S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Libyan national football team has a new coach, the Brazilian Marcos Paquet\u00e1. He was hired by the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) last Monday (12th) in Tripoli, the country\u2019s capital, where he signed a four-year contract. The information was disclosed by African news agency Panapress<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian\u2019s objective will be to take the Libyan team for the African Cup, to be played in 2012 in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and for the FIFA World Cup 2014, in Brazil. Paquet\u00e1, aged 52, will replace the Serbian Branko Ivankovic.<\/p>\n
According to Panapress<\/i>, Paquet\u00e1 claimed that Libyan football boasts many talented youths, and that they are evolving. The coach called on support from the FLF for his new mission, which he called \u201ca difficult one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcos C\u00e9sar Dias de Castro began his career in football as a player for Am\u00e9rica, from Rio, and then for Vasco, from the same city. He was nicknamed Paquet\u00e1 because he used to live on Paquet\u00e1 Island, in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
He has already coached Flamengo, also from Rio, and Ava\u00ed, from Florian\u00f3polis. The coach headed the Brazilian Under-17 and Under-20 teams, both of which won the respective world championships, in 2003.<\/p>\n
Paquet\u00e1 has also coached Saudi team Al-Hilal and the Saudi national team. In Qatar, he coached Al-Gharrafa and Al-Rayan. These two teams are now run by the Brazilians Caio J\u00fanior and Paulo Autuori, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Libyan Federation also signed contracts with Egyptian coaches, for the Under-20 national team, Serbian coaches, for the Olympic team, and German coaches, for other youth categories.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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