Official: Olympiakos Sports Director Kordon – Anigo and Karebe remain

June 1, 2023

Megan

His Athletic Director Olympiakou and officially o Antonio Cordon. Piraeus announced the recruitment of the Spaniard, who returned to Athens, confirming the report of Kostas Nikolakopoulos to News Bulletin 247.

At the same time, it became known that they remain in their posts Jose Anigo and Christian Karebewith the former now offering from the position of Academy Director of the “red and whites”, while the veteran midfielder continues as a Strategic Advisor of PAE.

The announcement

PAE Olympiacos announces the start of its cooperation with Mr. Antonio Cordon Ruith, who assumes the position of sports director.

He was born on December 19, 1963, in Badajoz, Spain. He worked as a Physical Education teacher, coordinator and football coach at the University of Madrid “San Agustin”, but also as a trainer for teams in the second division of Spain. In 1999, he worked as a scout and analyst at Villarreal, until he became the sporting director of the Spanish club. During his 17 years at Villarreal, he acquired a series of footballers who made it a financial and competitive giant, making him one of the most successful sporting directors in professional football. With Cordon as boss, the Spanish team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League (2005-2006) and the Europa League (2010-2011), the quarter-finals of the Champions League (2008-2009), and took second place in the Spanish league (2007-2008).

In 2016 he took over as sporting director at Monaco, which after his own reorganization at organizational and competitive level, coached by Leonardo Jardim, won the French league against the mighty Paris Saint-Germain for the first time in 17 years, reached in the semi-finals of the Champions League and the final of the French League Cup, working with footballers such as Mbappe, Bernardo Silva, Mendy, Bakayoko and Fabinho.

After 1.5 years in Monaco, he accepted the offer of the Chinese Hope Group and assumed the position of CEO, managing four teams (Granada, Chongqing Lifan, Parma, Tondela) in four different countries (Spain, China, Italy, Portugal). During this time Granada secured promotion to the first division of Spanish football.

In January 2020, he signed for the Ecuadorian national team, taking up the post of sporting director. In July of the same year, he left due to the situation created by the coronavirus pandemic and agreed with Betis. As its general and sporting director, for 2.5 seasons, he led it to the Europa League in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons, as well as winning the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) in April 2022.