Alert! Coach who helped launch Banjaqui and Anísio Cabral leaves Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica is preparing for a major departure from its youth setup. Pedro Faria, a coach who has devoted his entire career to the Club of Light, is very close to taking on a new challenge and leaving Seixal after nearly two decades linked to the Eagles. His departure had already been announced by the Eagles.

According to information from newspaper A BOLA, the 43-year-old coach is expected to take charge of Torreense’s under-23 team, succeeding Fábio Vieira in Liga Revelação. The process is at a very advanced stage, and the move should be made official soon.

Pedro Faria joined Benfica in 2007 and has never represented any other club throughout his career. Over the years, he built an outstanding résumé in Benfica’s academy, winning two national under-15 championships in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, as well as a national under-17 title in 2024/25. In the season that has just ended, he was in charge of the Eagles’ under-17 team.

More than the trophies, the coach leaves a deep mark on the development of several young talents who are currently on the verge of reaching the first team. Names such as Daniel Banjaqui, José Neto, Anísio Cabral and Jaden Umeh came through his hands and benefited from the work carried out by one of the most highly regarded figures in Benfica’s academy.

His departure marks the end of an important cycle at Benfica, but also an opportunity for Pedro Faria to test his abilities in a different environment. Meanwhile, at the Luz, the legacy remains of a coach who helped shape some of the Club’s greatest hopes for the coming years and who had a direct influence on the development of several players seen as the future of the first team.

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