Focus

Brazil's Flamengo hire Sampaoli as coach

15 Apr 2023 10:38pm
In this file photo taken on March 16, Sevilla's Argentinian head coach Jorge Sampaoli gestures during the UEFA Europa League last 16 second leg football match between Fenerbahce SK and Sevilla FC at the Fenerbahce Ulker stadium in Istanbul. - Flamengo, Brazil's most popular club, announced on April 14, the hiring of Argentine Jorge Sampaoli as the new head coach, replacing Portuguese Vيtor Pereira. - Pic: AFP
In this file photo taken on March 16, Sevilla's Argentinian head coach Jorge Sampaoli gestures during the UEFA Europa League last 16 second leg football match between Fenerbahce SK and Sevilla FC at the Fenerbahce Ulker stadium in Istanbul. - Flamengo, Brazil's most popular club, announced on April 14, the hiring of Argentine Jorge Sampaoli as the new head coach, replacing Portuguese Vيtor Pereira. - Pic: AFP
A
A
A

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's most popular club, Flamengo, announced Friday they have hired Jorge Sampaoli as coach, a quick rebound for the Argentine less than a month after he was fired by Sevilla.

The reigning Copa Libertadores champions signed the 63-year-old coach until December 31, 2024, they said on Twitter.

Sampaoli, who led struggling Sevilla for just five months, is Flamengo's third coach since winning the Libertadores -- the South American equivalent of the Champions League -- in October.

They struggled to deliver results under his Portuguese predecessor, Vitor Pereira, crashing out of the Brazilian Super Cup, the South American "Recopa" and the Club World Cup.

The last straw for Pereira came last week, after Flamengo lost the Rio de Janeiro state championship finals to arch-rivals Fluminense.

Sampaoli, who has previously coached Marseille (2021-22) and the Argentine national team (2017-18), will now try to turn around a club whose talented roster includes stars such as Brazilian internationals Everton Ribeiro and Pedro, Uruguay's Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Chile's Arturo Vidal.

Flamengo kick off their Brazilian league campaign Sunday against Coritiba. - AFP

Related Articles:
Football
SPORTS
BRAZIL
Flamengo
Jorge Sampaoli
More Like This
Stuart - Photo by Bernama
Stuart - Photo by Bernama
Sports Charity Shield match between JDT, Selangor to run as scheduled on Friday - MFL
JDT are eyeing to defend the Charity Shield or the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup for the seventh consecutive time
Moyes had a brief stint at West Ham after replacing Slaven Bilic in 2017 and although he left the following summer, he returned in 2019 after Manuel Pellegrini was sacked with the club just above the bottom three. - Photo by AFP
Moyes had a brief stint at West Ham after replacing Slaven Bilic in 2017 and although he left the following summer, he returned in 2019 after Manuel Pellegrini was sacked with the club just above the bottom three. - Photo by AFP
Sports West Ham confirm David Moyes to leave at the end of season
Despite questions over his more defensive style of play, Moyes helped West Ham qualify for Europe in the 2020-2021 season after finishing sixth.
Hamidin - File photo
Hamidin - File photo
Sports FAM to beef up security to ensure safety of national players - Hamidin
The measures taken is to ensure safety of players remain at the optimum level, especially after the recent attack by unknown assailants on two national players.
On Sunday, the local football arena was shocked by the incident involving a national player being injured after he was believed to have been attacked with acid at a shopping centre, and was reported to have suffered second-degree burns. - File photo
On Sunday, the local football arena was shocked by the incident involving a national player being injured after he was believed to have been attacked with acid at a shopping centre, and was reported to have suffered second-degree burns. - File photo
Sports Faisal Halim faces long recovery after fourth-degree burns from acid attack
Footballer undergoes multiple surgeries for acid attack injuries