It is a case of saying exchange from Portuguese to … Portuguese. Al-Jabalin, who recently sacked Carlos Pinto from the leadership of the team, officially announced, Thursday, the arrival of Paulo Gomez, aged 47, as a new coach, who already has extensive experience in Saudi football, after he supervised Najran SC and Al Club. Al Khaleej as Head Coach and Training Coordinator for the unit.
“I am very happy to reach Al Jabaleen. It is a very strong club with a very qualified team. I hope to be able to help the group in pursuit of the goals of the season. I arrive at Al Jabaleen with great motivation and a hunger for victories. I know the league very well,” said the coach, born in Villa Nova de Gaia. It has strong teams and I know we will face great opponents.”
The two mountains are currently ranked tenth in the standings with 14 points. In the last five matches, Al-Jabaline lost in three matches, won one and drew in another. Paulo Gomez commented on the team’s current moment and what to expect when he arrives.
“The club is going through a moment of instability at the table. In recent matches, the team has not achieved good results, although it played well. I believe in the squad and it has quality players and we will work to raise the level of performance and achieve good results for the season sequence.”
With the first 10 years of his career in Luxembourg, Paulo Gomez headed to Saudi Arabia in 2019/20, where he began mentoring the junior unit, and has since remained in the Middle Eastern country.
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