Imanol Idiakez, the new coach of Deportivo

Deportivo confirmed the signing this Saturday Imanol Idiakez as a new coach in the next two seasons. The last experiences of Idiakez (San Sebastián, 1972) on the bench were in you lie downwith whom he managed 34 games last season in the Second League, and was previously Unai Emery’s assistant in Villarreal during the two years in which the Yellow Submarine won the European League.

The Basque is accompanied to Deportivo Mario Gibanel, who will perform the duties of another technician. Gibanel played football for Levante, Terrasa and Ciudad de Murcia, and followed Imanolo Idiakez from his time at Lleida. Together they managed AEK Larnaca, Zaragoza and, last season, Leganés, where they had Ander Murillo as assistant coach, physical trainer Juan Piñero and Juanjo Valencia as goalkeeper coach. Murillo and Valencia were football players of Athletic Bilbao. It is interesting that Gibanel was also an assistant to Íñigo Idiakez, Imanolo’s brother, during the Cultural Leonesa coaching phase.

The new Deportivo coach has a long history on the bench. He is the brother of Íñigo Idiakez, who was the top scorer for Real Sociedad, Oviedo and Rayo Vallecano. Imanolo’s coaching career began at Real Sociedad B in 2008, shortly after he retired as a footballer after more than 350 games in Segunda B and a brief spell at Ciudad de Murcia, where he spent time with Juanma Lillothe technician who influenced him the most.

Imanol Idiakez trained in Segunda B Royal Society Bhe Polly Ejidohe Guijuelohe royal unionhe Toledo and Lleida. In a note published by Deportivo, it is pointed out that all these teams have started and finished the season. On the other hand, in Toledo and Lleida, they qualified to play both stages of promotion to the second division. In which he played on the controls of the Catalan team, he lost in stoppage time in the final against Sevilla Atlético.

After that, the new coach of Deportivo trained AEK Larnaca Cypriot in two stages and won the Cup of that country. He spoke briefly between them Zaragoza 2018, at the very moment when Natxo González replaced La Romareda’s bench with Riazor’s to prepare the Coruña team. In Cyprus, he managed AEK Larnaca during their participation in the Europa League.