Xabier Alonso Olano is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, he is also considered one of the best young managers in the world.
Alonso in 2018
Alonso playing against The New Saints in the Champions League in July 2005
Alonso taking a corner kick for Liverpool in March 2006
Alonso and Dirk Kuyt playing for Liverpool in April 2007
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The club competes in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and plays its home matches at the BayArena.
A freekick in the old stadium Stadtpark against SV Sodingen in 1955
Ulf Kirsten, three-time top scorer in the German Bundesliga
Leverkusen against rivals Köln in the Bundesliga in 2012
BayArena, the stadium of Bayer Leverkusen