Ex-Barça: Koeman to AZ Alkmaar

Dutch club AZ Alkmaar has earlier this week officially announced the appointment of former Barcelona player Ronald Koeman (46) as their new manager.

Koeman signed a two-year deal with the Dutch champions. Former Barcelona assistant coach Tony Bruins Slot also joins the technical staff of AZ. In april of last year, Koeman had been dismissed as manager of Valencia (read more here).

Ronald Koeman played six seasons for Barcelona, arriving in 1989 from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and leaving in the summer of 1995 for Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam. From the summer of 1998 until the year 2000, he was the assistant coach of Barcelona manager Louis van Gaal.

With Barcelona, Koeman won four consecutive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994, a Spanish cup in 1990, three Spanish Super Cups in 1991, 1992 and 1994, one European Super Cup in 1992 and one Champions Leauge in 1992, when he became a Barcelona legend scoring the winning free kick goal that gave Barcelona it's first European Champions Cup. As assistant, he won one league title in 1999.

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Ex-Barça: José Mari Bakero dismissed by Valencia

Ronald Koeman was not the only member of the Valencia technical staff with a Barcelona history who was dismissed on Monday (read more here). Koeman's assistants Tonny Bruins Slot (61), former assistant of Johan Cruijff, and José Mari Bakero (45), former Barcelona player and assistant, also had to leave together with the head coach.

José Mari Bakero played nine seasons for FC Barcelona, arriving from Real Sociedad in the summer of 1988 and leaving in the summer of 1997 for the Mexican team Veracruz. During that period the Basque midfielder won an impressive number of trophies: four consecutive Spanish league titles between 1991 and 1994, two Spanish cups in 1990 and 1997, four Spanish Super cups in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996, one Champions League in 1992, two European Cup Winners' cups in 1989 and 1997 and one European Super cup in 1992.


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