Imanol de la Sota

Imanol de la Sota Aberasturi (born 2 April 1975) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Barakaldo.

Career Born in Santurtzi, Biscay, Basque Country, de la Sota began his managerial career with the youth sides of hometown club Santurtzi. He subsequently worked under the same capacity at Barakaldo and Durango, before becoming an assistant of Durango's farm team Iurretako in the 2012–13 season.

On 20 May 2013, de la Sota was appointed manager of Durango's main squad in Tercera División. In June 2015, he joined the structure of Athletic Bilbao, being named in charge of the Juvenil A team.

Ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, de la Sota became Joseba Etxeberria's assistant at Basconia, but left the club on 5 July 2017 to take over the Juvenil A team of Eibar. He returned to the Lezama Facilities on 14 June 2019, after again being appointed manager of the Juvenil squad.

On 7 June 2021, de la Sota was named at the helm of Bilbao Athletic in Primera División RFEF. On 13 December, after only two wins into the season, he was sacked.

On 22 June 2022, de la Sota returned to Barakaldo, after being appointed manager of the first team in Tercera Federación. The following 11 June, after achieving another promotion this time to the Primera Federación, he renewed his contract for another year. On 5 June 2025, after achieving an 11th placed finish, de la Sota renewed his contract once again. The following 8 June, de la Sota renewed his contract for a further year ahead of the new campaign, after finishing 7th during the previous season.

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