The former Portuguese international Carlos Resende will replace Magnus Andersson in the technical command of FC Porto, the four-time national handball champion announced this Wednesday, anticipating by mutual agreement the breach of contract with the Swede.
“The coach for the 2023/24 season -with two more to choose from- will be Carlos Resende, who as an athlete and as a coach was a national champion and won several trophies at the service of FC Porto. Martingo, Tiago Cadete and Miguel Vasconcelos”, indicate the dragons, in a statement posted on their official website.
Carlos Resende, 52, had led first division FC Gaia for the last three seasons and is now back at FC Porto, where he made his coaching debut (2006-2009) and won a championship, a Portuguese Cup and a League Cup.
Before this transition to the benches, in a career that already included experiences at the service of ABC (2011-2017) and Benfica (2017-2020), the former left back won three editions of the championship, two Portuguese Cups, two Cups League and two Super Cups in his two stages as a player for the blue and white club (1988-1994 and 2000-2006).
FC Porto will begin the preparation work for the 2023/24 season next Tuesday, at the Dragão Arena, in Porto, with medical examinations, not counting Magnus Andersson, who guided the four-time national champion in the last five seasons.
As well as winning four championships in a row, the 57-year-old former Swedish international centre-back won two Portuguese Cups and two Super Cups with FC Porto, which he joined in 2018 after having won two EHF Cups for the Germans from Goppingen.
Since then, the dragons have become a regular presence in the Champions League group stage and have reached the round of 16 on three occasions (2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22), after a third-place finish. unprecedented in the quarterfinals of the group stage. EHF Cup (2018/19).
Source: TSF
