What's happened to Carlos Corberan after he left West Brom | OneFootball

FLW takes a look at how former West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan has fared since leaving The Hawthorns.

Former West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan left his role at The Hawthorns to take up a new opportunity abroad in December.

The Spaniard impressed during his time with the Baggies, finishing ninth in his first season, having taken over with the club sitting second bottom of the Championship after 16 games in October 2022.

He went on to lead Albion to a fifth-place finish in the second tier during the 2023/24 campaign, his only full season at the helm, with a defeat against eventual promotion-winners Southampton in the play-off semi-final preventing him from getting an opportunity to lead his side out at Wembley and have a shot at promotion to the Premier League.

The 42-year-old was linked with a move away on more than one occasion during his spell in the West Midlands, with Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers being two clubs that were reportedly interested in his services, but he stayed at West Brom despite not having access to a budget at the same level as other promotion contenders in the Championship.

However, Corberan finally departed The Hawthorns in December 2024 to take up the role of head coach at Valencia in Spain - his boyhood club and where he spent many of the formative years of his playing career.

Let's take a look at how he has fared since returning to his homeland last year.

Corberan has impressed at Valencia

Corberan has shown why he was so highly rated during his time at West Brom since joining Valencia, and there may well be top flight clubs in England that regret not trying harder to appoint him when he was still coaching in the Championship.

Corberan once again found his side sitting second bottom of the table upon joining Valencia, with only two wins from the opening 17 league games, four points separating them from safety, and significant protests from the supporters against the club's owner, meaning that the odds were stacked against him.

He came close to securing a memorable victory at home against Real Madrid in his first game in charge, before an 85th-minute equaliser from Luka Modrić and an injury-time winner from Jude Bellingham meant he would need to wait to pick up his first point as head coach.

Valencia only operated in the loan market during the January transfer window despite their precarious position, with Umar Sadiq arriving from Real Sociedad, Max Aarons joining from AFC Bournemouth and Ivan Jaime signing from FC Porto.

Therefore, it is impressive that Corberan was able to lead Valencia to a 12th-place finish in LaLiga during the second half of the campaign, leaving the threat of relegation as a distant memory and allowing the supporters to have hope that things could continue to improve next season.

Corberan will want continued progress next season

Corberan's passion for Valencia combined with his evidently competitive nature means that he will no doubt be desperate to continue his progress during the 2025/26 season.

The club have only moved to bring in Dani Rabi on a free transfer from CD Leganes so far during the summer transfer window, so it remains to be seen how much money Corberan will be able to spend, but his West Brom experience should stand him in good stead to impress despite any financial restrictions.

It will certainly be interesting to see how a tactically astute head coach like Corberan gets on during his first full season in charge of a club in a top five league, and some West Brom supporters may be keen to keep an eye on how he does.