Pedro Ribeiro, the new Assistant Head Coach, was offered the manager’s job and was ready to take over before Sunderland came knocking.
Sunderland appointed Pedro Ribeiro, a Portuguese coach, as Assistant Head Coach today. Ribeiro will support Head Coach Regis Le Bris alongside Mike Dodds, Michael Proctor, and Alessandro Barcherini. According to Record, the 38-year-old was expected to take over as manager of Liga 3 club Academica, and he even attended the team’s recent Portuguese Cup game against Torreense in preparation for a potential appointment.
However, the move collapsed at the final hurdle, with Riberio rejecting the club’s offers owing to ‘other ideas’, which turned out to be a move to the Stadium of Light. Academica instead hired Antonio Barbosa, a former Lank FC manager. Ribeiro had been a free agent since January, when he left his post as manager of Leixoes with a record of 7 wins, 5 draws, and 12 loses in 24 games. One of those defeats, and one of his final games with the club, was a tight 2-1 loss to FC Porto in the Portuguese Cup. His team was tied 1-1 until a player was sent off just before halftime, and the hosts scored the winner five minutes from time.
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