Coritiba reformulates football and seeks professionals from Cruzeiro

In addition to the dismissal of coach Guto Ferreira, Coritiba is changing a large part of its football department. Changes that did not necessarily come directly from the board. Rafael Vieira’s departure from the Sports Intelligence and Analysis Center (CIAD) is an example.

Last Monday (6), Vieira resigned from the club to go to Cruzeiro. He had held the position since July 2023 and was one of SAF’s first acquisitions officially. He was responsible for evaluating Coxa’s opponents and also coordinating the market in search of reinforcements.

To your place, Coxa is close to bringing in a professional who was in Raposa. According to the radio Itatiaia, Marcos Menezes, who headed the market analysis department of the Minas Gerais team He’s already spoken to Alviverde.

Menezes left Cruzeiro after Ronaldo sold the club’s SAF. It was the Phenomenon that took him to the Foxat the time, taking him away from Athletico.

Coritiba targets Cruzeiro professionals

In addition to Marcos Menezes, theAnother who left Cruzeiro after SAF and could appear at Coritiba is Paulo Autuori. Then technical director of Raposa, Paulo Autuori announced his departure on April 28choosing to end the cycle in the Minas Gerais team, where he joined in August last year.

A bit before, Autuori had been considered at Coritiba. The two parties came very close to an agreement. At the time, Coxa wanted to hire him as technical coordinator. Having left Atlético Nacional, where he was coach and had even worked with Sebastian Gómez, the deal was seen as almost certain by Alviverde.

Some differences, however, made the conversations take a different path and Autuori went to Cruzeiro. Now, free on the market, he gains strength again in Coritiba, especially due to his strong connection with the football executive, William Thomás. The two worked together at Athletico and also at Santos and Internacional.

Although he was interim for Cruzeiro in the final stretch of the Brasileirão, Paulo Autuori has stated several times that he no longer wants to be a coach in Brazilian football. Even with the vacancy open with the resignation of Guto Ferreira, the director could take on a position on the board alviverde, next to Thomás.

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