Flamengo seal deal for manager with a spell at Al Nassr | OneFootball

Flamengo will soon announce the new Under-20 head coach

Flamengo has chosen the name to take over the Under-20 team. The club has completed the signing of Marcelo Salazar, who was at Al Nassr (SAU). The coach arrives at Ninho do Urubu to fill the vacancy left by Bruno Pivetti and will be introduced this Wednesday (03) at Ninho do Urubu.

WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF THE NEW COACH?

Negotiations moved quickly after the club’s board identified Salazar as the ideal profile for the rest of the season. The 48-year-old coach left Al Nassr last week. At the Saudi club, he was in charge of the Under-21 team and had already told people close to him of his desire to return to Brazil to continue his career.

Salazar’s arrival is aimed at “stopping” the team’s unstable run. His predecessor, Bruno Pivetti, did not survive a run of three defeats in the Brazilian Championship, which dropped the Rubro-Negro out of the G-8. Since then, interim coach Daniel Franklin had been leading training at the club’s training center.

WHO IS MARCELO SALAZAR?

Born in Recife, Marcelo Salazar built his career in European futsal, even becoming a naturalized Portuguese citizen to represent Portugal at the 2004 World Cup. After retiring as a player, he sought qualifications from the CBF and began his coaching path as an assistant with the United Arab Emirates national team.

In addition to his national team experience, the professional worked alongside Péricles Chamusca at Al Faisaly (SAU) and had been at Al Nassr since 2021. Now, the coach takes on the task of putting the team back at the top of the Brazilian Championship table and restoring the positive performances expected of the category.

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