[Lord Snooty]

Huddersfield Town is delighted to confirm Carlos Corberán as the Club’s new Head Coach!

Carlos joins the Terriers from fellow West Yorkshire side Leeds United, where he was Assistant Coach to Marcelo Bielsa as the Whites achieved promotion to the Premier League earlier this month.

He will be joined at the Club by his own Assistant Coaches who will be announced in due course.

Corberán arrives at Town with a strong reputation in football. Hailing from Valencia, Spain, he holds a UEFA Pro License and is known for his strength in coaching.

He began his career in the setup at Spanish giants Valencia, taking responsibility for the training methodology in their Academy before quickly progressing to work with the First Team under the likes of Unai Emery and Manuel Pellegrini during the Club’s run to the Europa League semi-finals.

Under the recommendation of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Carlos then travelled overseas to become Assistant Head Coach at Saudi Arabian clubs Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr, where he gained experiences in the Asian Champions League.

Carlos’ first experiences as a Head Coach followed in Cyprus, where he took charge of Doxa Katokopia and then Ermis Aradippou, who he steered to safety in the division.

Through his work at the prestigious Aspire Academy in Qatar, he then joined Leeds United ahead of the 2017/18 campaign. Initially working as Under-23 Coach, the quality of his work soon saw him move into the First Team setup under Marcelo Bielsa as the Whites finished third and first in the Sky Bet Championship in the last two years.

Huddersfield Town’s Head of Football Operations Leigh Bromby explained:

“We’re very happy to be able to welcome Carlos as our new Head Coach today, in what is undoubtedly a very important appointment for Huddersfield Town.

“After two difficult seasons, we have put a lot of thought and work into what we want to be and how we operate moving forward.

“Obviously, we need to return to winning games, and to be successful we must have all areas of the Club aligned in the way we work. We want to return to the ‘No Limits’ mentality that served this Club so well back in 2017. We must start believing in ourselves and our people once again; players and staff alike.

“Carlos was our ideal candidate for our new Head Coach from the outset, as his idea of football is completely aligned with ours. He is very strong on the need for a team to have a strength of identity on the pitch; a way of playing that leaves players in no doubt on their roles when they step foot onto the grass. He believes in a high energy, high intensity, attacking style of play.

“He is a coach whose focus is on working to improve players. Like us, he has a real belief in young players too, and desire to work with them to help them thrive.

“He’s incredibly passionate about this opportunity, and he has real belief in himself. He’s determined to bring success back to Huddersfield Town.”

[Lord Snooty]

New Head Coach Carlos Corberán can’t wait to start creating a new philosophy at Huddersfield Town.

Carlos, who joined the Terriers from Leeds United, has had over 10 years’ experience in coaching and has worked under some of the best and most high-profile managers in the game.

After being appointed, Town’s new Head Coach sat down with #HTTV and expressed his delight at being given this opportunity.

“Honestly, I’m very happy and very pleased to come here and to start to work here with all of the Huddersfield family.

“I think sometimes, of course, it’s the opportunities, when the moments arrive, you need to take advantage of these moments.

“I think it was the right moment to make this step, especially because it was the right opportunity to do it with Huddersfield.

“I had a lot of trust from the first meeting I had with the people here. I was thinking that it was the right moment to do this step, the right moment to take the opportunity and to start to operate together.”

Town’s change in management was made as the Club works towards its vision, and Carlos explained that it was the opportunity and the shared aims that enticed him to the Terriers.

“First of all, you have the people, where you are meeting the people, the people start to make you feel something.

“It’s like when I meet with Leigh Bromby and at the same time, with the Chairman, I started to feel that they have a very clear idea of what they wanted and at the same time we had a very positive feeling that we can do this together.

“When you start to meet people and you start to share ideas, and everybody starts to feel the same, then I think you are going in the right direction.
“Of course, too, when you are talking about one big club, you can feel more excited to make this step.”

Before being appointed, Carlos sat down with the Chairman Phil Hodgkinson, as well as Head of Football Operations Leigh Bromby, and discussed where they wanted the Club to go.

The alignment, alongside an agreed style of play, was key for the Head Coach.

“I think in the first talk we had together, they (Hodgkinson and Bromby) had an idea to create something and to create our style of game.
“I was in total agreement with them because I think in the first step, we need to feel how we want to play. I think in both parts, we agreed, about how we want to be in the future here in Huddersfield.

“Of course, one of the reasons that I’m here is because both of them had the same feeling about what we want to be on the pitch.

“We want to be brave, we want to be a great team, we want to show when I start that we want to have one identity, we want to defend this identity playing at home and playing away.

“After, I was really positively surprised because I phoned the Head of Football Operations and he was very focused in the methodology of training, very focused about what we are going to do during the week and this is one thing that made me think we are with people that can have the same ideas that we have.

“We are really focused, and we are very demanding about the methodology of the training. We try to take care of the intensity of the training and how we prepare for games.

“We will be trying to develop an identity, trying to create a culture, trying to create an environment that allow us to define one’s style of game.”

[theo_luddite]

Hopefully he's better than the last L666s fan we had in charge

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Cynical? Moi? Say it as I see it.

[Lord Snooty]

Didn't that Leeds fan get us promoted?

[talkSAFT]

Good CV, and he's obviously ambitious. Good luck, Jeremy.

[theo_luddite]

Aye Snoots he did, but me 'n' thee could have got us promoted on the brass that Leek Lark had spent afore he got the job though. It was his record in the Chumpionship that was dire.

[Lord Snooty]

Chicho Pelach has announced himself as Carlos' no 2. He's coming from Spanish 2nd division Girona.

[talkSAFT]

Corbyn and Pillock? Oh dear.

[Lord Snooty]

He's got everything sorted now apparently. Gone off for a few days and told the players to report back for pre season training on August the 10th.

[theo_luddite]

August the bloody 10th? They'll be as big as a Shire 'oss by then instead of looking like racing whippets. I hope he's given 'em training plans.