Ricardo Gareca Announced as New Coach of Chilean Soccer Team Ahead of 2024 Copa América and World Cup Qualifiers

2024-01-25

Argentine Ricardo Gareca, former coach of Peru, was announced this Thursday as the new coach of the Chilean soccer team ahead of the 2024 Copa América and the remainder of the World Cup qualifiers.

“Passion and experience… Ricardo Gareca will lead the path of #Roja in its next challenges. Welcome, professor!”, he published the selection on his social networks.

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Gareca, 65, arrives in Chile to replace fellow Argentine Eduardo Berizzo, who resigned in November after a poor campaign in the year and a half he was in charge of the team, achieving only one victory in official matches.

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The ‘Tigre’ Gareca will lead La Roja until the end of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and his contract will be automatically extended if he obtains qualification for the tournament that will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, said the National Association soccer.

According to the local press, he will receive close to three million dollars annually.

Gareca led the Peruvian team between 2015 and 2022, a period in which he managed to qualify the Incas for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after 36 years.

The new coach’s main objective will be to straighten Chile’s path to the World Cup.

Ricardo Gareca has already been presented to the media as the new coach of Chile.

La Roja is in eighth place in the South American World Cup among ten teams. The tie grants six direct places for the next World Cup tournament and a playoff for the seventh-ranked team.

La Roja has not participated in a World Cup since Brazil-2014.

The new La Roja coach will face his first friendly against France in March.

After the FIFA date, Chile will face the Copa América United States-2024 in June, where its rival in Group A will be the world champion Argentina, Peru and a Concacaf team to be decided.

Gareca’s last job was as coach of Argentine Vélez Sarsfield, where poor results forced his departure after just three months in office.

Previously he had managed clubs in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Colombia.

2024-01-25 23:49:00
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