America formalizes the hiring of Santiago Solari as a technician

Santiago Solari became the new coach of America after the Coapa club made the official announcement on their social networks

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Club América has revealed its new coach, the Argentine Santiago Solari, through a video on their social networks and after departure Miguel Herrera.

The former Real Madrid coach had a short stint in the first team of the whites between the periods of Julen Lopetegui and the second stage of Zidane.

In a press release, America ensures that he will be the strategist for the 2021 Closing Tournament and does not provide further information on the duration of the contract.

The Argentine strategist had a long career as a footballer in teams such as River Plate, Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, San Lorenzo and Peñarol, in addition to representing his country with the Argentine football team.

In addition, as a footballer, he also has experience in Mexican football, after seeing activity with the team. Atlas from 2009 to 2010.

As a coach he formed his coaching career in the lower forces of real Madrid, where he directed different categories of young people as well Real Madrid Castilla.

In the 2018-19 season, Solari led the team’s first team Real Madrid in the Spanish League and in the Club World Cup, a competition in which he won the international title.

After incorporating the Argentine official, the president of Club América, Santiago Baños, said this Solari met the ideal profile for the sports project of the azulcrema team, making sure that this was the main reason that helped choose the new technical director.

“We recognized that Solari has an ideal profile for our sports project. Throughout his career as a footballer and technical director, he has managed to successfully meet the requirements and goals of teams like Club América, whose sole purpose is the title,” he said. said Santiago Baños.

America He will have a foreign coach again, after the capital team had not had a technical director on its bench since 2017, the last Argentine strategist who led America was the Argentine, Ricardo Antonio La Volpe.

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