Cátia Hora returns to FC Porto to take charge of the under-17s | OneFootball

After two years adding “more experience in the First Division and also in youth development,” Cátia Hora returned to FC Porto and took charge of the first training session of the under-17 team for 2026/27. With the team’s debut in the National Championship for the age group on the horizon, a competition she foresees as “a challenge expected to be quite difficult,” the coach stressed to the squad that “FC Porto is a club where nothing is impossible”: “Here we can always dream. That was the message we passed on. They have all the conditions to grow, to develop, and that is the most important thing for us.”

Returning to FC Porto “It is a source of pride to be back at FC Porto. I had already been with the under-19s, in the first year of the project, so I am very proud of this invitation and it will certainly be a very good year. I spent one year in the First Division and another also in youth development, so I bring more experience and more background to face this challenge.”

Back on the pitch “It’s good to be back on the pitch. The players are eager to get back on the ball and to return to competition. I hope it will be a smooth return at first and then, of course, training will become more intense so that we are ready for the start of the season.”

The work throughout pre-season “The first key point is to prepare the players. We are also a very young group, and we have to adapt to FC Porto’s ideals. That comes first; only after that comes the part more dedicated to physical preparation and also to training methodologies, because we are also a new coaching staff and there will be an adaptation period before we can then achieve our objectives.”

A club where it is possible to dream “We focused our message a lot on what FC Porto is, a club where nothing is impossible, so here we can always dream. That was the message we passed on to them, because being here we are always exposed to the best, and they have all the conditions to grow, to develop, and that is the most important thing for us: that they reach the end of the season and that their growth has been noticeable.”

Expectations for the first National Under-17 Championship “We are also a little unsure about what will happen in this competition. Obviously, these are opponents who have senior squads in the First Division, so it is a challenge expected to be quite difficult.”

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