Former player Ricardo Carvalho, 44, is Roberto Martinez’s new assistant in the national team.
Ricardo Carvalho was the European Champion for Portugal in 2016. He made his debut in the national team led by Luiz Felipe Scolari on 11 October 2003, ending his international career with 89 appearances and 5 goals for Portugal. His last match was from corner kicks to the chest on June 22, 2016, in Hungary and Portugal (3-3), the third match in Group F of the European Championships in France.
At the beginning of 2011/12, he starred in a controversial episode, before a match against Cyprus left the training camp of the national team, protesting that Paulo Bento, then coach of the national team, did not put him on the starting line. -up in a pre-match training session to Nicosia, “on its own initiative and without reporting this absence to the Portuguese Football Federation Board or to the national team”, as disclosed, then, by the FPF. But this episode did not carry any weight when choosing federation officials, not least because of the return of Ricardo Carvalho to the national team in October 2014 with Fernando Santos.
Having ended his career with China’s Shanghai SIPG in 2017, the former defender has spoken out about it, claiming it was just something between him and Paulo Bento and presumably precipitating an impromptu exit to training camp in Obidos.
The former FC Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Monaco player was assistant to Andre Villas-Boas at Marseille in 2019/20 and 2020/21.
Remember, former goalkeeper Ricardo is also part of the new selector’s “staff”, but as a goalkeeper coach.
Here is the full technical squad published by the Portuguese Football Federation on the official website:
– Ricardo CarvalhoThe 44-year-old former Portugal international, European champion in 2016, was assistant to Andre Villas-Boas at Olympique de Marseille. He will also be an assistant coach in the national team.
– Jesus spa, 48 years old, Spanish player who played in the national football (Chaves and Belenenses), accompanied Roberto Martinez in the technical teams of Legan, Everton and the Belgian national team. He will lead the monitoring department.
– Richard EvansThe, 54, has a degree in Sports Science and Physiotherapy, and had senior roles in these areas at Swansea and Wigan before leading Everton’s performance department. The Welshman was part of Martinez’s staff in Belgium. He is now back as an assistant to the new national coach and leads the ‘Performance’ area of the national team.
– Anthony BarryThe 36-year-old is an Englishman and assistant coach at Chelsea, racking up identical careers in the Republic of Ireland national teams and then in Belgium, where he’s already worked with Martinez. He will have a similar situation in the Portuguese national team.
– Ricardo Pereira, 47, former Portuguese goalkeeper, featured in Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006. He is already with FPF as national youth coach. He will take on the role of goalkeeper coach.
– Inaki Bergara, 61 years old, Producer At. Bilbao championed goals for the main Basque clubs in the 1960s and 1970s and has accompanied Martínez since his time at Swansea, successively working at Wigan, Everton, Belgium and now Portugal in specific goalkeeper training.
– Bruno Pereira44, FPF’s Monitoring, Analysis and Exploration Division Coordinator, has been with the National A Team since August 2009. Now with Martínez, he works in the Analysis and Innovation Division.
– Stijn CampoHe is 31 years old, Belgian, with a degree in physical education and sports science, he was a video analyst in Leuven, and for four years in the Belgian Confederation, where he worked with Martínez. At FPF, join the Analysis and Innovation department.
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