Ernesto Valverde

spanish association football director and early actor
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Ernesto Valverde Tejedor ( give birth 9 February 1964 ) is a spanish football director and early musician who played as a forward.

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Over ten-spot seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 264 games and 68 goals, adding 55 matches and nine goals in Segunda División. He played for six teams in a 14-year professional career, including Espanyol, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao. Valverde former went on to have an across-the-board go as a coach, including being in commission of all three clubs. He won the double with Olympiacos in 2008–09 and 2011–12, and Barcelona in 2017–18 .

Playing career [edit ]

Valverde was born in the village of Viandar de la Vera, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura. [ 2 ] After making his professional debut in Segunda División – Deportivo Alavés and Sestao Sport Club [ 4 ] [ 5 ] – he was transferred to RCD Español in 1986, [ 6 ] making his La Liga debut on 31 August in a 1–1 away withdraw against Atlético Madrid. [ 7 ] In a season that included a second stage he ended with 43 league appearances, scoring seven goals ; in his final year, he was contribution of the squad that lost the 1988 UEFA Cup on penalties, to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [ 8 ] subsequently, Valverde played two years at FC Barcelona, winning a Copa del Rey and a UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, although he appeared meagerly in the process ( only 13 minutes against Lech Poznań in the latter tournament ). [ 9 ] [ 4 ] however, in his second season he netted six times in only 12 games, including braces in consecutive wins over Sporting de Gijón ( 2–0 ) and Valencia CF ( 2–1 ). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Valverde left for Athletic Bilbao in 1990, being eligible although he was born in Extremadura ( he moved to the Basque Country while placid an baby ). [ 14 ] He played six seasons with the team, scoring 20 league goals from 1992 to 1994 before moving to RCD Mallorca, where he was relatively used as the Balearic Islands club achieved top flight forwarding, and retired the succeed summer aged 33 ; during his time at Athletic, he was nicknamed Txingurri ( Basque for ant ). [ 15 ] Valverde played once for Spain, appearing 20 minutes in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifier win against Iceland on 10 October 1990, in Seville. [ 16 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

Spain and Greece [edit ]

Valverde with Olympiacos in 2012 immediately after retiring, Valverde began his career as a director in the youth departments of former golf club Athletic Bilbao. [ 17 ] Four years late he became a co-trainer in the main team [ 18 ] and, in 2002, he again acted as head bus when he took over the B side, [ 19 ] being promoted to first-team duties the follow year ; [ 20 ] in 2003–04, they finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup. [ 21 ] After one class out of football, Valverde joined another old acquaintance, Espanyol. [ 22 ] During his first season, the Catalans managed to reach another UEFA Cup final – 19 years belated – again losing on penalties, to fellow Spaniards Sevilla FC. [ 23 ] On 28 May 2008, Valverde was appointed passenger car at Super League Greece golf club Olympiacos FC, [ 24 ] winning the championship in his debut campaign and adding the cup for the double. [ 25 ] On 8 May 2009, it decided not to renew his abridge in hurt of his success, because of a fiscal disagreement ; however, most of the players and fans were openly in privilege of him staying. [ 26 ] On 2 June 2009, Villarreal CF announced that Valverde would succeed Manuel Pellegrini on a annual consider, after the Chilean had left for real Madrid. [ 27 ] As the team stood one-tenth in the league on 31 January 2010, he was dismissed following a 0–2 home personnel casualty against CA Osasuna. [ 28 ] Valverde returned to Olympiacos on 7 August 2010, as a replacement for Ewald Lienen who had only been in charge for a few weeks. [ 29 ] In his inaugural season in his second go he again led the Piraeus side to the league championship, besides reaching the last eight in the domestic cup. [ 30 ] On 19 April 2012, after helping Olympiacos renew its league domination, Valverde announced his decision to leave due to syndicate reasons. [ 31 ] On 3 December he returned to Spanish football by being appointed at Valencia until the end of the campaign, replacing the open fire Mauricio Pellegrino ; [ 32 ] his foremost game occurred five days late, a 1–0 win at Osasuna, [ 33 ] and the second gear match, against the lapp opponent for the spanish cup, brought another triumph at the Reyno de Navarra ( 2–0 ). [ 34 ]

athletic Bilbao [edit ]

