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The 52-year-old Portuguese coach has left Vitoria de Guimarães for Brazil. At the beginning of the season, he was coaching Estoril Praia, and began coaching at Vitoria in October 2023.
Leandro Amorim
The Brazilian club Vasco da Gama officially announced the signing of 52-year-old Portuguese coach Alvaro Pacheco, who will remain at the club until the end of the season, with the possibility of renewing for another season.
With the coach, four other professionals arrive at the “Gigante da Colina”: assistants Pedro Valdemar and José Teixeira, physical coach Leandro Mendes, and physiologist/high performance Ricardo Ferreira.
according to Vasco da GamaThe coach and technical staff arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday evening and their first day of work was Monday, the day they got acquainted with the club’s facilities and the team.
On Sunday, as he prepared to leave for Brazil, at Sa Carneiro Airport in Porto, Alvaro Pacheco once again looked frustrated with the way he left Vitoria de Guimarães. The coach said he was sad because he “was not the coach of the future and project of Vitoria.”
“Even in April, I accepted Vitoria’s offer to terminate the contract for next season and after that date, everyone will go their own way. However, three days before the Arouca match, I knew that this would not happen. If you ask me why I can’t do it, you have to “You ask the president, I know it, I can prove it and I will prove that I want to play the game.”
The president of the Vitoria club responded to the Portuguese coach and challenged him to file a complaint with the court.
After starting the season in Estoril Praia, Álvaro Pacheco made his debut for Minho by defeating neighbors Famalicao (3-1), on 8 October 2023, to count the eighth round of the championship, leaving them in fifth place. With a score of 60 points. He was Vitoria’s fourth coach this season, after Moreno, Joao Aroso and Paulo Torra.
