Andorra National Football Team - Players and Managers

Players and Managers

In January 2006, the Andorran Football Association named Koldo, their goalkeeper from 1998 to 2009, as their greatest ever player. During Andorra's 6–0 loss to England at Wembley Stadium, in a World Cup Qualifier in June 2009, Koldo received a standing ovation from England's fans after he was substituted in injury time. They applauded him for his many saves to prevent a worse loss, and he also retired from international football after the match.

Ildefons Lima is the only Andorran player to have scored more than three career goals for the team; he has seven goals. Óscar Sonejee's 87 appearances are the most for the Andorra national team. Koldo has the second-most with 79 caps between 1998 and 2009.

Manuel Miluir was the first coach of the team and managed their first three matches of European Championship qualifying. He departed in 1999 to make way for David Rodrigo, whose first competitive match was a 2–0 European Championship qualifying defeat at home to Iceland on 27 March of that year. Rodrigo had been in charge of the team until February 2010, when it was announced that Koldo took over this role. In September 2006 Rodrigo drew the ire of many when he reportedly told Israel captain Yossi Benayoun that Israel was a "nation of killers" and threatened to have Benayoun's legs broken.

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