Ex-Santos boss Pedro Caixinha agrees deal with Mexican side | OneFootball

Months after his brief stint with Santos in Brazil, the Portuguese Pedro Caixinha was announced this Thursday as the new technical director of Bravos de Juárez. He will take on the role starting from the next Clausura 2026 Tournament, with a contract valid for two years.

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In the Mexican first division, Caixinha has already managed Santos Laguna — between 2013 and 2015 and again in 2022 — and Cruz Azul, between 2018 and 2019.

“Pedro became the first coach to win all the titles of modern Mexican football competitions,” highlighted the Bravos de Juárez.

The Portuguese coach's resume includes five trophies in Mexican football. With Santos Laguna, he won a League (Clausura 2015), a Cup (Apertura 2014), and the Campeón de Campeones (2014-2015) trophy. With Cruz Azul, he won a Cup (Apertura 2018) and a Supercup (2018-2019).

Caixinha arrives to fill the vacancy left after the Uruguayan Martín Varini completed his one-year contract. With Varini, Juárez reached the quarterfinals for the first time in its history, in the current Apertura 2025.

Founded in 2015 and in the first division since 2019, the club highlighted that “one of the characteristics of our new coach is to regularly compete in decisive phases and important games. Caixinha has already participated in six liguillas of Mexican football.”

“Here we are for whatever is needed,” said Caixinha upon being welcomed by the new club, based in Ciudad Juárez, on the border of Mexico with the United States.

Among the clubs already managed by Caixinha are União Leiria from Portugal; Rangers from Scotland; Al-Gharafa from Qatar; Al-Shabab from Saudi Arabia; Talleres from Argentina; and Santos from Brazil, his last job.

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