Athletic has prepared the new technical organization chart for Lezama for next season where its men’s teams are concerned. The replacement of Jokin Aranbarri at the head of Bilbao Athletic by Carlos Gurpegi, who preferred to stay away from the bench for some time after achieving promotion with the red and white reserve team, was one of the most important.
The coach from Vitoria will continue to have Ander Murillo as assistant coach and Armando Ribero as goalkeeping coach. Iñigo Lizarralde, who has been linked to the Bilbao Athletic structure for several years as a coach and analyst, has been replaced by Ander Erice, an analyst who came to Lezama with Aranbarri from Eibar. Mikel Legarreta, physical trainer, and Iñigo ‘Txolo’ Aguinaga, psychologist, complete the work team of the subsidiary.
Escalona signing
Bittor Llopis remains in Basconia with Iraia Iturregi with Iván Gómez as analyst, Iban Urkiza as physical trainer and Miguel Escalona as goalkeeping coach. The latter, who in his time as a footballer defended the goal of Athletic in the lower categories and has been working at Elche for the last five seasons, will also be responsible for the red-and-white goalkeepers, replacing Unai Julián.
The Youth Division of Honor will have Adrián Esteve and Gorka Azkorra, a former lion who is already in Lezama as a coach, as coaches; the National Youth with Igor Nuñez and Iñigo López; the cadets of the Basque League and Honor Division with Unai Andrinua, Carlos Renau and Andoni Galiano; the children 2011-2012 with Mikel Badiola, Galder Izaola, Adrián Golvano and the 2013-14 juveniles with Lander Urkijo, Ander Lafuente, Lander Torrealdai and Jose Moreno.
At the level of goalkeeper coaches, in addition to the aforementioned Armando and Escalona, there are also Jon Gaizka Alzugaray, Sergio Fernández, Ander Laka and Pablo Badía. As physical trainers, Jokin Gracia (Youth A), Álvaro Martínez Bujo (Youth B), Iñaki Mujika (cadets) and Joseba García (children) will also serve in the Lezama structure.
In addition to Escalona and Gorka Azkorra; Athletic included the aforementioned Igor Nuñez (Galdakao), Adría Golvano (Sestao River), Unai Andrinua (Deusto), Joseba García (Arenas) and Pablo Badía (Danok Bat and Indartsu) to its coaching staff. Other incorporations, at the level of analysts in their respective cases, are the aforementioned Ander Erice, who arrived with Jokin Aranbarri from the Eibar reserve team, and Peio Rivero (Gatika and female coordinator of CD Mungia) .
The red and white club warned in his informative note that “the position of psychologists from youth remains final.”
Women’s earrings
Athletic will take some time to release the organizational chart of the Lezama women’s team. In this sense, it should be noted that, as Mikel González himself commented in his press conference on Thursday with President Uriarte, that both Antonio Miranda and Orkatz Martín, assistant coach and goalkeeper coach of the first team respectively, will not continue in David Aznar’s working group.
Source: La Verdad
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