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The 47-year-old strategist explains why he took over as coach at K’Ogalo and his goals for the 2020-21 campaign
Gor Mahia coach Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto has promised to win trophies with the club after signing an agreement to manage them.
The 47-year-old Portuguese tactician was introduced on Sunday as the team prepared to face the Kariobangi Sharks in a FKF Premier League match at the Kasarani Stadium.
The former coach of Ethiopia’s Saint George SC and Angolan club Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo has revealed the reason why he chose to work for Gor Mahia and also promised to help them reach the group stage of the Confederation Cup Caf.
“I have a lot of experience in Africa. I worked before in two countries, Angola and Ethiopia, I played the Confederation Cup and the Champions League and now I come to Gor Mahia because they are a great club, “said Pinto. Gor Mahia TV during the opening ceremony.
“I am very proud to be Gor Mahia’s manager and of course I want to achieve great things and make history with the club. We started working very hard to win league games and put Gor Mahia in the group stage of the Confederation Cup, that’s my goal here.
On whether he has enough time to prepare the team for their Confederation Cup play-off match against Zambia’s Napsa Stars, Pinto said: “Yes, of course, time is not on our side, we don’t have enough time to analyze our opponents, analyze and study how they play, we want to put on strong training sessions and give them [my players] a winning mentality, so I think together we can qualify for the group stage.
On what he intends to achieve with the team, Pinto explained: “I am a young and ambitious coach and I want my team to be ambitious, we must be prepared to achieve goals and we must achieve our objectives, I am ambitious and I want my team to be ambitious, fight in all the games, win all the games and win trophies too ”.
Despite revealing the coach as a replacement for Brazilian Roberto Oliveira, Gor Mahia did not reveal the details of his contract.
However, a source, who did not want to be named, confirmed to objective the coach will sign a two-year contract when he lands in Kenya to take over the position.
“We have agreed everything in regards to his contract and what I can tell you is that he will sign for two years,” said a source familiar with the deal. objective on Sunday.
“It’s supposed to arrive any time from today [Sunday] and later, the club will hold a grand opening ceremony.
“He is a very experienced coach, and he has also helped a team reach the semifinals of the Champions League, he has the required papers, he has Uefa Pro and Caf A licenses, so he will help us a lot.”
Vaz Pinto also managed FC Famalicao U23 from September 2019 to June 2020, where he oversaw 26 matches, won four, drew 11 and lost 11.
He also worked as the Technical Director for Hearts of Oak in Ghana, where he served for just seven days, before resigning after the club rejected his proposal to remove Edward Nii Odoom as the team’s assistant coach.
Gor Mahia has already played two games since the 2020-21 season began, beating Ulinzi Stars 1-0 before losing 2-1 to Tusker.
