Rui Borges wins league award, thanks Sporting director for their courage

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·10 September 2025

Rui Borges wins league award, thanks Sporting director for their courage

Rui Borges, coach of Sporting, was awarded at the Liga Portugal Awards gala, which honors the best participants of 2024/25.

Sep 10, 2025 | 20:04 |

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Rui Borges, coach of Sporting, received the Best Coach of Liga Portugal Betclic 2024/25 award this Wednesday, September 10, at the Liga Portugal Awards gala, which honors the best participants of the past season. The coach expressed his happiness for the award and thanked Frederico Varandas - who has already decided whether or not to run for the next elections.

Rui Borges: "Special thanks to the President who had the courage to bet on Rui from Mirandela"

"It was a different, unique journey, and I keep saying that everyone should go through the path to Marquês at least once in their life. It was a difficult path, with everyone's help. This award ends up not being for Rui Borges, it's for the coaching staff, players, the structure that works daily at the academy. It's a huge, focused, humble family. Special thanks to the President who had the courage to bet on Rui from Mirandela," he began by saying.

The coach also talked about the moment he felt he was going to be the national champion with the Alvalade Club: "The moment was the first day I entered the Academy. The belief was strong. I had the belief that I was there to achieve something and it couldn't have been better than it was," he said.

Rui Borges: "This Club is different, it has a very strong, very family-like structure"

Asked about the three-peat, Rui Borges remains confident that the lions will win the League again: "The belief remains. This Club is different, it has a very strong, very family-like structure. I cannot forget the fans' ability to believe, as much or more than we do."

Regarding the strength of direct rivals, the coach acknowledges that the rivals have strengthened significantly: "It's normal for the League to be more competitive, the opponents are more competitive, better reinforced to beat a two-time champion team. It's normal and it's good for our football," he concluded.

Rui Borges thanks Varandas:

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.