Roberto Martínez will substitute Fernando Santos as nationwide coach and has a contract that runs till 2026.
Without revealing the identify of the coach, the FPF knowledgeable the press that the brand new nationwide coach shall be offered this Monday at 12.00h by the president of the entity, Fernando Gomes, in a ceremony that shall be held at the Cidade do Futebol.
According to Spanish radio on Sunday Cadena Ser, the phrases of the settlement have been closed, and the coach even refused an invite from Everton, from the Premier League, in latest days, as a result of he had already been within the Portuguese federation. The contract shall be legitimate till 2026, that’s, it consists of the 2024 European Championship in Germany and the World Cup that may happen two years later, a joint group between Canada, Mexico and the United States.
The 49-year-old Spanish coach was the coach of Belgium between August 2016 and December 2022, leaving the place after the defeat of the Belgian nationwide workforce within the Qatar World Cup, the place he didn’t move the group stage. Martínez, nonetheless, has finished a wonderful job for Belgium, main the nation to no 1 within the FIFA rankings and third place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The coach was not the primary alternative of the FPF. The physique led by Fernando Gomes tried to rent José Mourinho for the place, shortly after the official departure of Fernando Santos, however the Portuguese coach’s reference to AS Roma didn’t enable an settlement. The FPF then turned to a overseas coach. And among the many numerous prospects, the wager fell on Roberto Martínez. According to the version of the newspaper L’Équipe this Sunday, Zinedine Zidane, the French coach at the time of Real Madrid, was additionally approached, however refused.
The information of the FPF’s curiosity in Martínez was revealed on Friday by the British newspaper The Telegraph, which reported contacts between the events within the sense that the previous Belgian coach might be the successor of Fernando Santos.
Born in Balaguer, Spain, Roberto Martínez made a profession as a footballer in England and Scotland, representing golf equipment equivalent to Wigan, Motterwell, Walsall, Swansea and Chester City. In 2007, when he fastened his boots, he began teaching Swansea after which Wigan, signing a contract with Everton in 2013, the place he confirmed work and stayed for 3 seasons, earlier than signing within the Belgian federation. But it was in Wigan, in May 2013, that he achieved a historic success: he received the FA Cup, defeating Manchester City within the remaining.
The first mission of Roberto Martínez is to qualify Portugal for the European Championship in 2024. To get there, the choice should first undergo the qualifying part – it’s blended in Group J, with the picks of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg , Slovakia and Liechtenstein. Portugal make their qualification debut on March 23, with a recreation in Alvalade in opposition to Liechtenstein.
Another of his missions is to handle the state of affairs of Cristiano Ronaldo, after the fees made by the Portuguese captain within the World Cup in Qatar, obtained from his standing as an alternative.
As coach of Belgium, Martínez has confronted Portugal twice – he received 1-0 within the spherical of 16 at Euro2020 and was beforehand goalless in a pleasant held in June 2018.
information up to date at 9:05 am on 01/09/2023
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