By Jorge Hernandez
Dec 23, 2024, 3:55 PM EST
Pedro Caixinha, remembered in the Liga MX for his successful passage with Santos Laguna and Blue Cross, was presented this Monday as the new technical director of Santos of Brazil in Albinegro’s return to the first division.
Santos, which won the promotion league title in 2024, made the announcement through a statement and announced that it is now based on its position.
“The technician is already active in the execution and planning of football for 2025 and in the definition of the cast“Santos announced on their social networks, a team that made figures like Pelé and Neymar, among many others, famous.
Caixinha, 54, has coached several Portuguese teams since 1999 and in 2013 he moved to Mexican soccer, where he was in charge of Santos Laguna until 2015. Later he also coached Cruz Azul, after passing through soccer in Qatar and Scotland.
He arrived in Brazil in December 2022 to coach Bragantino, who dismissed him last October at a time when the team was at risk of falling to the second division, a category in which Santos was proclaimed champion this year, thus guaranteeing its return to the honor division of the Brazilian league.
In Mexico, Caixinha had a very successful stepsince in a campaign won the treble with Santos Lagunaby leading the team to league championship, the cup and the Super Cup.
After this, the Portuguese strategist went to football in Qatar, where he spent two years, then moved to Europe, where he managed the Scottish Rangers, before returning to Mexico and taking the reins of Cruz Azul
With the Celeste Machine he won two other titles in a single season, the MX Cup and the MX Super Cupalthough they were denied the League title.
In 2022 he returned to take the reins of Santos Laguna, but this time the formula didn’t work and He ended up being fired after just six games.
*With information from EFE.
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