Pako Ayestarán
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Martín Ayestarán Barandiarán | ||
| Date of birth | 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.