VIVA – The management of Semen Padang FC (SPFC) has officially appointed Eduardo Almeida as the new head coach. In fact, the Portuguese coach is currently in Yogyakarta to immediately join the Kabau Sira squad, which is currently preparing to play Week 6 of the 2024 BRI Liga 1.
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“Eduardo Almeida left for Yogyakarta on Friday afternoon after a long journey from his home country,” SPFC CEO Win Bernadino said on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
Win said that after discussions with management and the correct request of consultants and coaches, it was agreed and decided to use the services of foreign coaches.
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“There were many names that came to us for selection. That is why we named Eduardo Almeida as coach of the SPFC team,” he said.
Vin said Eduardo’s appointment was not without reason. Aside from the management’s decision to hire the services of a foreign coach familiar with Ligue 1, Eduardo is not a new name to the Rana Minang community, having managed the SPFC team for half of the 2019 season and early 2020 season.
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Eduardo himself had to part ways with SPFC, because at that time the Liga 2 regulations did not allow foreign coaches to become head coaches. After that, Eduardo managed two Indonesian Liga 1 teams, namely Arema FC and Rance Nusantara.
“Actually, we chose the EA head coach for a number of reasons. First, Eduardo has new experience in Liga 1, so it won’t take him long to adapt to Liga 1; second, he is still in Indonesian Liga 1. Third, he already knows the character of SPFC, and Eduardo has recently already known the city of Padang, and the EA coach has an emotional connection with SPFC,” said Win.
According to Vin Bernadino, Eduardo’s presence is expected to change Rosad Setiawan cs. Moreover, in the last five matches SPFC only managed one victory and the rest ended in defeat.
“We certainly hope that Eduardo can bring improvements and changes to the team. We hope that we can achieve positive results with EA development in the future. Please support all SPFC fans.” closed
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September 21, 2024
