Team Spain in Denmark 2020 // Pablo de Diego - Luis de las Heras - Adrià Botella. Photo by 1st Down Photo.

It’s with great excitement that we can announce that Luis de las Heras has extended his contract for the 2021 season. Luis has settled down in Denmark more permanently and has found a full time position that he can occupy on the side of football.

“We’re beyond blessed to have the opportunity to keep Luis in our organization. Luis brings high energy, spirit and attitude to our club, all values that we seek in our players and coaches. Not only is Luis one of the hardest working players I’ve met in my life, he’s also extremely valued by the youth, and I’m excited to give him a bigger role in our youth program.” - Casper Reinhardt, Athletic Director.

Luis has had an interesting journey, originally coming from Mexico to play and coach football in Europe. He landed with Coslada in Madrid, where he saw opportunity to mix the Spanish and Finish season, playing in the fall for Kotka Eagles in Finland. As the pandemic broke out, the Spanish season was cancelled, and Luis saw his chance to move to Denmark and join the Søllerød Gold Diggers.

“I’ve chosen to stay in Denmark, because the Gold Diggers is a good organization with history and they hold an impressive organization who supports the members. The staff and the players here really became a new family to me in Denmark and I'm lucky to have met all of them.” - Luis de las Heras.

Luis is an excellent profile, always helping out where help is needed.

Next year Luis will continue as a player on the NL squad, while taking on the role as offensive coordinator for our talented U19 program. Luis has shown a great interest for the game, and his big role breaking down film and game planning on the NL offense, has proved he holds the ability to take charge with the next generation of players for SGD.

“I'm looking forward to the upcoming season, as I’m on a team with one goal, to bring the championship back to Søllerød. Last season we didn't have that opportunity to finish what we started because of the pandemic, but we have a huge chance to finish what what we set out for in the coming season.” - Luis de las Heras

We want to encourage everyone to welcome Luis back, and offer your help with integration into the Danish society. We’ve found someone special, and we know that he’ll be in good hands in the SGD Family.