Andoni Iraola, new Bournemouth manager until 2025
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Andoni Iraola will occupy the bench of the Bournemouth of the English Premier League for the next two seasons, the club announced on Monday.
“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andoni Iraola as the new coach of the club with a two-year contract,” the entity advanced in a statement.
Iraola signs for the Premier team after separating from Rayo Vallecanoa group with which he did not renew his contract after a successful adventure of three years and a hard-earned eleventh place in the last season of LaLiga Santander.
The Basque coach was one of the great architects of the rise of the team from the strip to ‘First’ in the 2019-2020 campaign. ‘Orchestra conductor’ of a Rayo who has flirted with European competitions in recent years, one of Iraola’s great achievements was getting his team into the semifinals of the Copa del Rey 2021-2022, building a solid team capable of win in the League against FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid.
Before, I had already taken the Mirandes from the Second Division to other cup semifinals, in 2019-2020, for the second time in the club’s history. His coaching career began at Cypriot side AEK Larnaca, qualifying the team to the group stage of the Europa League.
The former right back, with 551 matches as a professional at Athletic Club and New York City, now joins the new Bournemouth project, after the dismissal of coach Gary O’Neil, who left the ‘Cherries’ fifteenth in the Premier.
preseason
The Basque coach will begin working with the squad in the preseason in July, as confirmed by the club itself. Their first rivals will be Hibernian and Maccabi from Tel Aviv, in two friendlies that will be played on July 13 and 16, respectively. Later, Bournemouth will host, at the end of that month, Atalanta and FC Lorient.
Source: Eitb
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