Miguel Ángel Portugal, former Real Madrid player, was announced as the new coach of the Guabira de Montero (Bolivia). The ‘sugar’ team announced on their social networks the hiring of the Burgos coach (67 years old), who will include the former Bolivian footballer in his team Ruben Tufino as his field assistant, in addition to Spanish david squirt as a physical trainer and of the Argentine Gustavo Notta as a goalkeeping coach.
Miguel Ángel Portugal was a merengue player from the 1979-80 season to 1982-83. he won a League (1979-80) and two King’s Cups (1979-80 and 1981-82) and was European runner-up in 1981, as well as international Under-23 and Olympic for Spain.
As a coach he started in the Saint Stephen and in the Arandinain the Third Division, becoming an assistant to Vicente del Bosque at the white club, where he trained the subsidiary. He also led the CD Toledo and to Cordoba CF.
Was the Santander Racing the one who gave him the opportunity to train in the First division Spanish, in the 2006-07 season. He also worked in the technical secretary of Real Madrid and was in charge of teams like the Atlético Paraenense brazilian, the Real Valladolidhe CS Constantine Algerian, the delhi dynamos indian and the Grenade.
He guabira It will be the fourth Bolivian team that Portugal will lead, after having led the Bolivar of La Paz between 2012 and 2013, at wilsterman of Cochabamba in 2019 and at Royal Pari twice, in 2020 and in the 2021-2022 season.
The man from Burgos will occupy the ‘sugar’ bench to replace the former Bolivian coach Mauricio Soria, who resigned earlier this week after not having achieved good results in charge of the squad. Guabirá currently occupies 15th place among the 17 clubs that contest the tournament of the Bolivian Professional Division with 7 points in as many games played.
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