Official: Abel Ferreira, new Palmeiras coach

Palmeiras have announced the signing of Abel Ferreira for their bench. The Portuguese coach has been committed to Verdão until 2022. Ferreira, 41, arrives in Brazil after successfully passing through the benches of Braga Y PAOK.

The São Paulo team was looking for a coach after firing Vanderlei Luxemburg on October 14. As you have learned ACE, the Brazilian team was interested in Juande Ramos valuing his experience on benches like that of Sevilla, Real Madrid, Tottenham or Dnipro and his record: two UEFA Cups, a King's Cup, a European Super Cup and a Spanish Cup with the Seville and a League Cup with him Tottenham. Before Juande the name of Miguel Angel Ramirez, but the Spanish coach rejected the club and the Brazilians tried the arrival of Quique Setién. When the signing of the Cantabrian did not materialize, they thought of Juande and have ended up opting for Abel ferreira.

The Portuguese played in the Penafiel, Vitoria de Guimaraes, Braga and Sporting de Portugal before moving from the grass to the bench. His beginning as a coach was in the Braga U19 and then go to Braga B and reach the first team in 2017. With Ferreira, Braga finished fourth achieving the points record, 75, goals, 74 and of victories, 24. Besides being the coach with the highest percentage of victories in his history, 64%. After repeating the fourth place achieved with Braga, he signed for the PAOK where he won the league.

Ferreira arrives at Palmeiras with Carlos Martinho and Vitor Castanheira as assistants, Tiago Costa in the analysis of performance and João Martins as a physical trainer.