Imanol de la Sota Aberasturi (born 2 April 1975) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Barakaldo CF.
Born in Santurtzi, Biscay, Basque Country, de la Sota began his managerial career with the youth sides of hometown club CD Santurtzi.[1] He subsequently worked under the same capacity at Barakaldo CF and SCD Durango, before becoming an assistant of Durango's farm team Iurretako KT in the 2012–13 season.
On 20 May 2013, de la Sota was appointed manager of Durango's main squad in Tercera División.[2] In June 2015, he joined the structure of Athletic Bilbao, being named in charge of the Juvenil A team.[3]
Ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, de la Sota became Joseba Etxeberria's assistant at CD Basconia,[4] but left the club on 5 July 2017 to take over the Juvenil A team of SD Eibar.[5] He returned to the Lezama Facilities on 14 June 2019, after again being appointed manager of the Juvenil squad.[6]
On 7 June 2021, de la Sota was named at the helm of Bilbao Athletic in Primera División RFEF.[7] On 13 December, after only two wins into the season, he was sacked.[8]
On 22 June 2022, de la Sota returned to Barakaldo, after being appointed manager of the first team in Tercera Federación.[9][1] The following 8 May, after achieving promotion to Segunda Federación, he renewed his contract for a further year.[10]
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