After a glorious career playing in midfield for Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, life in management was in real a slow starter. Instead of an instant jump to become a manager at a major club in Europe, he started his coaching career at a more modest level. Whilst completing his UEFA Elite coaching course alongside former compatriots Raúl, Xavi, Víctor Valdés, and Joan Capdevila, Alonso returned to Real Madrid where he assumed a role coaching the Real Madrid U14s.
In 2019 he took up the vacant position as B coach for Real Sociedad. He left this role in the summer of 2022, and later in the year being approched by Bayer Leverkusen, taking the role as head coach, as they were 2nd to bottom.
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