[도하=AP/뉴시스] There was a Spanish media report that Iraq national soccer team coach Jesus Casas (50) was being mentioned as a candidate for the new head coach of the Korean national soccer team. *Resale and DB prohibited
[서울=뉴시스] Intern Reporter Choi Yoon-seo = There was a Spanish media report that Iraq national soccer team coach Jesus Casas (50) was mentioned as a candidate for the new head coach of the Korean national soccer team.
On the 9th (local time), Spanish media outlet RELEVO reported, “It has been confirmed that Coach Casas is one of the candidates for the new head coach of the Korean national soccer team.” According to a Lerebo report, Coach Casas recently conducted an interview with the Korea Football Association (KFA).
Coach Casas served as a game analyst and scout at FC Barcelona and elsewhere. He served as coach from the summer of 2018 until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, assisting two managers, Luis Enrique and Roberto Moreno (on an interim basis).
Coach Jesus Casas, who took over as head coach after the 2022 Qatar World Cup and led the Iraqi national soccer team, led the team to victory in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2023.
Afterwards, the Iraqi national soccer team led by Coach Casas defeated Japan, who was mentioned as a candidate for the title, in the group stage of the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup finals, and advanced to the round of 16 as first place in the group, earning a reputation as having created a surprise.
Meanwhile, on the 1st, there was a local media report that coach Javier Aguirre (Mexico), who coached Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) at Mallorca in the Spanish professional soccer Primera Liga, was included in the list of candidates for the new head coach of the Korean national soccer team.
The Korea Football Association’s Power Strengthening Committee announced that it plans to appoint the next head coach within May.
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