Set for a second spell, Boca move fast for Arruabarrena after Úbeda exit | OneFootball

Juan Román Riquelme moved immediately after Claudio Úbeda’s departure and got in touch with Rodolfo Arruabarrena, who accepted the financial and sporting proposal to become, pending final details, the new head coach of Boca Juniors.

Riquelme’s call and the “Vasco’s” responseJust 48 hours after the end of “Sifón” Úbeda’s spell on the Xeneize bench was made official, the club president stepped up the search. The phone call took place while the coach was resting in the Buenos Aires town of General Las Heras. Román formally offered him the chance to take charge of the first team, and Arruabarrena gave his initial approval, making clear his strong desire to return to the club. The final contract details, the football project, and the definitive figures will be finalized in a meeting scheduled for this weekend.

Memories of his first spell at La Ribera

If the deal is completed, the former left-back will begin his second stint as Boca’s head coach, a club he already managed between 2014 and 2016. On that occasion, Arruabarrena took over in a difficult context following Carlos Bianchi’s dismissal. During that spell, he managed to get the team back on track and won two domestic titles in the 2015 season: the Primera División tournament and the Copa Argentina.

However, his first experience was also marked by Superclásico eliminations against River Plate in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores, the latter remembered for the pepper spray incident at La Bombonera.

His extensive international career

After ending his spell with the La Ribera club in 2016, “Vasco” built a lengthy career abroad, mainly in the Middle East. He managed Al-Wasl and Shabab Al-Ahli in the United Arab Emirates, Al-Rayyan in Qatar, Pyramids in Egypt, and Al-Taawoun in Saudi Arabia. He also gained international experience at national-team level by coaching the United Arab Emirates national team, with whom he took part in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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