The Cruzeiro from Belo Horizonte, who in 2022 seeks to leave the second division of the Brazilian League, officially announced this Monday the Uruguayan as his new coach for the season Paulo pezzolano, who will take over from the experienced Vanderlei Luxemburg.
The ‘Raposa’ (fox) published on her official Twitter profile that “the disputed Uruguayan professional arrives at the club alongside the technical assistant Martín Varini, the physical trainer Gonzalo Álvarez and the performance analyst Matías Filippini.”
“Closed with Cruzeiro,” added the club with a photo of the 38-year-old coach who was in charge of Pachuca de México and is a personal friend of Paulo André, the sports manager who took over with the arrival at the club of former soccer player Ronaldo Nazario, now Investor on the team that launched him into professionalism in 1992.
The new coach disembarked this Monday afternoon in Belo Horizonte and his presentation to the media is scheduled in the next few days. The announcement comes a day after the party for the 101 years of the club, which Ronaldo Nazario could not attend for testing positive for covid-19.
In his country, Pezzolano managed Montevideo Torque and Liverpool and as a player came to defend Athletico Paranense de Curitiba in 2006, a Brazilian club where he shared with former defender Paulo André, now Cruzeiro manager.
