After his great internship at Botafogo, Cláudio Caçapa will have his first permanent job as head coach. The Brazilian was hired by Belgium’s Racing White Daring Molenbeek, who also has a connection to John Textor, owner of the Rio de Janeiro team.
Eagle Football Holdings LLC, the company of the US executive, has owned 80% of the shares of the Belgian institution since the beginning of 2022. Caçapa made a great impression in his brief stint in Rio de Janeiro, so now Textor will give him a new opportunity on another of your computers.
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The excellent internship of Caçapa in Botafogo
Due to the abrupt departure of Luís Castro, who accepted an offer from Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, Textor had to appeal to an emergency measure to replace the Portuguese. Caçapa, who worked as an assistant at Olympique Lyonnais for the past eight seasons, took over the “Lone Star” immediately until the club appointed a permanent successor.
Not only did they keep Botafogo at the top of the Brasileirão, they also increased the team’s lead in the standings. The Brazilian won the four games he coached, with eight goals for and zero against. One of those victories was a 2-0 defeat of the Patronato to lead the qualification to the round of 16 of the South American Cup.
The panorama of RWD Molenbeek
Caçapa will have a nice challenge ahead of them, as RWD Molenbeek comes from being champions in the Belgian second division and prepares for their return to the top flight after 21 years. Anderson Luiz dos Santos Valiñas and Igor De Camargo will be the assistants of the 41-year-old former defender in his first experience as confirmed technical director of a team.
