Paulista club unveil former Flamengo boss for billion-pound project | OneFootball

Fábio Matias was at Flamengo in 2022

Portuguesa continues its planning with the SAF to return to the spotlight of national football. With this in mind, the São Paulo team announced the hiring of coach Fábio Matias, formerly of Flamengo, who will have the State Championship as the first challenge of the billion-dollar project.

Fábio Matias arrives at Portuguesa to replace Cauan de Almeida, who was dismissed a month ago after the team’s relegation in Série D of the Brazilian Championship. The new coach’s contract runs until the end of the Paulista Championship.

— Portuguesa is a club with a lot of history and tradition, with passionate fans, and I am very happy to have the opportunity to be here, participating in this reconstruction project — said the coach, when asked about Portuguesa’s history.

DID FÁBIO MATIAS WORK AT FLAMENGO?

Fábio Matias was interim coach of Flamengo before the arrival of Portuguese manager Paulo Sousa, in 2022. Thus, he led the team in two matches, against Portuguesa-RJ and Volta Redonda, achieving one win and one draw during that period.

AND AFTER FLAMENGO?

After leaving Flamengo in 2022, Red Bull Bragantino hired Fábio Matias for their under-23 team. In addition, Botafogo signed him as an assistant coach. Finally, he also worked at Coritiba, Juventude, and Atlético-GO.

AND FLAMENGO?

Flamengo, Fábio Matias’s former team, remains focused on its upcoming matches. That’s because the rubro-negro team faces Cruzeiro this Thursday (02), at 8:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã. Thus, Coluna do Fla brings you all the information.

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