Mitchell replaced Carlos Corberán on the Olympiacos bench. The Spanish coach returns to the Piraeus team some seven years after his first term.

The 59-year-old technician arrived in Greece at noon on Tuesday. He then met with Vangelis Marinakis and the agreement of both parties was formalized.

Mitchell will have his first training session as Olympiacos coach on Wednesday afternoon.

Mitchell took over at Olympiacos in February 2013, replacing Leonardo Jardim at the time. He was sacked in January 2015, having won two leagues and a Cup, and also qualified for the ’16’ phase of the Champions League. He managed Olympiacos in 90 games with 64 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses.

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PAE Olympiacos announces the return of Spanish coach Mitchell. The 59-year-old athlete, born March 23, 1963, returns to OLYMPIACO, with whom he wrote the pages of fame in Greece and Europe.

The former Real Madrid and Spain legend led Olympiacos to two golden years (04/02/13 – 06/01/15), during which he won 65 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses in 91 games. .

He won two league titles (2012-2013, 2013-2014) and one cup (2012-2013), leading the team to some of the biggest victories in Europe against rivals such as Manchester United, Atlético Madrid, Juventus ”, “Benfica” and “Anderlecht”. . With Mitchell at the helm, the champions reached the round of 16 of the Champions League in the 2013-2014 season. His name is inscribed in golden letters in the glorious history of our Legend.

Mitchell began his coaching career at Rayo Vallecano, then Real Madrid’s infrastructure division, where he worked as both manager and coach of Castile. In 2009, he took charge of Getafe, then Sevilla and then Olympiacos. After leaving Greece, he worked in Marseille, Malaga, Pumas (Mexico) and again in Getafe.