Long ago, Thomas Christiansen swapped his boots for his suit for a new adventure near the ball. The Spanish-Danish is finding stability in his career as a coach where, in addition, the results accompany you. His great work from the band is allowing Panama to dream of the Qatar World Cup in 2022.
Thomas Christiansen is remembered in Spain for his time in teams such as Barcelona, Sporting de Gijón, Osasuna, Racing de Santander, Real Oviedo, Villarreal and Terrassa. A long career that ended in Germany when he spent his last years in Bochum and Hannover 96 getting to be the only Spaniard to be the top scorer in the Bundesliga. From that moment, his coaching cycle was born where he managed AEK Larnaca, Apoel de Nicosia, Leeds and Union Saint-Gilloise until he became the coach of Panama in August 2020.
Since he landed in the Panama National Team, Christiansen has achieved very good numbers and important victories against higher level teams such as the 1-0 win against the United States at home or the draw against Mexico. It was even seen that he is capable of transmitting good feelings to his players in adverse situations such as the one that was witnessed a few weeks ago with the comeback against Honduras after going 0-2 against. The Spanish-Danish coach has set a clear goal for himself: qualification for the World Cup. If he succeeds, it would be the second time that ‘La Marea Roja’ would play this tournament, since the first time was in Russia in 2018.
In the first qualifying round, Christiansen qualified Panama for the Octagonal with full victories. At this time, is in fourth position in playoff position in the Concacaf zone, and with many options to qualify for Qatar. It has 14 points, as does Mexico (3rd) and only one point from the United States (2nd with 15 points) and two points from Canada (1st with 16 points). The fans are delighted with the work of the Spanish-Danish because they are seeing how their country can achieve something historic.
In lThe Panamanian Federation, too, are positively evaluating the work of Thomas Christiansen since they are considering its renewal until 2026. Without a doubt, the coach has earned the trust of all with his excellent work and now he only has to think about the January games against Costa Rica and Jamaica. These could define the path of Panama in these Concacaf qualifiers.
