After eight years working as Iran’s coach, Portuguese Carlos Queiroz should soon return to his role.
Media close to the authorities reported that Portuguese Carlos Queiroz should return to his position as Iran’s coach, which he led for eight years, with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar approaching.
“the Union [iranienne] Iran Varzishi (Iran Sports), an Iranian state sports newspaper, reported that by the end of the week, Football will announce the appointment of Carlos Queiroz as coach of the national team. Mr Queiroz must replace Croatian Dragan Skocic, who was named at the beginning of February at the head of the selection process. Skocic was sacked on 11 July, but the union kept his post pending a successor.
For his part, the official indicated today, Monday, that “the new president of the federation, Mehdi Taj, is seriously considering the return of the Portuguese coach to” Tim Mili “(the name of the national team in the Persian language is an edited note).” IRNA Agency. During his election campaign, Mehdi Taj, former coach of Manchester United and Real Madrid in particular, made a “serious option” to lead the selection, praising the Portuguese’s record at the helm of Tim Mili, from 2011 to 2019. .
Carlos Queiroz spent nearly eight years in charge of Iran – the longest in this position – and led the selection to two World Cup finals, in 2014 and 2018.
