appointment of Paulo Jorge Silva as their new
Manager. Jorge, Portuguese, joins C.O.D United on
the back of a rich career having worked in various
capacities with clubs like VfB Stuttgart, Greuther
Furth, Nuremberg, Aalen in Germany, Sporting
Lisbon in Portugal, Al Wasl and Sharjah FC in the
United Arab Emirates.
His immediate task is reorganize and optimize the
club's 7 team academy structure and lead the club's
charge in the league as well as the FA Cup next
season.
Speaking on Paulo Silva's appointment, C.E.O of the
club , Shola Opaleye expressed optimism that Paulo
will sustain the successes the club has achieved and
bring even more success. "Paulo Silva's appointment
is yet another demonstration of our ambition as a
club to keep progressing.
Paulo joins us with a lot of experience and his
knowledge of football is demonstrated by the rich
array of top clubs he has worked with. We have been
in discussions for a while now and we are delighted
he was convinced to join us having seen our vision
for the club. He is very excited about working in
Africa and we are excited to have him join us as well.
We expect him to sustain and improve on all that we
have achieved as a football club on the pitch and help
our players and young coaches become even better."
Paulo Silva also expressed his delight at joining C.O.D
United. "I have joined a very ambitious and very
organized club. Working in Africa is quite different
from working in Europe and so I had to be careful in
choosing a club that matches my ambitions and with
the right structure.
In C.O.D United, I believe I have found that club and
cannot wait to start the job of improving the
impressive structure they have built so far. The club
wants to optimize its team structure, implement a
clear playing philosophy across board and produce
players with great qualities consistently and I share
that ambition. I am here to succeed with the club."
Speaking on the signing, Executive Director, Sola
Aiyepeku expressed delight at Paulo's arrival. "You
only have to take a look at Paulo's CV to see that he
comes here with a lot of know how and experience. I
believe he has a lot to contribute to further improve
what we have built here and I am excited about the
possibilities. Our team of coaches will benefit from
working with him and our young players will certainly
learn a lot from him." Head of Football(Technical),
Victor Akinmoyo who will work closely with Paulo
says he is looking forward to the experience. "I
worked with Mick Wild and I can attest to the
improvements he brought to our operations.
We also had former Super Eagles captain and coach
Austin Eguavoen here and we learnt a lot from him. I
am sure Paulo will build on the work Mick and
Eguavoen did in the past 2 years. I am glad he is here
and the entire Technical department are looking
forward to learning from him. Paulo Silva is the
second European coach signed by C.O.D United in
recent years. Former Manchester United and Bolton
coach, Mick Wild previously worked with the club
before returning to England a few months ago.
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