Soccer-Athletic Bilbao appoint former Dortmund manager Terzic as coach


Soccer Football - Champions League - Final - Borussia Dortmund Training - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - May 31, 2024 Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic during training REUTERS/Carl Recine

May 5 (Reuters) - ⁠Athletic Bilbao have appointed ⁠Edin Terzic as head coach ‌from next season, the LaLiga club said on Tuesday.

The former Borussia Dortmund ​coach has signed ⁠a deal until ⁠2028, replacing Ernesto Valverde with ⁠the Bilbao ‌sitting eighth in the Spanish league ⁠standings.

Terzic, 43, arrives in the Basque ​Country ‌with a reputation for ⁠leading teams ​who play high-intensity, attacking football. His tenure at Dortmund ⁠was marked by a ​German Cup title in 2021 and a run to the Champions ⁠League final in 2024, which they lost 2-0 to Real Madrid.

The German has been ​without a ⁠job since leaving Dortmund at ​the end of ‌the 2023-24 season.

(Reporting by ​Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Ed Osmond)

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