Ernesto Valverde Tejedor was born on 9 February 1964 and is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward.
19 Facts About Ernesto Valverde
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Ernesto Valverde is the current manager of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.
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Ernesto Valverde played for six teams in a 14-year professional career, including Espanyol, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.
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Ernesto Valverde was born in the village of Viandar de la Vera, Province of Caceres, Extremadura.
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Subsequently, Ernesto Valverde played two years at FC Barcelona, winning a Copa del Rey and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, although he appeared sparingly in the process.
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Ernesto Valverde left for Athletic Bilbao in 1990, being eligible although he was born in Extremadura.
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Ernesto Valverde 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 promotion, and retired the following summer aged 33; during his time at Athletic, he was nicknamed Txingurri.
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Immediately after retiring, Ernesto Valverde began his career as a manager in the youth departments of former club Athletic Bilbao.
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On 28 May 2008, Ernesto Valverde was appointed coach at Super League Greece club Olympiacos FC, winning the championship in his debut campaign and adding the cup for the double.
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On 2 June 2009, Villarreal CF announced that Ernesto Valverde would succeed Manuel Pellegrini on a one-year deal, after the Chilean had left for Real Madrid.
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Ernesto Valverde returned to Olympiacos on 7 August 2010, as a replacement for Ewald Lienen who had only been in charge for a few weeks.
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On 19 April 2012, after helping Olympiacos renew its league supremacy, Ernesto Valverde announced his decision to leave due to family reasons.
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Ernesto Valverde returned to Athletic Bilbao on the 20th, qualifying for the Champions League in his first year and reaching the final of the 2015 Spanish Cup.
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Ernesto Valverde declared on 23 May 2017 he would be stepping down on 30 June, to be replaced by former Athletic teammate Jose Angel Ziganda.
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On 29 May 2017, Ernesto Valverde replaced Luis Enrique as the new Barcelona manager.
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Ernesto Valverde's spell began with defeat as rivals Real Madrid won both legs of the Spanish Super Cup at the season's outset.
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In February 2019 Ernesto Valverde signed a new one-year contract extension, as they went on a 23-match unbeaten streak and secured a second consecutive league title under him in April following a victory over Levante.
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On 30 June 2022, Ernesto Valverde returned to Athletic for a third spell, under new president Jon Uriarte.
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Ernesto Valverde is a keen photographer, whose work has been published and exhibited.