On the night of last Wednesday (1st), Cuiabá announced the hiring of Portuguese coach Petit, who arrives after a poor start in the Serie A of the Brazilian Championship.
With this, the Brasileirão returns to have 9 foreign coaches. The number had decreased last Saturday (27th), after the dismissal of Ramón Díaz at Vasco.
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Who are the foreign coaches?
The Serie A of the Brazilian Championship has four coaches born in Argentina and five from Portugal.
The Argentines are: Luis Zubeldía (São Paulo), Gabriel Milito (Atlético-MG), Eduardo Coudet (Internacional) and Juan Pablo Vojvoda (Fortaleza).
The Portuguese are: Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras), António Oliveira (Corinthians), Artur Jorge (Botafogo), Pedro Caixinha (Red Bull Bragantino) and Petit (Cuiabá).
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
Binge the first four episodes available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel. Stay tuned for upcoming releases as we keep telling this legend’s life story.