On 1 June 2013, immediately after the 4–3 away loss to Sevilla which meant Valencia could only finish fifth, thus out of reservation positions for the UEFA Champions League, Valverde announced he would leave the club. [ 35 ] He returned to Athletic Bilbao on the 20th, [ 36 ] qualifying for the Champions League in his first year [ 37 ] and besides reaching the final of the 2015 spanish Cup. [ 38 ] On 17 August 2015, Valverde led the Lions to their inaugural trophy in 31 years after a 5–1 aggregate frustration of Barcelona for the Supercopa de España. [ 39 ] He declared on 23 May 2017 he would be stepping polish on 30 June, [ 40 ] to be replaced by early Athletic teammate José Ángel Ziganda. [ 41 ] Valverde ‘s 306 matches in charge of the team over two spells set a club phonograph record, beating the previous full of 289 set by Javier Clemente. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] He besides surpassed Clemente ‘s 211 league matches managed, finishing on 228, but was ineffective to match his record of victories : The latter won 141 games – 102 in the league – while the former came up one short, with 140 and 101 ; [ 44 ] [ 45 ] additionally, he was on the bench for 42 european matches, another commemorate .

Barcelona [edit ]

On 29 May 2017, Valverde replaced Luis Enrique as the new Barcelona director. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] His spell began with kill as rivals Real Madrid won both legs of the spanish Super Cup at the season ‘s beginning. [ 48 ] however, the team then went on a 29-match unbeaten run in all competitions from 20 August 2017 until 17 January 2018, when they lost to Espanyol in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the spanish Cup ( besides the club ‘s first frustration at the RCDE Stadium, home of their neighbours, since its 2009 opening ). [ 49 ] They recovered to progress in that link [ 50 ] as part of another sequence of 15 matches without defeat, before a loss to A.S. Roma in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on 10 April, with the 3–0 get the better of meaning the Italians progressed on the away goals rule. [ 51 ] Barcelona remained undefeated for 43 matches in the spanish League only to lose in their penultimate game of the campaign on 13 May 2018, having rested Lionel Messi for the slip to Levante UD – they were beaten 5–4 by the hosts. [ 52 ] They finished with a league and cup double, defeating Sevilla 5–0 in the Copa del Rey concluding. [ 53 ] The 2018–19 season began with a 2–1 victory over Sevilla to win the domestic supercup. [ 54 ] In February 2019 Valverde signed a new annual contract propagation, [ 55 ] as they went on a 23-match unbeaten streak and secured a second straight league title under him in April following a victory over Levante. [ 56 ] He led his team to their beginning Champions League semi-final after a gap of three years, winning 3–0 at base against Liverpool but being eliminated after an upset 0–4 get the better of at Anfield in the irregular leg, leading many to call for his dismissal. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] He besides guided the side to another spanish Cup final, this prison term losing 2–1 to Valencia. [ 59 ] Valverde remained in charge for the startle of 2019–20. Despite the team winning their Champions League group and being top of the league table by the new year on goal remainder, poor performances and a time period in December and January that saw them win only one in five matches meant his position once again came under pressure. [ 60 ] On 13 January 2020, he was dismissed by the club, with his last game being a 3–2 kill to Atlético Madrid in the Supercopa de España ; [ 61 ] he was replaced by erstwhile Real Betis coach Quique Setién, [ 62 ] with Barcelona ending the campaign without a trophy after finishing five points behind real number Madrid. [ 63 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Valverde is a cutting photographer, whose exploit has been published and exhibited. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] His younger buddy, Mikel, is a cartoonist. [ 66 ] [ 67 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 13 January 2020[68]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

Nat

From

Record

Ref

Bilbao Athletic

30 June 2002

30 June 2003

44
22
10
12
63
51

+12

0 50.00
[69]
Athletic Bilbao

30 June 2003

21 June 2005

93
38
23
32
143
119

+24

0 40.86
[70]
Espanyol

26 May 2006

28 May 2008

99
37
30
32
129
127

0 37.37
[71]
Olympiacos

28 May 2008

8 May 2009

47
31
7
9
84
35

+49

0 65.96
[72]
Villarreal

2 June 2009

31 January 2010

32
13

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Espanyol
Barcelona

coach [edit ]

Espanyol
Olympiacos
Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona
Individual

UEFA La Liga Coach of the Year: 2015–16[78]