Return confirmed: Juan Siemienczuk is Unión de Santa Fe's new manager | OneFootball

Juan Siemienczuk from Paraná officially began his third stint as head coach of Unión de Santa Fe. The coach, born in the capital of Entre Ríos, returned to the Santa Fe institution to take charge of the squad that will play the 2026/27 season of the Argentine Basketball League, following the departure of the Red-and-White team from the top tier of national basketball.

The return also marks a new chapter in a long history between the coach and the institution. It will be his ninth season linked to Unión, a club he returns to with the aim of starting to build a competitive team in a division he knows well and in a particular context for the institution.

The words of the coach from Paraná

Siemienczuk spoke about his return on Unión Play and said: “It’s a great joy to return to Unión. This is the third stint we are beginning at the club, and I’m very happy about this opportunity, as are all those close to me, especially my family. It means returning to a place where I really enjoy being,” he said.

The coach also referred to the club’s decision not to take part in the next edition of the National League and instead compete in the second division. In that regard, he acknowledged that it is an unusual situation and stressed the need to quickly refocus the objectives within this new reality. “It’s an atypical situation. Right now, we’re trying to refocus quickly, to look at the glass as half full in the sense that the club is still competing at a professional level, trying to get its finances organized. And in sporting terms, we’re going to try to compete,” he said.

And he added: “It’s clear that we’re behind schedule because we started preparations late, but we’re going to make every effort to put Unión in a competitive position, and hopefully by the final part of the season we’ll be competing and be there, looking to reach the final stages.”

As for the debut, the coach said it was positive that Unión can begin the season playing at home. “It’s good to start by playing at home. How will we get to the debut? Still under construction, because the reality is that we entered the market late and started preseason the same way,” he explained.

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