Pako Ayestarán

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ayestarán and the second or maternal family name is Barandiarán.
Pako Ayestarán
Personal information
Full name Francisco Martín Ayestarán Barandiarán
Date of birth (1963-02-05) 5 February 1963
Place of birth Beasain, Spain
Youth career
Team
Real Sociedad
Teams managed
Years Team
1996 Osasuna (assistant)
1997–1999 Extremadura (assistant)
2000–2001 Tenerife (assistant)
2001–2004 Valencia (assistant)
2004–2007 Liverpool (assistant)
2011–2012 Al-Ahli (assistant)
2013–2014 Tecos
2014–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015 Santos Laguna

Francisco Martín "Pako" Ayestarán Barandiarán (born 5 February 1963) is a Spanish football manager.

Career

Ayestarán was born in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, and had a short stint as a youth player at Real Sociedad. After starting his career as a fitness coach, he was appointed Rafael Benítez's assistant at CA Osasuna, and remained behind the manager at CF Extremadura, CD Tenerife, Valencia CF and Liverpool.

On 1 September 2007 Ayestarán announced his departure from The Reds, after 11 years partnering Benítez.[1][2][3] After being placed on gardening leave for nearly a year, he served as fitness coach at S.L. Benfica[4] and Valencia,[5] leaving the latter in June 2010 for "professional reasons".[6]

In the 2011 summer Ayestarán was named Quique Sánchez Flores' assistant at Al-Ahli Dubai, but left the club roughly a year later.[7] On 24 August 2013 he took up coaching, being appointed at the helm of Estudiantes Tecos.[8]

On 29 May 2014, after failing to win promotion despite reaching the final of the tournament, Ayestarán announces his departure from Tecos, saying he had "no intention of keep managing in Ascenso MX".[9] On 26 August, he was appointed Maccabi Tel Aviv manager, replacing fellow Spaniard Óscar García.[10]

Ayestarán led Maccabi to a first-time ever Treble in the Israeli football, winning the Premier League (the club's third in a row), State Cup, and Toto Cup.[11] On 20 August 2015, however, he resigned from the club.[12]

On 20 August 2015 Ayestarán returned to Mexico, being appointed at the helm of Santos Laguna.[13] On 21 November 2015, Ayesteran and the club terminated his contract 'upon mutual consent' after a 15th place finish in the Apertura 2015.[14][15] On 14 February 2016, following the win over Espanyol, it was announced that Ayestarán would join Gary Neville's backroom staff at Valencia.

Managerial statistics

As of 18 October 2015
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Tecos Mexico 24 August 2013 29 May 2014 28 10 13 5 35.71
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 26 August 2014 1 June 2015 37 22 9 6 59.46
Santos Laguna Mexico 20 August 2015 22 November 2015 17 4 5 8 23.53
Total 82 36 27 19 43.90

Honours

Tecos
Maccabi Tel Aviv

References

  1. ↑ Ogden, Mark (1 September 2007). "Rafael Benitez's assistant quits Liverpool". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "I did not betray Benitez, he just forgot his principles: Former Liverpool No 2 Ayestaran speaks out ahead of Rafa's Anfield return". Daily Mail. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Benítez quietly furious after No2 of 11 years leaves". The Guardian. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Técnico regressa apenas em Julho" [Manager returns only in July] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pako Ayestarán regressa ao Valencia" [Pako Ayestarán returns to Valencia] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Madden, Paul (7 June 2010). "Valencia To Part With Fitness Coach Pako Ayestaran – Report". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Quique prolonga un año más su estancia en Dubai" [Quique extends for a further year his stay in Dubai] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ex auxiliar de Benítez, DT de Tecos" [Former Benítez's assistant, manager of Tecos] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ayestarán no irá con Estudiantes a Zacatecas" [Ayestarán will not go with Estudiantes to Zacatecas] (in Spanish). Informador. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Óscar García abandona el banquillo del Maccabi Tel Aviv por la guerra en Gaza" [Óscar García leaves the bench of Maccabi Tel Aviv due to the war in Gaza] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ayestarán, triplete histórico con el Maccabi" [Ayestarán, historical treble with Maccabi] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Ayestaran no continúa pese al triplete" [Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Ayestaran will not continue despite treble] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "El español Pako Ayestarán dirigirá al Santos Laguna, último campeón en México" [Spaniard Pako Ayestarán will manage Santos Laguna, the last champion in Mexico] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Santos Laguna and Pako Ayestaran part ways". Santos Laguna. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "LA Galaxy’s CCL opponents Santos Laguna open 2016 with a new manager and a new sense of optimism". LA Galaxy. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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