Ernesto Valverde
Ernesto Valverde was born in Viandar de la Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain on February 9th, 1964 and is the Soccer Coach. At the age of 60, Ernesto Valverde biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ernesto Valverde Tejedor (born 9 February 1964) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.
Over ten 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 later went on to have an extensive spell as a manager, including being in charge of all three clubs. He won the double with Olympiacos in 2008–09 and 2011–12, and Barcelona in 2017–18.
Personal life
Valverde is a keen photographer, whose work has been published and exhibited. His younger brother, Mikel, is a cartoonist.
Playing career
Valverde was born in Viandar de la Vera, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura. He made his La Liga debut in Segunda División in 1986, Deportivo Alavés and Sestao Sport Club. In a season with two stages, he finished with 43 league appearances and seven goals; in his last year, he was part of the team that lost the 1988 UEFA Cup on penalties to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Valverde spent two years with FC Barcelona, winning a Copa del Rey and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, despite the fact that he played sparingly (only 13 minutes against Lech Pozna in the latter tournament). In his second season, he scored six times in just 12 games, including braces in consecutive victories over Sporting de Gijón (2–0) and Valencia CF (2–1).
Valverde was born in Extremadura and moved to Athletic Bilbao in 1990, being eligible, although he was still an infant. He played for six seasons with the club, scoring 20 league goals from 1992 to 1994 before being drafted by RCD Mallorca, where he was predominantly active as the Balearic Islands club won top-flight promotion in the following summer at the age of 33; during his time with Athletic, he was dubbed Txingurri (Basque for ant).
Valverde appeared 20 minutes in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifier win over Iceland in Seville on October 10, 1990.
Coaching career
Valverde began his career as a coach in the youth departments of former team Athletic Bilbao right after retiring. He became a co-trainer in the main squad four years ago, and he served as head coach when he took over the B team in 2002, finishing fifth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
Valverde joined Espanyol, another old acquaintance, one year out of football. The Catalans made it to another UEFA Cup final, 19 years later, losing on penalties to fellow Spaniards Sevilla FC in his first season.
Valverde was appointed coach at Olympiacos FC in Greece, winning the championship in his debut season and presenting the trophy for the double on May 28th. Despite his popularity, it decided not to renew his deal due to a financial crisis; however, the majority of the players and supporters were in favour of keeping him; however, the majority of the players and supporters were in favour of keeping him.
Villarreal CF reported on June 2nd that Valverde would replace Manuel Pellegrini on a one-year contract after the Chilean left for Real Madrid. Following a 0–2 home loss against CA Osasuna, he was suspended as the team finished tenth in the league on January 31, 2010.
Valverde returned to Olympiacos on August 7, 2010, as a replacement for Ewald Lienenen, who had only been in charge for a few weeks. He led the Piraeus side to the league championship in his second season, while the domestic cup's last eight were also reached.
Valverde, who helped Olympiacos regain their league supremacy, announced his decision to leave due to family issues on April 19th. He returned to Spanish football by being named at Valencia until the end of the season, replacing fired Mauricio Pellegrino; his first game at Osasuna, followed the same opponent for the Spanish cup, won by 2–0).
Valverde announced that he would leave Valencia immediately after the 4–3 away loss to Sevilla, which meant the Valencia team would finish fifth, effectively out of qualifying positions for the UEFA Champions League. He returned to Athletic Bilbao on the 20th, qualifying for the Champions League in his first year and also reaching the final of the 2015 Spanish Cup.
Valverde led the Lions to their first trophy in 31 years after losing 5–1 aggregate to Barcelona in the Supercopa de Espaa on August 17th. On May 23, 2017, he announced that he would be stepping down on June 30th to be replaced by former Athletic teammate José ngel Ziganda.
Valverde's 356 matches in charge of the team in two spells set a new club record, surpassing Javier Clemente's 289 set. He also surpassed Clemente's 211 league matches managed, ending on 228, but he fell one win shy of his record: the former champion won 141 games, 102 in the league, but 102 in the league fell short, with 140 and 101; in addition, he was on the bench for 42 European matches, another record.
Valverde appointed Luis Enrique as the new Barcelona manager on May 29, 2017. With defeat, Real Madrid, his archrivals, began his spell as the season's best sides were beaten. However, the team went on a 29-match unbeaten run in all competitions from 20 August 2017 to January 17th, 2018, when they lost to Espanyol in the first leg of the Spanish Cup's first leg, which was also the club's first defeat at the RCDE Stadium, the club's first defeat since its 2009 opening. The Italians bounced back to progress in the UEFA Champions League as part of a string of 15 matches without loss before losing to A.S. Roma in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League on Saturday, with the 3–0 loss ensuring that the Italians advanced on the away goals rule.
Barcelona remained undefeated for 43 matches in the Spanish League, only to lose in their penultimate game of the season on May 13, 2018, after resting Lionel Messi. They finished with a league and cup double, defeating Sevilla 5–0 in the Copa del Rey final.
With a 2–1 victory over Sevilla to win the domestic supercup, the 2018-19 season began. Valverde signed a new one-year deal extension in February 2019 as part of their 23-match unbeaten streak and securing their second straight league title under him in April after beating Levante. He led his team to their first Champions League semi-final victory after beating 3–0 at home over Liverpool but then losing 0–4 at Anfield in the second leg, prompting many to call for his dismissal. He also coached the team in another Spanish Cup final, this time losing 2–1 to Valencia.
Valverde stayed in charge of 2019-20 for the first time. Despite the team winning their Champions League group and being at the top of the league table by the new year on goal difference, poor results, and a stretch in December and January in which they lost only one in five games, his position came under scrutiny once more. He was fired by the club on January 13, 2020, after losing 3–2 to Atlético Madrid in the Supercopa de Espaa; he was fired by the team's former Real Betis coach Quique Setién, with Barcelona ending the season without a trophy after finishing fifth points behind Real Madrid.
Valverde returned to Athletic for a third spell under new president Jon Uriarte on June 30.