Madrid: Celta Vigo have confirmed that former Roma boss Luis Enrique will be their coach next season after parting ways with Abel Resino.
Enrique's appointment on a two-year deal was announced on Saturday just hours after the club had said they had split with Resino due a difference in philosophy.
"Luis Enrique is already the new coach of Celta Vigo after a deal was reached between him and the club for the next two seasons," a statement on the club's website reported.
Luis Enrique Mejía López, (born September 28, 1962) is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa (The Prince of Salsa). He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s. Enrique has received two Grammy Award-nomination for "Best Tropical Latin Performance" for album Luces del Alma and his song Amiga. He performed and recorded with salsa romantica group Sensation 85, which also included La Palabra and Nestor Torres. In 2009, his album, Ciclos, was nominated for numerous Latin Grammy Awards, his biggest breakthrough in over a decade. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album.
Discography
Amor de Media Noche (1987)
Amor y Alegria (1988)
Mi mundo (1989)
Luces del Alma (1990)
Los Principes de la Salsa (1990)Compilation
Una historia diferente (1991)
Dilema (1993)
Brillante (1994)Compilation
Luis Enrique (1994)
Genesis (1996)
Amiga (1999)Compilation
Timbalaye (1999)
Evolución (2000)
Transparente (2002)
Dentro Y Fuera (2007)
Ciclos (2009)
Soy y Sere (2011)
Later life and career
Luis Enrique hosted the first season of Objetivo Fama. He won two Latin Grammys and the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album in 2010.[1] He is the son of Francisco Luis Mejia Godoy and nephew of famous Nicaraguan singers, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy.