Spanish club Alaves hires Garitano as coach for next season

By: The Associated Press Posted: 2:56 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 21, 2019

MADRID - Spanish club Alaves has hired former Leganes coach Asier Garitano for next season.

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MADRID - Spanish club Alaves has hired former Leganes coach Asier Garitano for next season.

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MADRID – Spanish club Alaves has hired former Leganes coach Asier Garitano for next season.

Garitano is replacing Abelardo Fernández, who announced Monday he was resigning after leading the modest Basque Country team to an 11th-place finish in the Spanish league.

Garitano hadn’t coached since being fired from Real Sociedad last year after managing the team for only half a season. He had been with Madrid club Leganes from 2013-2018, leading the team from the third division to the top flight.

Fernández said at a news conference on Monday he decided to resign because he felt he “would not be at 100 per cent next season.” He joined Alaves at the end of 2017, helping the team finish 14th in the league last season, comfortably escaping relegation.

Alaves had a surprising start to this season, being as high as second in the standings and remaining in the fight for the final Champions League place until about 10 rounds to go.

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