo he vivido para el fútbol. Me gusta y lo llevo dentro´ (Luis Rodríguez Vaz: "I lived for the football. I like it and I carry it inside my heart"); La Opinión Coruña, 16 December 2011
In June 1997, after another spell at Racing, Rodríguez Vaz was appointed at the helm of CD Ourense, narrowly avoiding the drop in the last matchday. He left the club in June 1998, but eventually returned in December.Homenaje a la trayectoria de Rodríguez Vaz en el banquillo (Tribute to Rodríguez Vaz's career in the bench); La Voz de Galicia, 3 December 2011
On 19 November 2001 Rodríguez Vaz was again appointed at the Rojillos,Rodríguez Vaz sustituye a Teixidó en el Ourense (Rodríguez Vaz replaces Teixidó at Ourense); La Voz de Galicia, 19 November 2001 being relieved from his duties at the end of the campaign. He was also manager of SD Compostela, CD As Pontes and G.D. Chaves.El maestro de los banquillos (The master of the bench); El País, 12 December 2011 Rodríguez Vaz: “Fran, el mejor jugador que entrené, pudo haber llegado más lejos en el fútbol” (Rodríguez Vaz: "Fran, the best player I have trained, could have reached farther in football"); El Boletín Coruñés, 7 March 2014
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