Pablo Laso, the new coach of Bayern Munich

Pablo Lassoformer coach of Real Madrid, signed as the new coach of the German Bayern Munich until the summer of 2025, the Bavarian club announced in a press release. Laso (55) returns to the bench after leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2022, which he led with notable success since 2011, winning two Euroleagues, six Leagues, six Copa del Rey, seven Spanish Super Cups and the Intercontinental Cup. He won a total of 22 titles

Previously, the man from Vitoria, who had a long career as a player in Baskonia, Real Madrid itself, Cáceres, Girona, Lleida and Valladolid, and was an international 61 times, managed Amics del Básquet, Valencia, Cantabria and Gipuzkoa.

His spectacular stage in the white club ended in July, a month after the heart attack, when the white club announced his departure, and later the election of Chuso Mate, until then his second, as the new coach of the first team.

Laso finalized the final details with general manager Marko Pešić and sporting director Daniele Baiesi this weekend, according to Bayern Munich, and was unveiled at the Audi Dome this Monday. “It’s a great honor and I’m glad to be in Munich,” said the Spanish coach and thanked the club for counting on him to “be part” of the Bavarian project in the Euroleague and the German league. “Of course, I would be happy to achieve successes similar to those of the past, but success is not defined only by winning the Euroleague, and that should be clear to everyone. I am 100 percent committed and ready to help Bayern reach the next level of this exciting project.”

Herbert Hainer, the president of Bayern, assured that they are “super happy” for Laso, whom he said “has a huge experience, celebrated great success with Real Madrid and is one of the most recognized coaches in the Euroleague”. “. . “We are delighted to have a basketball expert like Pablo Laso for our club. You were in high demand for understandable reasons and it is a great honor that you have now accepted. Pablo is one of the most successful coaches of the last decade and I am sure that with his experience and personality to positively influence us,” said Marko Pešić.

Bayern won the German league five times, the last in 2019, the Cup four times, including this season in which they finished fifteenth in the Euroleague; in the previous one, he reached the quarter-finals, but failed to beat Barcelona, ​​although he forced a fifth game; in the 2020/21 season. they reached that round and lost by the same global score to Olimpia Milan.