In the fight to have a place in a European competition next season, Rayo Vallecano announced on Wednesday the Renewal of Íñigo Pérez for one more campaign, until June 2026.
«Íñigo Pérez and the Ray Vallecano de Madrid they have … Arrived at an agreement for the extension of the Navarrese coach’s contract for one more season, ”said the franjirrojo team, which highlighted the work of his coach, which last year assured the permanence of the Madrid club in the First Division. “His good work on the bench has made him win the confidence of the club for one more season,” added the Vallecana entity.
Born on January 18, 1988 in Pamplona, the former soccer player, who was the assistant of Andoni IraolA In the stage of this on the bench Vallecano, he agreed to the position in February last year in replacement of the dismissed Francisco and signing for what remained of the season and the current one. The Navarro achieved permanence and this year has risen the competitive level of Rayo Vallecano, which already adds 40 points and is tenth struggling to opt for a place to play the next campaign in European competition.
✔️ 𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 | Íñigo Pérez renews with Rayo Vallecano for one more season 🤝
To keep adding together, Mr.! ❤️⚡️ pic.twitter.com/6mkhk2g4ic
– Rayo Vallecano (@rayavallecano) April 16, 2025
Iñigo Pérez made in 2022 the transition from professional footballer to coach after retiring from his career in Osasuna, a team that followed him very closely to try his signing for the next campaign. A few months later, he was appointed assistant to Iraola. In February 2024, with just two years of experience on the benches, he assumed the position of first coach after Francisco’s dismissal. After debuting with a draw against Real Madrid (1-1), he managed to keep the ray in Primera. In the current course, the Franjirrojo team has taken a step forward under its script and Madrid’s now look at Europe.
During his stage on the bench of Rayo, Íñigo Pérez has demonstrated an idea of the unnegotible game, a technician who likes vertical game and continuously looking for the opposite goal. A coach whose ideas are marked by Marcelo Bielsa, whom he had as a coach at Athletic. In fact, in an interview he has confessed that when he was trained by him it was a “before and after” professional, but also personal.
Book devouring in their spare time and cinema, on the game days it has the habit of always putting the same shoes, some of those used by Forrest Gump, as confessed in an interview in LaLiga Word. «From his goodness, from his help, from his tranquility, he walks, he burns stages. Without wanting and without trying to recognize, I get milestones and try to remember it. And that is why I carry his shoes, ”explained the coach, who, after his renewal, will continue to cover them and wear them until June 2026 in the Vallecas Stadium band.
