Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique Salary

£13,000,000 per year (£250,000 per week)

Luis Enrique Net Worth

$40 million

Luis Enrique Nationality

Spanish 🇪🇸

Luis Enrique Age

55 years old

Luis Enrique Current Club

Paris Saint-Germain

Luis Enrique Contract

Expires June 2027

Luis Enrique Wife

Elena Cullell

Luis Enrique Hometown

Gijón, Spain

Luis Enrique Career Trophies

17 major trophies as a manager

Early Life

Luis Enrique Martínez García was born on 8 May 1970 in Gijón, in the Asturias region of northern Spain. He came through the youth system at Sporting Gijón before breaking into professional football as a midfielder. A tenacious and technically gifted player, he went on to represent both Real Madrid and Barcelona as a player — a distinction held by very few in Spanish football — earning 62 caps for the Spanish national team and winning the 1992 Olympic gold medal. His playing career gave him a deep understanding of the demands at elite clubs that would later define his managerial approach.

Managerial Career

After retiring from playing, Luis Enrique moved into management at Roma and Celta Vigo before joining Barcelona B. He was appointed Barcelona first team manager in 2014 and immediately transformed them into one of the greatest club sides in history. His first season produced a historic treble — La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League — with Messi, Suarez and Neymar forming arguably the greatest attacking trio in football history. He won two more La Liga titles and two Copa del Reys before leaving in 2017. After managing the Spanish national team through a difficult qualifying campaign, guiding them to the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals and the Nations League, he was appointed PSG manager in 2023. In 2025 he led PSG to their first ever Champions League title, ending the club's long wait for European glory and establishing himself as one of the elite managers in world football. In 2026 he led PSG to back-to-back Champions League titles, beating Arsenal on penalties in the final in Budapest. He now has 3 Champions League titles as a manager, equalling Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane. Only Carlo Ancelotti (5) has won more. He became the most decorated manager in PSG history with 12 trophies in 3 seasons.

Philosophy

Luis Enrique believes football should be played at maximum intensity at all times. He demands total commitment from his squad, tolerates no passengers and creates environments where competition for places keeps every player sharp. He is known for his blunt communication style and his willingness to leave out big names if they are not performing. His ability to manage supersized egos — from Messi to Neymar to Suarez at Barcelona, and Mbappé and Dembélé at PSG — reflects both his authority and his man-management skill.

Personal Life

Luis Enrique suffered an unimaginable personal tragedy in 2019 when his daughter Xana passed away from bone cancer at just nine years old. He stepped away from the Spain job briefly during her illness, returning after her death with a dignity and strength that was widely admired across world football. He is regarded as one of the most resilient and principled figures in the sport. He and his family are based between Barcelona and Paris.

Luis Enrique is one of a tiny number of players to have played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona — a distinction that caused enormous controversy at the time.

His 2014-15 Barcelona side featuring Messi, Suarez and Neymar is widely regarded as one of the greatest club attacks ever assembled.

He won the Champions League as a player (Barcelona 1992 — no wait, that was the Cup Winners Cup) and later won it three times as a manager with Barcelona 2015, PSG 2025, PSG 2026.

He stepped away from managing Spain during his daughter Xana's illness in 2019, returning after her death — a moment of profound personal courage that earned universal respect.

His back-to-back Champions League titles with PSG in 2025 and 2026 make him the first manager to achieve that feat since Zinedine Zidane with Real Madrid in 2016 and 2017.