Eintracht Frankfurt has signed Spaniard Albert Riera as the successor to sacked head coach Dino Toppmöller. The club announced this on Friday.
The 43-year-old comes from Slovenian Conference League participant NK Celje, and he has a contract in the Main metropolis until 2028.
“With Albert Riera, we consciously chose a coach who stands for modern, intensive and offensive football,” sports director Markus Krösche is quoted in the statement: “He has international experience, a clear game idea and an equally clear approach in the daily work with the team.”
Next Sunday, at his own request, Riera will be on the sidelines for the last time as head coach of NK Celje. The Spaniard is expected in Frankfurt at the beginning of the week, so he will make his debut in the Frankfurt coaching bench next Friday in the Bundesliga away game against Union Berlin (8.30 p.m., DAZN).
Report: Eintracht Frankfurt pays million-dollar transfer fee for Riera
According to a Bild report, Eintracht will pay a transfer fee in the region of 1.3 million euros for the coach. Former Leipzig coach Marco Rose, Alexander Blessin from FC St. Pauli and Jacob Neestrup from FC Copenhagen were previously considered as possible Toppmöller successors.
Riera has been a coach at NK Celje since 2024, and previously coached French club Girondins Bordeaux from 2023 to 2024. During his professional career, Riera was active for Liverpool FC, among others. Eintracht Frankfurt has been looking for a coach since Toppmöller was fired after the 3-3 draw at Werder Bremen on January 16th. Most recently, Dennis Schmitt and Alexander Meier coached the team on an interim basis
