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Valencia CF has confirmed the arrival of Javier Aguirre as the new head coach of the first team, following the decision to separate Carlos Corberán last Sunday. The 67-year-old Mexican coach has signed a contract that binds him to the club until the end of the 2026-27 season, with the possibility of extending it for another season. His arrival comes at a key moment, after an unfavorable start to the season in LaLiga, where the team has only scored one point out of fifteen possible in the first five rounds. The club seeks with this decision a deep change in the technical direction to reverse the team’s dynamics.
Aguirre will immediately assume responsibility for the first team, taking the reins of sports planning. His arrival follows the interim management of Óscar Sánchez, who led the team in the last two matches, achieving three points with a victory away from home against Alavés and a defeat at Mestalla against Real Sociedad. The new coach will arrive in Valencia in the next few hours and will be officially presented next Monday, with a three-week period thanks to LaLiga’s break due to international commitments to prepare for his first official match.
This will be the seventh club in Spain to which Aguirre joins as coach, after having passed through Osasuna, Atlético de Madrid, Zaragoza, Espanyol, Leganés and Mallorca, where he was between 2022 and 2024. His career in LaLiga began in 2002 with CA Osasuna, a club in which he also played as a footballer during the 1986-87 season. Among his most outstanding achievements in Spanish football are the conquest of the Copa del Rey in 2004 with Real Zaragoza and the qualification for the Champions League with Osasuna, a milestone that marked an era in the club.
In the international arena, Aguirre has had a wide and successful career. He has managed the Mexican national team in three FIFA World Cups, including the last one in 2026, where the team reached the quarterfinals. He has won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009 and 2025, as well as the CONCACAF Nations League 2024-25. In addition, he has achieved titles with clubs such as Pachuca, where he won the Mexican League in 1999, and Monterrey, with which he won the CONCACAF Champions League in 2021. His experience also includes stages in Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, consolidating his profile as a coach with a wide global vision.