Pako Ayestarán

Pako Ayestarán
Personal information
Full name Francisco Martín Ayestarán Barandiarán
Date of birth (1963-02-05) 5 February 1963
Place of birth Beasain, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Aston Villa (assistant head coach)
Youth career
Years Team
Real Sociedad
Managerial career
2001–2004 Valencia (assistant)
2004–2007 Liverpool (assistant)
2008–2009 Benfica (assistant)
2009–2010 Valencia (assistant)
2011–2012 Al-Ahli Dubai (assistant)
2013–2014 Tecos
2014–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015 Santos Laguna
2016 Valencia
2017 Las Palmas
2018–2019 Pachuca
2020–2022 Tondela
2022– Aston Villa (assistant)

Francisco Martín "Pako" Ayestarán Barandiarán (born 5 February 1963) is a Spanish football manager and coach. He is currently the assistant head coach at Premier League club Aston Villa.

Ayestarán was assistant manager to Rafael Benítez at Valencia and Liverpool. After parting ways with Benítez in 2007, he became a head coach in his own right, managing clubs in Mexico, Israel, Spain, and Portugal. He led Maccabi Tel Aviv to a domestic treble in 2015.