Eder Sarabia, coach of FC Andorra, will remain linked to the Principality's club until 2025. The 42-year-old Bilbao coach ended his contract on June 30 and the entity led in the offices by Gerard Piqué had already been negotiating with him for days ex-second of Quique Setién.
Sarabia, son of the legendary striker Manu Sarabia, arrived at the Andorran club in January 2021 to replace the dismissed Nacho Castro. In his first season he played for promotion to Second Division A, but in the semifinal match he lost 2-1 against the Real Sociedad B second team led by Xabi Alonso, current Bayer Leverkusen coach.
From the very beginning, Eder Sarabia imposed his idea of the game based on possession. In his first full season in the First RFEF, the former second B, he helped his FC Andorra win the group 2 title and ascend to the Second Division. A historic promotion for the oldest sports club in the Principality.
Eder Sarabia was Quique Setién's assistant coach in the stages of Cantabrian first coach at Las Palmas, Real Betis and also at Barça. His debut as coach of FC Andorra was on January 18, 2021 against Espanyol B. In the first season in professional soccer, FC Andorra occupies the sixth position, which establishes it as a recently promoted player in play- off.
The FC Andorra coach plans to hold a press conference at 5:00 p.m. at the headquarters of the main sponsor, MoraBanc. Of course, the club has already posted a video on its social networks with Eder Sarabia speaking in Catalan and with these words. "Soon it will be two years since I arrived. A wonderful country that has given me everything to be happy. A project with a clear objective. Grow through passion, illusion and determination. Cycling has taught me that after crowning a port still has a way to go. And I want to continue doing this path at FC Andorra because it is already my home", Eder Sarabia said in the video. FC Andorra receives Cartagena on Sunday (2:00 p.m.) with the aim of continuing in play-off positions.
