Official! Leandro Grimi is back at Sporting | OneFootball

It’s official! 15 years later, Leandro Grimi is back at Sporting. The former Argentine full-back will take charge of the Lions’ under-23 team from next season onwards. The South American succeeds João Santos Cardoso in one of several changes planned for the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

Sporting also announced that the now 41-year-old Argentine coach will be joined by Eduardo Maio, Miguel Carvalho - two other new faces - and Tiago Moreira, Jaime Pombo, Pedro Garrido and Ricardo Dinis, who were already at the Club.

Speaking to the Lions’ official website, Leandro Grimi stressed that it is "a privilege and a huge joy" to wear the green-and-white badge again. "It is a privilege and a huge joy to be back here. I return at a new stage of my career, very eager to learn and grow", he said.

The coach wants to help develop talent. "Sporting is a world-renowned academy, it has a great history and produced two Ballon d'Or winners. I myself played in the first team with some players developed at the Club, and now what I want is to help Sporting continue producing players capable of reaching the top", he stated.

Grimi thus returns to a club he knows well and represented as a player between 2007 and 2011.

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