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At 61 years old and after eight months of having finished his first experience in Colombia, the Brazilian and nationalized in Costa Rica, Alexandre Guimarães, is the new coach of Atlético Nacional.
The last technical champion of the League, with America, assumes a great challenge in another of the greats of the country, with which he will look for the star number 17 in December.
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With América de Cali he was between June 2019 and March 2020, where he directed 40 official matches, winning 19, drawing 10 and losing 11, with 54 goals in favor and 45 against, for a performance of 55.8%. He won Liga II-2019 and the friendly homer of Bogotá 2020.
His last match as a scarlet coach was on March 10 in the 1-2 away win against Universidad Católica de Chile.
In addition to directing América de Cali, He was coach of the National Team of Costa Rica, Panama, the Dorados de Sinaloa clubs of Mexico, Al Wasl and Al Dhafra of the United Arab Emirates, the Saprissa Club of Costa Rica, the Tianjin Teda of China and the Mumbai City of India. As a player he was part of the Saprissa Club.
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Among the challenges that Guimarães has with the purslanes, in addition to achieving the league title, strengthening the players on the squad, giving the team’s youth a chance, identifying the weaknesses in the positions that may be required for next year, although for this market of passes, The ups and downs of the team will be decided by the Antioquia Club and he will be the first coach since Reinaldo Rueda to be able to complete two consecutive semesters.
The Alagoas-born will be the fourth foreign coach to occupy the green bench since 2017.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
On twitter: @ juanchoserran8
