Vitória unveil Sergio Papellin as new football director | OneFootball

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·5 January 2026

Vitória unveil Sergio Papellin as new football director

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Sergio Papellin is the new football director of Vitória. Fábio Mota, the club's president, announced the hiring of the director this Monday through a press conference in the Barradão press room. Papellin's contract will last for one year.

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“We are starting a new phase, completely different. We decided to change the style of what we want from now on. We are a team with few resources, which needs to prioritize regional athletes. He lived through the whole history of Fortaleza, which spent ten years in Serie A. The breakthrough came with Marcelo Paz and Papellin together,” commented president Fábio Mota.

“We need to make fewer mistakes with him. We need four or five athletes. A director does not hire. He has the conversation and brings the athlete. But everything starts with the monitoring of the Intelligence Sector,” he added.

Sergio Papellin has four tenures at Fortaleza, where he won 13 titles. Additionally, he participated in the runner-up finish of the Copa Sudamericana.

Next match

  1. Vitória vs. Alagoinhas (1st round of the Campeonato Baiano)
  2. Date and time: 01/10 (Saturday), at 4 PM (Brasília time)
  3. Location: Barradão, Salvador (BA)

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