I will start my career as a head coach when the season ends - Atletico Madrid's assistant coach

He shared his time in Spain and revealed some of his memorable times.

I will start my career as a head coach when the season ends - Atletico Madrid's assistant coach
El 'Mono' Borges and Diego Simeone

Atletico Madrid’s assistant coach, 'Mono' Burgos says he will leave the Spanish club at the end of the season to pursue a career as head coach.

"At the end of this season, I will start my career as a head coach," he said.

"With more than 10 years of experience of the first division, I think I'm more than ready to coach a team myself."

The assistant coach to Diego Simeone who has served for almost a decade was speaking in a video on Atletico's social media accounts and reflected that the most memorable event he will forever recall is Atletico winning the La Liga trophy and eliminating Liverpool from the Champions League round of 16 at fortress Anfield.

"The hug with El Cholo when we won LaLiga, that first hug, and the last one that we had at Anfield.

"We'll have the third when we win the Champions League [this season].

"There are objectives to complete - Champions League qualification and everyone wants to win the Champions League.

"It's a dream for everyone and I'm a chaser of dreams.

"Time, hunger, and passion won't be enough for me to win the Champions League.

 

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The Rojiblancos in the 2013–14 season won the La Liga trophy in their 83 rd season in the history of the club totaling the number of Liga trophies to 10. The further ended Liverpool Champions League defense with a 3-2 at Anfield advancing 4-2 on aggregate three months ago.

The club has established its name as one of the best in the world and could boast of grooming some of world best talents to grace football pitches.

Burgos disclosed that he is proud to be involved in the dream since his appointment with Simeone in 2011.

"It's impressive having put [Atletico] back among the elite of world football," he said.

"Something like the [Estadio Vicente] Calderon has passed, legends have passed and now we've got constant excitement with the Wanda [Metropolitano].

"[I'm proud of] seeing boys like Koke and Saul grow into men, like [Jose] Gimenez or Thomas [Partey]...

"Also having coached world champions - that stays in my heart. Not everyone has the chance to do that.

"They were [Fernando] Torres, [David] Villa, [Antoine] Griezmann, Lucas [Hernandez] and [Thomas] Lemar.

"We've coached five of the seven Atletico have had in their entire history."