Portugal's Carlos Queiroz is no longer coach of the Colombia national team, after the last two losses of the national team against Uruguay and Ecuador in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

And the Colombian Football Federation announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with Queiroz to stop cooperation between them.

He stated in a statement: "We were honored to work with him for two years, during which he made a great effort and shared with us his knowledge and experience."

Queiroz, 67, who took office in February 2019, paid the price of two heavy losses against Uruguay 0-3 in his own home, then against Ecuador 1-6, to finish seventh out of ten teams in the unified group standings. In South America.

Queiroz was previously assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson in the ranks of Manchester United in two terms (2002-2003 and 2004-2008), and he also supervised the training of Sporting (1993-1996), Real Madrid (2003-2004), and the Portugal national team (1991- 1993, then 2008-2010), the UAE (1997-99), South Africa (2000-2002), and Iran (2011-2019).

The Colombian Federation did not disclose the name of the new coach for the country.

Source: "AFP"

By:Nadeemy Haded See Less