Ernesto Valverde

Ernesto Valverde, born on February ninth, nineteen sixty-four, is a distinguished Spanish football manager and former player, renowned for his role as a forward. Currently, he serves as the manager of Athletic Bilbao, a prominent club in La Liga.

Throughout his fourteen-year professional career, Valverde showcased his skills on the pitch, playing for six different teams. His tenure in La Liga was marked by a total of two hundred sixty-four appearances and sixty-eight goals, complemented by fifty-five matches and nine goals in the Segunda División. Notable clubs he represented include Espanyol, Barcelona, and Athletic Bilbao.

Transitioning from player to manager, Valverde has enjoyed a successful coaching career, leading all three clubs he once played for. His managerial prowess was particularly evident during his time at Olympiacos, where he clinched the double in two separate seasons, nineteen hundred eight to nine and nineteen hundred eleven to twelve, as well as with Barcelona in the season of nineteen hundred seventeen to eighteen.