Coach Joao Aroso, a tactician who has been active in Portugal until recently, has joined as a foreign coach to assist national football team coach Hong Myung-bo.
“Expecting to support the national team with flexible and active tactics” after working with former coach Paulo Bento for 8 years
The Korea Football Association announced on the 21st that Coach Aroso has joined as a senior coach and tactical coach.
Coach Aroso took his first steps as a coach in 2003 at Sporting Coach, a prestigious Portuguese professional football Primeira Liga club.
This is the time when he worked with coach Fernando Santos, who led Portugal to victory in the '2016 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2016)'.
After briefly working for AEK Athens (Greece) in 2005, he returned to Sporting and assisted former Korean national football team coach Paulo Bento.
Coach Aroso and coach Bento led Sporting until 2009, and then worked together for eight years from 2010 to 2014, taking charge of the Portuguese national team.
At that time, he contributed to advancing to the semifinals of Euro 2012 and experienced the international stage by playing in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. After that, he continued his career by serving as the coach of the Portugal U-15 national team, coach of Braga B, coach of Morocco U-20, assistant coach of Victoria Guimaraes, and technical director of Famalicao. Coach Aroso will be the tactical coach in Korea, where Coach Bento previously led. You can sense the expectations that Coach Hong has for Coach Aroso when he assigns him the role of head coach. Coach Aroso has the advantage of being well-versed in modern football and tactics, having recently played in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Coach Hong also said, “Coach Aroso is a proven coach who has been in the field for a long time and has been able to read global football trends well,” and “We expect him to support the operation of the national team with flexible and active tactics that reflect trends.” As Coach Hong emphasized the use and collaboration of foreign coaches, Coach Aroso is expected to play a central role in the national team’s tactics. Coach Aroso is scheduled to enter the country this week with power analysis coach Thiago Maia. An official from the Korea Football Association explained in a phone call with Newsis on the 21st, “Coach Aroso and Coach Maia will both be staying in Korea,” and “Coach Aroso will travel abroad flexibly and will remain in Korea during the A-match period.” Attention is focused on how much Coach Aroso will be able to improve Hong Myung-bo's tactical ability.
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