The Argentine Luis “Lucho” González will be Ceará’s coach in the next few hoursfrom the first division of Brazilian soccer, replacing Marquinhos Santoswho left his position due to the team’s poor results, the Brazilian press said on Tuesday.
The 41-year-old Gonzalez retired in 2021 at Athlético Paranaense and has a B license from the Brazilian Confederation as a coach, having also finished the AFA PRO license course.
Coach Marquinhos Santos left Ceará after the 1-0 loss to Fortaleza at the Arena Castelão, on August 14, and Dorival Júnior took charge of the team on an interim basis, but did not achieve good results. in the Brasileirao (he is 15th, 23 points behind Palmeiras) and was eliminated in the Copa do Brasil by Fortaleza and in the South American Cup by San Pablo on penalties, reported the newspaper Globo Esporte.
“Fight” Gonzalez He also played for Huracán, River Plate, Al-Rayyan from Qatar, Porto from Portugal and Olympique de Marseille from France. in total he won 31 titles only surpassed by Messi with 41, the most winning Argentine footballerand Angel Di Maria with 32.