His era begins Diego Martinez to Olympic!
A few hours later his arrival in Greecethe 42-year-old coach signed his new contract and his recruitment was announced by the “red and white” PAE.
The Spanish technician is his “chosen”. Antonio Cordon for the bench of Piraeus and according to the Spaniards, his contract is for two years.
The announcement:
“PAE Olympiacos announces the start of its cooperation with the Spanish coach, Diego Martinez.
Born in Vigo on 16 December 1980, after playing in the infrastructure divisions of Celta and Cádiz, at the age of 20 he started the procedures to start his coaching career. From 2001 to 2006 he studied Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Granada, during which time he coached the teams Iberio Albolote and Arenas de Armilla. In the two years 2007-2009 he took charge of Motril, with whom he came very close to promotion to the Segunda Division B (third division), even achieving a record collection of points and a record of matches without defeat.
These successes with local club Granada led Monzi, then Sevilla’s technical director, to include him in his squad. Initially in the field of methodology and then coach at Sevilla III and the Youth team, with which he won the championship in 2012. This was followed by his promotion to the first team, with which in 2014 as a member of the coaching staff, under the guidance of Unai Emery won the Europa League. In 2014 he took charge of Sevilla’s second team, which he initially guided to stay and in the 2015–2016 season to promotion to the Segunda Division (second division).
In June 2017 he took over the technical leadership of Osasuna and in June 2018 that of Granada, with which he achieved direct promotion to the first division of Spanish football, as a result of which he received the “Trofeo Miguel Munoz” award, as its best coach Second Division. In the 2019-2020 season, as the youngest coach in La Liga, he managed to make history with Granada, since for the first time the Andalusian club secured an exit to a European competition (Europa League). In the same season he reached the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) with Granada, knowing from Athletic Bilbao the exclusion for the final due to the away goals rule. In 2020-2021, with Granada, he took ninth place in La Liga and reached the “8” of the Cup and the Europa League.
In May 2022, his recruitment to Espanyol was announced, which he guided to 27 matches in La Liga and four in the Copa Del Rey. In April 2023 he left the Barcelona team.
Good luck coach!».
Source: Sport Fm
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