the new coach is finalized! latanzio acts as head coach of shenzhen xinpengcheng first team
2024-10-04
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on october 4, beijing time, shenzhen xinpengcheng football club officially announced the appointment of 53-year-old italian coach christian lattanzio as the acting head coach of the first team. the former head coach of shenzhen xinpengcheng, jesus tato, resigned on october 2 due to poor performance in leading the team.
christian lattanzio. source: shenzhen xinpengcheng club official public account
lattanzio has extensive coaching experience in european football and major league soccer. in the early days of his coaching career, he worked for the england team and west ham united, assisting the famous italian coaches capello and zola respectively. subsequently, he joined the manchester city club and as a member of the coaching staff of the then head coach mancini, he won the 2010-11 english fa cup championship and the 2011-12 premier league championship with manchester city, and contributed to the development and talent cultivation of manchester city's elite team. contributed important strength.
since 2016, latanzio has left his footprints in new york city in the united states and nice club in france as the right-hand man of manchester city legend vieira. in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, he led the major league soccer team charlotte to the playoffs in history as the head coach.
it is worth mentioning that latanzio is no stranger to shenzhen xinpengcheng and the chinese super league. during the 2024 season, he came to shenzhen as a football consultant many times and was deeply involved in the first team work. as the head coach of shenzhen xinpengcheng, latanzio faces a very arduous task this time. there are only three rounds left in the chinese super league this season. shenzhen xinpengcheng, which is ranked third from the bottom in the league and is only 1 point above the relegation zone, will face two direct competitors for relegation: meizhou hakka, nantong zhiyun and shanghai who are aiming to compete for the championship. shenhua.
the latest standings of the chinese super league. source: chinese super league official weibo
nanfang.com, guangdong study reporter lin tao
