Sports News | Michal Probierz Succeeds Fernando Santos as Coach of Poland''s National Soccer Team
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Michal Probierz has been appointed as coach of Poland, the president of the national soccer federation said on Wednesday.
Warsaw (Poland), Sep 20 (AP) Michal Probierz has been appointed as coach of Poland, the president of the national soccer federation said on Wednesday.
Probierz, who is promoted from the under-21 team, takes over from Portuguese Fernando Santos.
Santos was fired last week with Poland fourth in its five-team European Championship qualifying group.
Santos, who led his native Portugal to the Euro 2016 title, was dismissed after almost nine months in the job.
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"The Poland team coach is Michal Probierz," federation president Cezary Kulesza wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “This is the best possible choice. I wish the new coach good luck.”
Probierz, who will be 51 on Sunday, previously coached a string of teams including Greek side Aris Salonika and Polish clubs Gornik Zabrze and Widzew Lodz.
A news conference with Kulesza and Probierz is due to take place in Warsaw at noon local time.
Poland is behind leader Albania, Czech Republic and Moldova in Euro Group E qualifying after losing three of its five games, despite three goals from Robert Lewandowski.
Poland next plays rock-bottom Faroe Islands on Oct. 12. (AP)
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