Ernesto Valverde

Ernesto Valverde
Valverde managing Athletic Bilbao in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ernesto Valverde Tejedor[1]
Date of birth (1964-02-09) 9 February 1964 (age 60)[2]
Place of birth Viandar de la Vera, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Athletic Bilbao (manager)
Youth career
San Ignacio
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Alavés 46 (18)
1985–1986 Sestao 32 (6)
1986–1989 Español 72 (16)
1988–1990 Barcelona 22 (8)
1990–1996 Athletic Bilbao 170 (44)
1996–1997 Mallorca 18 (2)
Total 360 (94)
International career
1986 Spain U21 1 (0)
1987 Spain U23 1 (0)
1990 Spain 1 (0)
1993 Basque Country 1 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Athletic Bilbao (assistant)
2002–2003 Bilbao Athletic
2003–2005 Athletic Bilbao
2006–2008 Espanyol
2008–2009 Olympiacos
2009–2010 Villarreal
2010–2012 Olympiacos
2012–2013 Valencia
2013–2017 Athletic Bilbao
2017–2020 Barcelona
2022– Athletic Bilbao
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 the 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.

  1. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the match held on 12 May 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ Rubio, David (30 May 2017). "Conozca los secretos del pueblo extremeño donde nació Valverde" [Know the secrets of the Extremaduran village where Valverde was born]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ernesto Valverde". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 January 2020.