Sanchez to take over as Ecuador’s national team coach

13/03/2023

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 28, 2022, Qatar's Spanish coach Felix Sanchez looks on during a training session at the Aspire Zone Training Site in Doha, on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football match between Netherlands and Qatar. - Spain's Felix Sanchez, former coach of Qatar, will take the reins of Ecuador's national team after its early elimination from the 2022 World Cup, the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) announced on March 11, 2023. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

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Spain’s Felix Sanchez has been appointed the new coach of Ecuador’s national team, the country’s football association FEF announced on Saturday. The former Qatar coach will be under contract until the 2026 World Cup hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, according to a FEF statement. Sánchez, 47, who worked with the Qatar team during the last World Cup in 2022, will replace Argentinian Gustavo Alfaro. Hosts Qatar wereout of the World Cup after two group-stage games - the earliest ever elimination for a host nation. Ecuador also didn’t make the last 16, despite beating Qatar 2-0 in the opening game. “Good luck and success professor!” the FEF tweeted. (DPA)

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