The son of the late Dutch legend, Johan Cruyff, Yordi Cruyff, has taken over the task of training the Ecuador national football team, with the aim of trying to lead him to qualify for the World Cup 2022.
The former Barcelona player said during his official presentation in Quito, in a press statement: "It is a pleasure for me to be here, the feeling of enthusiasm that I had when arriving here was wonderful."
The Dutchman - who started his career as a player with Barcelona, before moving between Man Utd, Celta Vigo, Alves and Spain Español, then Ukraine's Metalurg Danitsk - will train Ecuador to succeed the Colombian Hernan Dario Gomez, who was fired after leaving the first round of the Copa America , Last June.
Ecuador begins its qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup South America qualifiers on March 26, hosted by Argentina.
Yordi starts his mission in Argentine hospitality on March 26.