Marcos Abad Peidro (born 12 September 1985) is a Spanish goalkeeper coach who works as first team goalkeeper coach at

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club

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Career

After graduating the University Of Alicante with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Activity and Sports degree he started his goalkeeping coach career in 2009 when he joined Spanish side Alcoyano where they made the playoffs to earn promotion from the second division with Paco López coach. In 2010, Abad joined

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, where he worked with goalkeepers like

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, Toño,

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. He was able to develop his knowledge with coaches of the calibre of

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and,

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. Abad held the role of goalkeeper coach at Spanish

Side

for seven years before joining

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in February 2017, the move saw him link up with goalkeepers Victor Valdes,

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and

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. After the sacking of Karanka towards the end of the 2016–17 season and the departure of director of football Victor Orta in the summer, Abad left the club in the summer of 2017. On 19 June 2017, Abad was announced as the new goalkeeper coach of

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, again linking up with Victor Orta as part of new head coach

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's backroom staff. Orta revealed in the press conference unveiling Christiansen that Abad had turned down a higher wage in the

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to join Leeds in the role. In the 2018–19 season he was responsible for the training of goalkeepers under the orders of

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. The season started with two young goalkeepers: Jamal Blackman who would suffer a serious injury, and

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who became an international with Northern Ireland national team. The injury Blackman allowed to incorporate a new goalkeeper from

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. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he also became translator for head coach Bielsa. They managed to be champions of Championship with Leeds United under Bielsa and with it won promotion to the

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. He was confirmed as West Bromwich Albion's new goalkeeping coach in July 2023.https://www.wba.co.uk/news/marcos-abad-confirmed-new-goalkeeper-coach In December 2024, Abad joined Valencia as their new goalkeeping coach.

References

External links

* https://www.panenka.org/miradas/entrevistas/marcos-abad-con-bielsa-aprendes-a-no-utilizar-el-no-se-puede/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Abad, Marcos Living people 1985 births Spanish football managers University of Alicante alumni Middlesbrough F.C. non-playing staff Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff