Rubén Baraja Vegas is a Spanish retired footballer and manager, who most recently managed Valencia.
A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring ability, he played mostly for Valencia during a 17-year professional career, being an essential figure in five of the club's major titles, which included two La Liga championships.
Baraja was also a consistent part of the Spain national team for five years, appearing in one World Cup and one European Championship and winning 43 caps. He began work as a head coach in 2015 and was hired by Valencia eight years later.
Baraja, 49, first took charge in February of 2023 with some initial success, but as things stand, the club faces relegation down to the second tier of Spanish football for the first time since 1986.
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