Jorge Vilda

Jorge Vilda
Vilda at Moulay El Hassan Stadium in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jorge Vilda Rodríguez
Date of birth (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 45)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team
 Morocco women (head coach)
Youth career
Years Team
1991–1995 Barcelona/ Leno juniors
1995–1996 Rayo Vallecano
1996–1998 Real Madrid
Managerial career
2009–2013 Spain women U19 (assistant)
2009–2014 Spain women U17
2014–2015 Barcelona women (assistant)
2015–2023 Spain women
2018–2019 Spain women U19
2023– Morocco women
2024– Morocco women U20
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Morocco
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2024 Morocco
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2018 Switzerland
Runner-up2014 Norway
Runner-up2015 Israel
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Runner-up2014 Costa Rica
Third place2010 Trinidad and Tobago
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Winner2010 Switzerland
Winner2011 Switzerland
Runner-up2014 England
Third place2013 Switzerland

Jorge Vilda Rodríguez (born 7 July 1981) is a Spanish football coach who has been the head coach of the Morocco women's national team since October 2023. He was previously the head coach of the Spain women's national football team from 2015 to 2023, winning the 2023 Women's World Cup. Vilda was also sporting director of the RFEF's women's national team system and tactical instructor at their National Coaching School.[citation needed]

Early life

Vilda's father, Ángel, worked as a fitness trainer at a number of Spanish clubs, and went on to coach the Spain women's under-17 and under-19 teams.

Vilda suffered from Osgood-Schlatter disease and suffered injuries to his patellar tendon which ended his hopes of playing professional football. He changed his focus to coaching, completing a degree in Physical Education and a master's degree in injury rehabilitation while working for CD Canillas.

Career

Spain women's youth national football teams, 2009–15, 2018

Under-17

A former youth player at the academies of Barcelona, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid, Vilda began as an assistant coach to his father at the women's under-17 level before taking the head coach's position with Spain women's under-17 team in 2009. At the U-17 Euro, Spain won gold in 2010 and 2011, silver in 2014, and bronze in 2013. They also achieved third place at the 2010 U-17 World Cup and second place at the 2014 tournament.

Under-19

In 2014, Vilda was among the ten nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football, and was appointed to be head coach of Spain women's under-19 team. The team collected silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 U-19 Euro tournaments.

Additionally, Vilda oversaw Spain's victory at the 2018 U-19 Euro, which — alongside his role with the senior national team — contributed to his shortlisting for the award of The Best FIFA Woman's Coach 2018.

Spain women's national team, 2015–23

2015–2022: Appointment and growing momentum

Appointed Spain's senior head coach in 2015, succeeding Ignacio Quereda, Vilda oversaw a successful qualifying campaign for the 2017 Euro. At the competition in the Netherlands, Spain reached the quarter-finals where they lost on penalties to Austria.

In 2018, Spain won the Cyprus Cup and also secured their place at the 2019 Women's World Cup – only their second appearance at the tournament.

By 2019, many of the players that Vilda had worked with at youth level —including Alexia Putellas, Lola Gallardo, Patri Guijarro, Mariona Caldentey, and Ivana Andrés — had established themselves as regular senior-squad members. At the 2019 World Cup, Spain qualified for the knockout stages for the first time at a Women's World Cup. Drawn against reigning champions the United States in the Round of 16, two penalties from Megan Rapinoe lead to Spain's elimination.

Vilda and Spain's momentum continued into 2020, with La Roja finishing second in the SheBelieves Cup.

At the 2022 Euro, Spain were defeated in the quarter-finals by eventual champions England.

2022–23: Player dispute and World Cup victory

In September 2022, a dispute broke out between Vilda and fifteen Spanish players who boycotted the national team. The dispute arose after what the players, dubbed Las 15, perceived as a disappointing result at the Euro, as well as their concerns around Vilda's coaching style and treatment of players.

The RFEF supported Vilda, who refused to resign and did not call up Las 15 for the following matches. Thirteen of the fifteen returned to the national team and competed in the 2023 Women's World Cup in which Spain became world champions after defeating England in the final.

"#Acabouse" protest 28 August 2023

On 5 September 2023, following the allegations of inappropriate behaviour and subsequent suspension of RFEF President Luis Rubiales, Vilda was dismissed as head coach by the acting president, Pedro Rocha. On 7 September 2023, Vilda threatened legal action against the RFEF. On 27 September 2023, Vilda's status in the court case against Rubiales was upgraded from that of witness to suspect and he was required to testify on 9 October. Despite leaving Spain to coach Morocco's national team, Vilda remained under investigation. On 20 February 2025, Vilda was acquitted on the coercion charges involving Rubiales.

Morocco women's national team, 2023–

On 12 October 2023, Vilda became the new head coach of the Moroccan women's team. He was recommended to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation by the RFEF.

Vilda was nominated for the African Women's Coach of the Year Award in 2025.

Managerial honours

Spain U17 women

Spain U19 women

Spain women

Morocco women

Individual

References

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