Fernando Santos became Poland’s third foreign-born coach, and arrives with experience of leading high-profile players such as Cristiano Ronaldo
Fernando Santos is going from coaching Cristiano Ronaldo to leading another soccer great, Robert Lewandowski.
Now Santos will be coaching a team captained by Lewandowski, the Barcelona striker who, at 34, is approaching the end of his career and might only have the European Championship in 2024 and possibly the 2026 World Cup left to play at international level. Santos, renowned for being a pragmatic, defensive-minded coach, has good pedigree at international level. In eight years with Portugal, he led the team to the Euro 2016 title – the country’s first international trophy – and the inaugural Nations League title in 2019. He also coached Greece at Euro 2012, where it reached the quarterfinals, and the 2014 World Cup.
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