Álvaro Recoba takes charge as new Deportivo Táchira boss in Venezuela | OneFootball

The Uruguayan coach Álvaro ‘Chino’ Recoba will take on his first international challenge as the manager of Deportivo Táchira, the most successful team in Venezuelan football over the last five years, the club announced this Wednesday.

Recoba, 49, will replace Édgar Pérez Greco, who was dismissed on Tuesday after leading the team to the Venezuelan Championship title in 2024.

“A Uruguayan legend for the greatest in Venezuela,” declared Táchira in a social media post.

“We are confident that you will write a glorious chapter in the history of the Aurinegro, continuing the historical legacy of the founders, players, and Uruguayan coaches who have honored our club,” the club added.

The renowned former Uruguayan midfielder retired as a player in March 2016, after a long career that included stints with the Uruguayan national team and Italian clubs such as Inter Milan, Torino, and Venezia, among others.

The coach expressed his happiness at being hired and confirmed that he will start working with the team in the first week of December.

He asked people “not to cling to the image of the good player he might have been,” as his intention is for his work “to convince people that I am also a good coach,” he said in an interview with a local radio station.

He debuted as a coach at Nacional of Montevideo, a team he also played for, in October 2023. He led the club until mid-2024, without winning any major titles.

Recoba will take over a team that finished the year without any titles, despite having won three of the last four national championships.

Although there are no chances of winning the 2025 title, Táchira can still qualify for the Copa Libertadores or the Sudamericana in 2026.

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