Portuguese coach Castro is leaving after failing to win a league title throughout his first yr in command of the Saudi membership.
Saudi Professional League membership Al Nassr have introduced the departure of their Portuguese coach Luis Castro a day after beginning their AFC Champions League Elite marketing campaign with a disappointing draw.
Castro leaves after greater than a yr on the helm of the workforce managed by Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Everybody at Al Nassr wish to thank Luis and his workforce for his or her devoted work over the previous 14 months,” the Riyadh-based membership mentioned in a publish on X on Tuesday with out revealing why he was not in cost.
The Portuguese coach led Al Nassr to carry the Arab Membership Champions Cup final yr, a contest involving 37 groups from Asia and Africa.
Al Nassr sit seventh within the standings with 5 factors, having gained considered one of their first three league video games of the marketing campaign.
They completed second within the league final season, 14 factors behind Al Hilal, and misplaced the Saudi Tremendous Cup remaining 4-1 to the league champions in early August.
AlNassr can announce that coach Luis Castro has left the Membership.
Everybody at AlNassr wish to thank Luis and his employees for his or her devoted work over the previous 14 months, wishing them the perfect of luck for the longer term. picture.twitter.com/FznpvPHG0T
—AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) September 17, 2024
The membership drew 1-1 with Iraqi facet Al Shorta on Monday, when it performed with out its striker Ronaldo. Ronaldo stayed in Riyadh as a result of Al Nassr mentioned the Portugal famous person, who has gained 5 UEFA Champions Leagues however is but to win a serious trophy together with his present membership, had a viral an infection and was unable to journey to Baghdad.
Castro beforehand coached groups together with Shakhtar Donetsk, with whom he gained the Ukrainian Premier League in 2019-20, in addition to Portuguese sides Vitoria Guimaraes, Porto and Rio Ave.
In April 2023, coach Rudi Garcia left Al Nassr after failing to realize high spot regardless of the arrival of Ronaldo 4 months earlier.
In keeping with nationwide media, Stefano Pioli, who led AC Milan to the Italian championship in 2022 and is offered after leaving the membership in Might, is on Al Nassr’s record of most popular replacements.