Rafael Benitez Maudes was born on April 16, 1960 in Madrid, Spain to Francisco Benitez and Rosario Maudes. His father was an owner of hotel he died in December 2005 while Rafael was in Japan on World Championship tour. His mother is a big support of his career and Real Madrid team. After school he attended the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and graduated with a degree in physical education in the 1982.
Rafael Benitez began his football career in the 1979, where he joined to Spain Youth Under 19th team. At the same year he also played at the World Student Games in Mexico. During this game he scored a penalty and his team won with a 10–0 points against Cuba. The next match was against Canada and during this game Rafael was injured and he was on the sideline for a year.
Later in the 1986 he tried himself as a part of a coaching staff in the Real Madrid Club. He was a senior team assistant manager. During 1986-1987 he was the coach of Castilla B. Being on this position his team won 2 league titles in 1987 and 1989. Rafael Benitez also worked as an assistant coach at Real Madrid B. team. They won another league title in the 1990. During 1995-1996 he was manager of Real Valladolid, but this experience was bad for him, when his team got only two wins in 23 games.
In the 2001, Rafael becomes a coach of Valencia. During 2003–04 season, Valencia won La Liga with three good games in the UEFA Cup final. After this season he left and joined as a manager to Liverpool. In fact he was the first Spaniard to manage in the Premier League. In the 2007-2008 season Liverpool team won the game against Derby County, but teams results in the Champions League still was pretty poor and Rafael Benitez was under threat of dismissal.
After his career in Liverpool he agreed a deal to become a new coach for Serie A of Inter Milan Club in the 2010. Two years later he signed another contract with Chelsea. Chelsea won 2–1 against Benfica in the Europa League Final in the 2013.
In the middle of 2013 he was announced as manager for Napoli and signed two year deal. In the 2016 he become a manager of Newcastle United team, he signed a three-year contract. Newcastle ended this season with a six unbeaten match. Previously, in the 2015 he also signed a three-year contract with a Real Madrid Club and becomes their new manager.
During his long career he won UEFA Europa League, Super Cup and Champions League. He was married to Maria de Montserrat in the 1998. Rafael and his wife have a two children Claudia and Agata. A famous Spanish coach has an estimated net worth of that whopping $30 million dollars and also earns massive salary of 6 million per year.
| Net Worth 2021: | 30 million |
