{"id":51329,"date":"2026-05-05T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51329"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:11:13","slug":"edin-terzic-appointed-as-new-athletic-club-manager-contract-valid-until-june-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/edin-terzic-appointed-as-new-athletic-club-manager-contract-valid-until-june-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Edin Terzi\u0107 appointed as new Athletic Club manager, contract valid until June 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Athletic Club<\/strong> has officially announced the appointment of <strong>Edin Terzi\u0107<\/strong> as their new head coach. The 43-year-old German-Croatian tactician will take over at San Mam\u00e9s this summer, replacing long-serving manager Ernesto Valverde. His contract runs until <strong>June 2028<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd0d OFFICIAL: Edin Terzi\u0107 signs in as new Athletic Club manager, new chapter at Bilbao for the German coach.<\/p>\n<p>Contract valid until June 2028. \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1yyxvLJwd\">pic.twitter.com\/a1yyxvLJwd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2051604135904956815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">A New Era at Athletic Bilbao<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This marks an exciting new chapter for one of La Liga\u2019s most iconic clubs. Athletic Club, renowned for its unique policy of fielding only Basque players, has turned to Terzi\u0107 to lead the team into the future. The former <strong>Borussia Dortmund<\/strong> boss brings a wealth of experience from top-level European football, including deep runs in the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Terzi\u0107 becomes only the second German coach in Athletic Bilbao\u2019s history after legendary manager Jupp Heynckes.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Who is Edin Terzi\u0107?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Born in 1982, Edin Terzi\u0107 built his reputation at Borussia Dortmund, where he served as both assistant and head coach. His notable achievements include:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Winning the <strong>DFB-Pokal<\/strong> in 2021<\/li>\n<li>Guiding Dortmund to the <strong>UEFA Champions League final<\/strong> in 2024<\/li>\n<li>Consistent strong performances in the Bundesliga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Known for his tactical flexibility, attacking mindset, and ability to develop young talent, Terzi\u0107 is expected to bring fresh energy and modern ideas to the Basque side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletic Club has officially announced the appointment of Edin Terzi\u0107 as their new head coach. The 43-year-old German-Croatian tactician will\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[5281],"class_list":["post-51329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-edin-terzic"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51336,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51329\/revisions\/51336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}