Rafael Benitez

Rafael Benitez
Personal information
Date of Birth	16 April 1960
Place of Birth	Madrid, Spain
Managerial statistics
Years managed	2012-2013
Total games	48
Wins	28
Draws	10
Losses	10

Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a football manager who was the interim manager of Chelsea F.C. for most of the 2012-13 season. Benitez was also the manager of Premier League rivals Liverpool from 2004-2010.

Chelsea career

On 21 November 2012, following the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo, Benitez was appointed as interim manager of Chelsea for the 2012-13 season. The Spaniards first game in charge was the 0-0 draw with Champions Manchester City. Following another draw with rivals Fulham, Benitez lost 3-1 to West Ham. However, Chelsea's form turned around and Benitez won the next two games. A 6-1 victory over Nordsjaelland was followed by a 3-1 win against Sunderland.

Honours

• Europa League (1): 2013

Stats

Competition	Total	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against
League	26	15	6	5	49	26
FA Cup	7	4	2	1	17	7
League Cup	3	1	1	1	5	3
Europe	10	7	1	2	23	11
Other	2	1	0	1	3	2
Total	48	28	10	10	100	49

Chelsea F.C. – managers

Robertson (t) (1905-06) • Lewis (t) (1906-07) • Calderhead (t) (1907–33) • Knighton (t) (1933-39) • Birrell (t) (1939-52) • Drake (t) (1952–61) • Tommy Docherty (t) (1961-67) • Sexton (t) (1967-74) • Suart (t) (1974-75) • McCreadie (t) (1975–77) • Shellito (t) (1977–78) • Blanchflower (t) (1978-79) • Hurst (t) (1979-81) • Gould (t) (1981) • Neal (t) (1981-85) • Hollins (t) (1985-88) • Campbell (t) (1988-91) • Porterfield (t) (1991-93) • Webb (t) (1993) • Hoddle (t) (1993-96) • Gullit (t) (1996-98) • Vialli (t) (1998-2000) • Rix and Wilkins (2000) (c) • Ranieri (t) (2000-04) • Mourinho (t) (2004-07) • Grant (t) (2007-08) • Scolari (t) (2008-09) • Wilkins (2009) (c) • Hiddink (2009) • Ancelotti (t) (2009-11) • Villas-Boas (t) (2011-12) • Di Matteo (t) (2012) • Benitez (t) (2012-13) • Mourinho (t) (2013-) (c) - caretaker manager, (t) - transfers made by manager