Vitoria Al-Ahly Agreed to Train Saudi Arabia

Saudi press reports have revealed that Portuguese Rui Vitoria, the former coach of the Egyptian national team, has agreed to replace German Matthias Zeiss to lead the first football team at Al-Ahly Saudi club.

Vitoria Al-Ahli has agreed to coach Saudi Arabia, according to Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadiya, noting that the Saudi side are also in talks with Englishman Frank Lampard, after a huge upset at Yasla, following their 2-1 loss to Al. Jandal, last Monday, and their elimination from the King’s Cup.

Portuguese newspaper “O Jogo” reported that Al-Nasr is closer to Lampard than Lampard to lead Kotb Al-Gedawi due to his experience and his training CV, a former coach of the Saudi Arabian and Egyptian national teams in Vitoria. , which is an improvement on the English coach, who coached Chelsea 2019 and Everton 2022 without winning the title.

Vitoria’s Training Career

Vitoria won the Portuguese Cup with Vitoria Guimaraes in the 2012–2013 season, before leading Benfica from 2015 to 2019, winning 6 different titles with him.

Vitoria, 54, has led the Saudi Al-Nasr side since January 2019 and won the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional Cup League 2018–2019 and the 2019 Saudi Super Cup on penalties against Al-Taoun, before he left in December 2020, and He coached Spartak Moscow until December 2021 and the Egyptian national team from July 2022 to February 2024.