Crespo leaves São Paulo again, joins Ceni and Muricy on podium | OneFootball

Hernán Crespo left São Paulo in third place among the coaches who have led the team the most in the 21st century: he coached 99 matches, putting him behind only the club’s historic idols Muricy Ramalho (360) and Rogério Ceni (143).

On the other hand, in this second stint he also had the worst points percentage (50.7%) of any São Paulo coach since Cuca’s last tenure, in 2019, with 47.4% of the points. Adding up his two periods at Morumbi, Crespo accumulated 54.2% of the points, which drops him to 13th position among the 24 coaches Tricolor has had this century.

In terms of days, this second spell by the Argentine at Morumbi was longer (264 vs 243), but had fewer matches (46 vs 53). This discrepancy is due to the fact that the period ending on Monday (9th) included off-season breaks, a pause for the new FIFA Club World Cup, and three FIFA dates.

In 2021, he faced only one interruption due to the worsening of the covid-19 pandemic and a single FIFA date, in addition to a tight schedule during the resumption of football after the aforementioned interruption, when the team played matches with just two days between them.

Crespo was also the fifth coach to be dismissed after a change of president in the 21st century and the fourth fastest: the 52 days until Harry Massis Júnior dismissed him was ahead of Nelsinho Baptista (22 days, by Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa, in 2002), Doriva (27 days, by Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva, known as Leco, in 2015), and Fernando Diniz (31 days, by Júlio Casares, in 2021).

Only Muricy Ramalho lasted longer under a new president, but by an absurd margin: Juvenal Juvêncio only let him go in 2009, more than three years after taking office.

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