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- Porto appoints Paulo Fonseca as coach
LISBON, Portugal — Porto says Paulo Fonseca is to take over as the northern Portuguese club's coach for the next two seasons. In a brief statement Monday it says "Fonseca will be the new coach of FC Porto." The club says Fonseca will sign a contract taking over from Vitor Pereira, who coached Porto since 2011 but left Sunday to join Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli after clinching the last two Portuguese ...
June 10, 2013 - Boston Herald - Porto Gamble on Inexperienced Fonseca as Coach
Inexperienced Pacos de Ferreira coach Paulo Fonseca has signed a two-year contract to take charge of Portuguese champions Porto, the club said on Monday.
June 10, 2013 - New York Times - Porto's Pereira to Coach Saudi's Al-Ahli
Porto coach Vitor Pereira has signed a two-year deal to take charge of Al-Ahli, the Saudi club said on Sunday.
June 9, 2013 - New York Times
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- Steven Gerrard in ESPN
Gerrard told Liverpool FC magazine: "We are now looking forward to the draw later this week. If you could hand-pick an opponent then maybe we would want someone like Villarreal or Porto, but there are no easy draws at this stage. Everyone who has... - Rafael Benitez in Sportinglife.com
Benitez said: "We have to wait to see now what we must do, how the numbers add up. The fact that Porto drew with Marseille in the other group game tonight was a help for us, it certainly improves our options." - Sir Alex Ferguson in ESPN
This is a good draw for us, we've met Porto before and obviously we respect any Portuguese team,Ferguson said. "We have had a huge Portuguese influence in the club firstly with Carlos Queiroz but now with Cristiano (Ronaldo) and Nani so we...