Coach Álvaro Pacheco was presented this Wednesday as Paulo Turra’s successor in the Vitória Guimarães team at a press conference organized by the Portuguese First League football club at the D. Afonso Henriques Stadium.
The 52-year-old coach has signed a contract until 2025 and will become Guimaraes’ third coach this season after Moreno, who confirmed his departure on August 13 after defeating Estrela da Amadora (1-0) in the first round of the first league, and is now at Desportivo de Chaves” and Paulo Turra, the terms of whose departure had not yet been officially announced by the Victorians.
The Felgueiras-born coach returns to action 10 days after leaving Estoril Praia, a club for which he recorded three wins, one draw and four defeats in official matches, finishing 17th in the championship with four points.
Before joining Canarinhos, the coach represented Visela for three and a half seasons, in which he promoted the Minho emblem to the second league in the 2019/20 season and to the main tier in the 2019/20 season. in the 2020/21 season, before becoming part of Vieselenses’ unprecedented tenure in the I League in the 2021/22 season and leaving the club in the first half of the 2022/23 season.
Álvaro Pacheco was also the head coach of his hometown team Lixa in the 2011/12 season and Fafe in the 2018/19 season, and in between was Miguel Leal’s assistant at Penafiel, Moreirense and Boavista ” between the 2012/13 and 2017/18 seasons.
Paulo Turra, the 49-year-old Brazilian coach, left the Minho team after a month and a half of work that began and ended with home victories over Visela on August 27 in the third round of the championship (2-0), and over Estoril Praia on Sunday in the seventh round (3-2 ), which also recorded a draw and three defeats, one of which was against Tondela (1-0), which required elimination from the League Cup.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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