Manolo Marquez is the new coach of UD Las Palmas

UD Las Palmas announced on Monday that Manolo Márquez will step up from the youth team to take charge of first team affairs for the new LaLiga Santander season. After guiding Las Palmas Atletico to a historic promotion to the Segunda Division B (third tier of Spanish football), Marquez replaces Quique Setien, who departed at the end of last season.

Manolo Márquez, nuevo entrenador de la UD Las Palmas https://t.co/Sa4wYOGHfj pic.twitter.com/gYjxs8IXXr

— UD Las Palmas (@UDLP_Oficial) July 3, 2017 

Club legend Juan Carlos Valeron will join his technical staff, having worked alongside Marquez with the youth team last season. Marquez, who has signed for a season with an option for a second, said that the agreement “realises one of my ambitions, which was to coach UD Las Palmas."