Luis Milla Aspas (born 12 March 1966) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a football manager.

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Luis Milla

Milla as Lugo manager in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Luis Milla Aspas
Date of birth	(1966-03-12) 12 March 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Teruel, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983	Teruel
1983–1984	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1986	Barcelona C	52	(2)
1984–1990	Barcelona	54	(2)
1986–1988	Barcelona B	40	(5)
1990–1997	Real Madrid	165	(3)
1997–2001	Valencia	79	(1)
Total		390	(13)
International career
1989–1990	Spain	3	(0)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Puçol
2007–2008	Getafe (assistant)
2008–2010	Spain U19
2009	Spain U20
2010–2012	Spain U21
2012	Spain U23
2013	Al Jazira
2015–2016	Lugo
2016	Zaragoza
2017–2018	Indonesia
2017–2018	Indonesia U23
2022–2023	Persib Bandung
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain (as manager) UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2010 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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He represented three clubs – including Barcelona and Real Madrid – in a 16-year-professional career, where he won three La Liga titles (one with the former and two with the latter) and amassed totals of 298 matches and six goals.

Milla later worked as a manager, being in charge of Spain's youth teams for several years.

Milla was born in Teruel, Aragon. After finishing his development with FC Barcelona he made his La Liga debut in 1984–85, scoring in his only appearance of the season against Real Zaragoza as Barça pitched in a team majorly composed of youth players due to a general professional's strike.^[2]

Definitely promoted to the first team in 1988, Milla would be involved two years later in a sour contract renewal dispute with the board of directors and manager Johan Cruyff,^[3] which eventually finished with his free transfer to Real Madrid. He was seriously injured in his debut campaign, but bounced to back to be an important first-team element in the conquest of two leagues and one Copa del Rey, being fairly used even after the 1994 purchase of Fernando Redondo.^[4]

Milla finished his career in June 2001 after four years at Valencia CF, with more than 400 official appearances as a professional.^[5] Over a three-month period beginning in late 1989, he earned himself three caps for the Spain national team, the first against Hungary in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier.^[6]

Milla was first involved in professional coaching in 2007–08, assisting former Barcelona and Madrid teammate Michael Laudrup at Getafe CF.^[7] In the ensuing summer he was named the national under-19's manager, after Vicente del Bosque's appointment as the senior manager.

In Milla's first tournament, the 2009 UEFA European championship, the team did not progress through the group stage. In the 2010 edition in France, however, he led Spain to the final, which ended in defeat to the hosts.^[8]

Later in the same year, Milla replaced Juan Ramón López Caro at the helm of the under-21 side. Despite finding a delicate situation upon his arrival, he managed to qualify for the 2011 European championship after defeating Croatia in a two-legged play-off.^[9]

In the final stages in Denmark, Milla led the Spanish under-21s to their third title, after only conceding two goals in five games (four wins and only one draw).^[10] He was sacked after his team failed to qualify from the group phase at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[11]

In February 2013, Milla was appointed at UAE Pro League's Al Jazira Club.^[12] His first match in charge was a 3–1 loss at Tractor Sazi F.C. in the group stage of the AFC Champions League.^[13]

Milla returned to Spain in the 2015 off-season, signing as Segunda División club CD Lugo head coach and resigning in late February 2016 in unclear circumstances.^[14] The following season, in the same capacity, he joined Zaragoza also at that level,^[15] being dismissed after only four months in charge and six matches without a win.^[16]

On 21 January 2017, Milla succeeded Alfred Riedl at the helm of the Indonesia national team by signing a two-year deal.^[17] In October 2018, he had his contract terminated by the Football Association of Indonesia.^[18]

On 19 August 2022, Milla was announced as the new manager of Persib Bandung.^[19]

On 15 July 2023, Milla resigned as Persib Bandung manager after 3 games without a win.

Milla's son, also named Luis, is also a footballer and a midfielder.^[20]

As of match played 14 July 2023^[21]