Real Madrid has appointed their former midfielder Xabi Alonso as a new head coach for a three -year -old deal.
Madrid made the announcement in a statement on their website on Sunday.
The two -time European Championship and the World Cup winner 2010 with Spain replaced Carlo Ancelotti who has been appointed as the new handler of Brazil.
“Xabi Alonso is the new coach of Real Madrid. The 43-year-old Spanish manager returns to the club where he received six trophies as a player to become a Madridista legend,” Madrid said. “He leaves Bayer Leverkusen, where he wrote history by winning the competition, the cup and the German Super Cup.
“Xabi Alonso joined the German side in October 2022 and in his first season the team reached the semi -final of the Europa League and ended in the European places in the competition.
“In the 2023/24 campaign, he won the first Bundesliga in the history of Bayer Leverkusen, which put an end to the eleven titles of Bayern Munich in a row. He also won the German cup and came to a moving distance from a Treble, ending in the Europa League.
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“The incredible Bayer campaign under the supervision of Xabi Alonso can best be summarized by an unbeaten run of 51 races. Those impressive versions took place in his last season at the helm of the German outfit, because they won the first super cup of the club in August 2024.
“Before he took over from Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso started his coaching career at the Real Madrid Academy. He took the lead over the under-12s, led them to the competition title and a Torneo de Campeones won during the 2018/19 campaign. Segunda in 2021. “
Alonso, who made 236 performances for Real Madrid as a player, announced earlier this month that he would leave his role as Bayer Leverkusen -Baas at the end of the season.
Alonso, who won the Champions League as a player at Real in 2014, will be introduced on Monday as a manager on the Real Madrid training field.
BBC Sport
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