2019-03-01 World Soccer

GLOBAL FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE

EUROPE

Turkey terminated the contract of

Romanian coach MIRCEA LUCESCU.

Having led Feyenoord to their first

Eredivisie title in 18 years two seasons

ago, GIOVANNI VA N BRONCKHORST

will step down as coach in the summer.

SOUTH AMERICA

JUAN CARLOS OSORIO stood down

as coach of Paraguay.

CONCACAF

Colorado Rapids goalkeeper TIM

HOWARD, who won 121 caps for the

USA, will retire at the end of the season.

AFRICA

CHIHEB ELLILI resigned as coach of

Club Africain following the Tunisian side’s

8-0 loss to TP Mazembe of DR Congo in

the CAF Champions League.

ASIA

MARCELLO LIPPI quit his role in

charge of China following their exit at the

Asian Cup, while JUAN ANTONIO PIZZI

stepped down as coach of Saudi Arabia.

Oman’s PIM VERBEEK also quit after the

tournament and announced he would

now retire from coaching.

Newcastle United midfielder KI

SUNG-YUENG, who made 110

appearances for South Korea, announced

his retirement from international football.

Appointments, sackings and loans

SOUTH AMERICA

CARLOS QUEIROZ left Iran after the
Asian Cup and took charge of Colombia.

CONCACAF

Costa Rican Clausura champions
Deportivo Saprissa appointed a new
coach in WALTER CENTENO, who holds
the national record with 137 caps.

Jardim back at Monaco after Henry fails

Monaco reappointed LEONARDO

JARDIM as coach in place of

THIERRY HENRY, the man who

replaced him in October.

Former Monaco player Henry lasted

104 days in charge, winning only two

Ligue 1 games and failing to lift the

club out of the relegation zone.

Jardim, who guided Monaco to the

2017 French title, received a €8m

pay-off when he left after the club’s

poor start to the season.

Argentina’s MARTIN PALERMO was

named coach of Mexico’s Pachuca.

AFRICA

Confederation Cup holders Raja

of Morocco appointed Frenchman

PATRICE CARTERON as coach.

IMAMA AMAPAKABO was named

coach of Nigeria’s under-23 side while

Salisu Yusuf serves a one-year ban.

ANDREW CASA MBUNGO became

Kenyan Premier League side AFC

Leopards’ third coach in three months.

ASIA

Reigning Qatar Stars League

champions Al Duhail appointed Jose

Mourinho’s former long-term assistant

RUI FARIA as coach.

Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli appointed

Uruguayan JORGE FOSSATI as coach

following the departure of Paulo Guede.

“I know a lot of their

players. Above all, the

one at Tottenham”

Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda mistakes 2019 Copa

America group opponents Japan for South Korea

Gone...Lippi

Planning ahead...

Van Bronckhorst

Second chance...Leonardo Jardim has another opportunity to keep Monaco in Ligue 1

Change...Carlos Queiroz has gone to Colombia