Long Time Successful Coach Rises to Interim Head Coach
Soccer News: Franky Oviedo is the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles interim head coach.
Club General Manager Ignacio Palou announced that the Colombian coach will lead the team for the remainder of the 2018 Apertura.
“My dream has always been to coach in the first division,” said Oviedo.
Club Tijuana had three LIGA MX matches remaining in the regular season schedule. Fernando Arce and Raziel Alba join Oviedo in coaching the team during that span.
“They are from in-house,” Palou said of the coaches. “They have been working here for a long time. We hope that the work they have done with our youth teams reflects with the first team in these next three games.
An experienced youth soccer coach, Oviedo was the Under-20 team coach this season through Week 14. Oviedo led the first team practice Tuesday.
“Now I get that chance and I am enjoying it to the fullest. I am very happy. We are from in-house and we know this group of players that have given great effort. I want this to be a team that challenges. We want to start on the right foot in Puebla.
Oviedo’s first task as the interim head coach is a road match at Lobos BUAP Saturday, Nov. 3 in Week 15. Arce will be the assistant coach while Alba is the head fitness trainer.
“This is an unforgettable experience we all want to take advantage of,” Arce said. “It is not easy to come across an opportunity like this one. We are very willing to do it with much enthusiasm. I have lived through important situations with the team. I want to share what I’ve learned from some of those experiences as a player on and off the field.”
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