La Liga strugglers Valencia fire head coach Baraja

Valencia person sacked caput coach Ruben Baraja aft conscionable 2 wins successful 17 La Liga matches this season.

Baraja, who played for the nine betwixt 2000 and 2010, returned successful a managerial domiciled successful February 2023.

He secured endurance by 2 points successful the 2022-23 play earlier guiding Valencia to a ninth-placed decorativeness past term.

However, the 49-year-old departs pinch the nine 19th successful La Liga, 4 points from safety.

"He helped stabilise the squad successful a analyzable business and past season, he contributed to implementing competitory values that brought Valencia person to the conflict for European positions," the nine said.

Valencia said Baraja was "one of the top legends" successful the club's history and the determination to occurrence him "has been very difficult to make".

Baraja won 5 trophies successful 10 seasons astatine the nine arsenic a player, including 2 convention titles and the Uefa Cup.

In his last crippled arsenic manager, Valencia drew 2-2 pinch Alaves connected Sunday to move disconnected the bottommost of the array connected extremity quality complete Real Valladolid.

The erstwhile Spain international, who played astatine the 2002 World Cup, has antecedently managed Elche, Rayo Vallecano, Sporting Gijon, Tenerife and Zaragoza.

Valencia will look reigning champions Real Madrid successful their adjacent La Liga crippled connected 3 January.