The Portuguese asked for the cap when he was taking the lead in Serie A, after receiving a proposal from Al-Nassr, from Saudi Arabia. On an interim basis, Cláudio Caçapa replaced him.
Another Portuguese man then took over, Bruno Lage, between July and October 2023. He didn’t last 90 days. The players wanted Lúcio Flávio, then assistant, to be hired. They were attended to and the team began to lose a Brasileirão that seemed won.
With the title slipping away, Tiago Nunes, also Brazilian, arrived in November 2023 and left in February 2024. Less than 100 days. Botafogo’s high turnover was already a reality.
Fábio Matias took over on an interim basis until Artur Jorge, once again a Portuguese, took over in April to lead the team to win the Brasileirão and Libertadores in 2024.
But he didn’t want to stay. Obviously he knew that the squad would suffer casualties, such as the departure of the two most important and decisive players, Luiz Henrique and Tiago Almada. So, he set foot towards Qatar upon receiving an invitation from Al-Rayyan.
Carlos Leiria emerged from the base divisions, in a kind of interim period, at the beginning of 2025. The squad was modified, with arrivals and departures, they lost the Super Cup to Flamengo and he did not stay.
