Leicester City has appointed Spanish coach Marti Cifuentes as its new manager, the former Premier League champion announced on Tuesday.
The 43-year-old joins the Foxes on a three-year contract. Cifuentes will be joined by Xavi Calm as his assistant manager. Calm worked alongside him in his previous role at Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in the Championship.
He arrives following a spell at QPR, where he took over in October 2023, guiding the London side from the Championship relegation zone to an 18th-place finish with five wins in the final eight games.
Prior to moving to England, the Catalonia-born coach worked with Hammarby IF in Sweden, leading it to a Swedish Cup final and European qualification, and with Sandefjord in Norway.
Cifuentes succeeds Ruud van Nistelrooy, who parted ways with club last month after the Dutchman failed to prevent Leicester from getting relegated to the Championship. The side finished 18th with 25 points at the end of the 2024-25 season.
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