Juan Cutillas

Juan Cutillas España is a retired Spanish professional footballer and manager. He is a former manager of the Philippines national football team.

Education

Cutillas took medicine to the dismay of his father who prefers him to enter law school. He finished medical school and became a doctor. He practiced medicine for four years and later took football coaching courses.

Football career

Club

Cutillas played for the youth team of Atletico de Madrid. He was called up to suit for the first team but was unable to do so because Cutillas was doing a compulsory military service. Cutillas eventually suited for the first team in a game against Zaragoza.

Andres Soriano of the San Miguel Corporation brought Cutillas along with Francisco Escalante, Enrique de la Mata Calvo, and Claudio Sanchez in 1961 to compete in local commercial leagues in the Philippines. Cutillas left the country in 1965 for Spain to finish his medical studies and earn his physical training diploma but later returned to the Philippines in 1967.

Managerial

Philippines

After returning from Spain where he also obtained a national coaching license, Cutillas was appointed as the head coach of the Philippine national team in late 1967 succeeding Emilio Pacheco. Among his results with the national team on his first stint was 2-1 win over American club Dallas Tornado at home in 1968 with practically the same squad that played in the 0–15 record lost to Japan in the Asian Olympic qualifiers. He also coached the Philippine team that participated at the 1968 AFC Youth Championship. The Philippines reached the quarterfinals, it's best finish in the tournament. Florentino Broce took over as head coach of the national team from 1993 until 1994. The national team's poor performance at the 1974 Asian Games caused the Philippine Football Association to reappoint Cutillas. Cutillas coached until 1978.

He also led San Beda College to three consecutive football titles at the NCAA, as well as steering the San Miguel Corporation FC to five PFA championships.

Australia

He briefly left for Australia in 1985 during the onset of the People Power Revolution, where he coached a handful of Australian professional football teams. He was named coach of the year by the Queensland Football Federation in 1987 due to leading Brisbane City to a Grand Final finish and in 1993 for leading the Taringa Rovers in the Queensland Cup. Cutillas served as head coach of the Queensland State and also the Queensland Academy of Sport from 1991 to 1996.

Return to the Philippines

Cutillas coached the Philippine national team thrice after he returned from Australia - from 1981-1984, 1996-2000 and 2008-2009.

Cutillas became head coach of Pachanga Diliman but later left for Kaya due to issues with some members of the management staff of the former.

Other sports

Cutillas was a lecturer at the University of the Philippines and was the physical director of the Philippine National Men's Basketball team from 1976 to 1985.