Of the 32 coaches who started the World Cup in charge of a National Team, nine have already left their position. Some already had it assumed, others were prisoners of their results. In this last group it is necessary to include, from this Thursday, to Fernando Santoswho agreed to his separation from Portugalfollowing the elimination in the quarterfinals of Qatar 2022.
They had already left before Gerard Martino (Mexico), Luis Enrique (Spain), Roberto Martinez (Belgium); Louis van Gaal (Netherlands); Paulo Bento (South Korea); Otto Addo (Ghana); Carlos Queiroz (Iran); Y Tite (Brazil).
This Thursday, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), five days following the elimination of its National Team in Qatar, added Santos to that list, following reaching an agreement “to put an end to a highly successful journey that started in September of 2014”.
