Antonio Mohamed will take over as the brand new head coach of Pumas UNAM amid the 2023 Liga MX Clausura.
He replaces Rafael Puente Jr., who departed the membership after ‘mutually agreeing’ to terminate the contract on March 19 following a string of unfavorable outcomes.
Mohamed now joins Pumas on a one-year contract, along with the remaining Clausura.
“One yr of contract, what stays of the match one yr, with the choice of the membership to proceed. I proceed with my standard work group and Pumas has squad to compete, the phantasm of constant to compete to enter the playoffs and aspire to probably the most. The critiques are completed on the finish, not earlier than,” stated the Argentine.
“Dreaming is free, the very first thing we take into consideration is the primary coaching session.”
The brand new coach returns to the Mexican league after stepping away in 2020, leaving Rayados de Monterrey within the Apertura following a historic title win in 2019. Mohamed additionally beforehand led Xolos de Tijuana and Membership America in Liga MX, and Celta de Viga, Atletico Mineiro and Independiente overseas.
“The opposite groups don’t have anything to do with it, right now I defend this Pumas shirt,” he stated.
Mohamed faces an uphill battle with Pumas, because the workforce sits in sixteenth place on the desk with simply 11 factors in 12 video games and a document of 3W-7L-2D. He has simply 5 video games left to succeed in the highest 12 spots to qualify for the playoffs.
The workforce return to motion towards Queretaro on Sunday April 2, although Mohamed is anticipated to steer his first recreation the next week towards Atletico San Luis on April 9.
