Coritiba CEO explains Guto Ferreira’s return after dismissal

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The CEO of Coritiba, Carlos Amodeoheld a press conference this Monday (27), in Couto Pereira, after the club relegation to Series B, last Saturday. The director officially announced the hiring of Guto Ferreira as coach for the 2024 season and highlighted that the return marks the team’s new cycle.

According to the CEO, the choice of Guto Ferreira was motivated by the coach’s experience in the second division, to take the club back to the football elite in its first year.

“Series B is a very specific competition. Series A and B are completely different sports. You need to be a commander who knows, has experience and success in this competition and who knows the athletes suited to play. And, in this context, looking at the market as as a whole, we understand that he is a suitable name for this process that we will have in 2024”, he stated.

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Guto returns to Alviverde in a completely different context, after being responsible for keeping the team in the football elite in 2022. Last year, he was fired for the arrival of António Oliveira. When asked about his dismissal in 2022, Amodeo stated that he still did not participate in the club’s decisions.

“I know Professor Guto Ferreira’s career in other clubs, I know his work capacity, so the conviction we have is that he is the right professional. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to answer the reasons why he didn’t stay here last year. We are starting a new cycle, a new era and we want him to be with us not only on the mission in 2024, but perhaps on a future mission”, he said.

Guto Ferreira.

At the end of last year, Guto’s manager, Adriano Spadoto, justified the coach’s departure by saying that a group from the United States had asked for the Portuguese to be hired. Antonio Oliveira. Spadoto’s speech took place when the name of Treecorp Investimentos had not yet been announced as the buyer of Coxa’s SAF.

According to Amodeo, Treecorp had no relation to the dismissal. “He is very motivated, happy and grateful for the opportunity he is having to start this project with us,” he said.

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