The Italian-German Domenico Tedesco, former coach of Schalke, Spartak Moscow or Leipzig, among others, will be the new coach of Belgium until 2026 after reaching an agreement with the Football Federation of this country, according to local reports that press today.
Tedesco will replace Roberto Martínez from Lleida, who ended his career with the ‘Red Devils’ after their premature exit at the World Cup group stage in Qatar.
Tedesco, 37 years old and without a club since he left Leipzig in September, will take the reins of the Belgium team after high expectations for his third place at the World Cup in Russia in 2018 ended with a cautious participation at Qatar 2022 , where they scored just one goal against Canada.
Schalke, Spartak Moscow, Leipzig
With little experience as a footballer, Tedesco started his coaching career in 2008 in the lower category of German teams and in 2017 signed a two-year contract to manage Schalke 04.
He subsequently coached Spartak Moscow for two years and at the end of 2021 he signed for RB Leipzig, where he left in September 2022 after a disappointing start to the season despite managing to lead the team in last year’s Europa League semifinals.
Vercauteren, technical director
An industrial engineer specializing in change management, Tedesco will join former Belgian player Frank Vercauteren as the team’s technical director, a position hitherto held by Roberto Martínez along with the coach.
In principle, the new coach will be able to rely on stars such as Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku or Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but not including the until now captain, Merengue attacker Eden Hazard, 32 years old. year old, who after the elimination in Qatar announced that he was leaving the national team.
Source: La Verdad
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