Ernesto Valverde, Txingurri, back in Barcelona again

We witnessed the end of an era in Barcelona when Luis Enrique stepped out from the position of the head coach. But it is also an opportunity for the beginning of the new one.

Ernesto Valverde is the new coach of one of the most famous clubs in the world.

Who is Txingurri , as the fans like to call him? In Basque language, Txingurri

means the ant.

Ernesto Valverde was born 53 years ago in a small place that at this moment has only 279 residents. From that village, Viandar de la Vera, located in the western part of the Spain, in the region of Extremadura, he moved with his parents as a very young boy, to Baskia.

He appeared for Alaves, the club also located in the Basque region and that helped him a lot during the rest of his life.

He started from Segunda Division, and after some time, Espanol offered him a contract which he accepted immediately.

Then, something that is not often seen in Spanish football happened. Barcelona and Espanyol made a deal, after which Valverde moved to Camp Nou. This is one of the few transfers in the history which happened between these two clubs.

In two years with the Blaugrana, he won Copa Del Rey and Cup Winners Cup, but unfortunately, his career was massacred with many injuries, and he had to leave Barcelona.

At that point, Johan Cruyff, the man who created Barca as we know it today, was the saddest at Camp Nou. He adored Valverde.

Txingurri decided to go back to Baskia and started playing for Athletic Bilbao. In the next six years, he became one of the most beloved people in the club. He even earned a call for the national team of Spain.

After the retirement, he immediately started learning the coaching business. Of course, where else than in Athletic Bilbao, as an assistant and later as the head coach of the second team.

After that, he earned a chance to lead the first team of this famous club, and he instantly made an impact as he changed the style of play, demanding more offensive approach.

In 2005, he left Bilbo because of some misunderstanding with the president, and he took his former club Espanol and reached the UEFA Cup Finals, but Sevilla had more luck after the penalties.

Not long after, he took over the Greek champion, Olympiakos. It was a very successful period because he won three championships and two Greek football cups.

In the summer of 2012, he had to leave Greece because he had some family issues which he never wanted to speak about. During the December of that year, he was appointed as Valencia head coach, but that was a short episode because his old love wanted him back.

Valverde, humiliated Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup with 4-0 and won that trophy. After 31 years Athletic Bilbao finally reached some silverware.

This biography and the personality of Ernesto Valverde has was the best recommendation for Barcelona's management to offer him a contract.

Txingurri is in Barca again. What a fantastic moment.