Aguirre Hired by Struggling Valencia After Latest Coaching Stint with Mexico at World Cup
Aguirre returns to Spanish football as Valencia seek to escape the relegation zone after taking four points from seven league matches.
- Valencia appointed former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre on Wednesday to lead the team until the season's end, with an option to extend for one additional year. The 67-year-old returns to Spain following a two-year hiatus managing the Mexico national team.
- Aguirre replaces interim manager Oscar Sanchez, who stepped in following the dismissal of Carlos Corberan earlier this month. Valencia, owned by Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim, currently sits second-bottom in LaLiga after collecting just four points from seven matches.
- Valencia marks the seventh Spanish club that Aguirre has managed. The coach previously led Real Mallorca to their first Copa del Rey final in 21 years before departing in 2024, and also managed Osasuna and Atletico Madrid.
- The experienced duo of Aguirre and sporting director Braulio Vazquez must now work to drag the club out of the LaLiga relegation zone. Valencia has not finished higher than ninth since the 2018/19 season.
- Fans have protested against Lim and club president Kiat amid the team's ongoing decline. The six-time Spanish champions, who last won a title in 2004 under Rafael Benitez, remain under significant pressure to improve their standing.
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DETROIT — (Alan Vanegas) After directing the Mexican National Team in what was its third stage leading the ‘Tri’, Javier Aguirre is back in Europe, after being hired as technical director of Valencia CF of Spain. After a difficult start of the 2026-27 season, Valencia CF’s board of directors decided to [...]
Valencia is the seventh project of Javier ‘El Vasco’ Aguirre in LaLiga, as he previously directed teams such as Osasuna, Atlético de Madrid and Mallorca.
The Mexican strategist assumes the technical direction of Valencia CF with the mission of reversing the complicated moment of the club in Liga.
Valencia de España reported that it reached an agreement with Javier Aguirre to become its new coach. According to the statement of the Spanish team, the Mexican technician will remain until the end of this season and that later, the club will have an option to extend its contract for an additional one. Javier Aguirre will be presented to the media as the new coach of Valencia CF on Monday 28 September in the press room of the Camp de Mestalla. …
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Aguirre hired by struggling Valencia after latest coaching stint with Mexico at World Cup
Valencia has hired former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre on a one-year deal to complete an early-season reconstruction of the club’s soccer operations after a poor start in La Liga. The 67-year-old Aguirre has just finished a third spell in charge…
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