Athletic Bilbao appoints Llopis as Bilbao Athletic coach

Athletic Bilbao has confirmed this Wednesday that Bittor Llopis will be the technical manager of Bilbao Athletic. Llopis signs a two-year contract, the same duration as Edin Terzic's contract with the first team.

What happened?

Athletic Bilbao has chosen Llopis to lead Bilbao Athletic, which will compete for another season in Primera RFEF.

Why is it important for Athletic Bilbao?

Llopis moves up to Bilbao Athletic after having coached Basconia for the last three seasons and having directed Athletic in the Youth League this season.

What's next?

Llopis will be in charge of the last formative team of Athletic and will manage the leap to professionalism of the players from Lezama.

Athletic Bilbao reports that Llopis arrived four seasons ago at Lezama to direct the “División de Honor Juvenil, with which he was runner-up in the Cup.

What is Llopis' profile?

Llopis is 38 years old and his career on the benches started seasons ago in the formative categories of Leioa before joining Deportivo Alavés, where he spent three seasons in charge of youth teams and two with San Ignacio in Tercera División.