Official: Montella, Turkey coach

The Football Federation of Turkey the appointment of the Italian was announced on Thursday Vincenzo Montella as the new coach of the said country, taking over from Stefan Kuntz, was dismissed on Wednesday. The said German coach has been in charge of Turkey since September 19, 2021. The defeat against Japanese in a friendly match (4-2) and 1-1 at home Armenia (1-1) in a qualifying match for the Euro Cup he lost his job. An emblem of Italian football took its place.

“Welcome Vincenzo Montella!”, the Turkish Federation wrote in a message that the organization published on the social network X (formerly Twitter). Montella he already knows Turkish football, since he trained from September 2021 until last summer in Adana Demirspor, which he took to 4th place in the country’s Super League last season, just two years after climbing to the elite.

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As a player, Montella militated to Empoli, Genoa, Sampdoria, Roma (between 1999 and 2009) and Fulham. With the Rome won Serie A 2000-01 and that country’s Supercoppa in 2001. He was international for Italy in 20 chances (3 goals scored).

During his coaching career, Montella, 49 years old, formerly directed Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Milan and Sevilla. His main goal now is to qualify the Turkish team for the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany.

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Turkey currently second in group D qualifying for Euro 2024. It has added 10 points in 5 games, behind Croatia (10 points, 4 games), which they will face on October 12, and earlier Armenia and Wales (7 points, 5 games).