Marco Otero appointed technical director of the OM training center

Olympique de Marseille has recruited Spaniard Marco Otero from the Valencia CF academy to lead the training as technical director within the football department, the club announced in a press release on Tuesday.

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, his predecessors at the head of the Marseille nursery, Nasser Larguet and Jean-Claude Giuntini (respectively director of the center and responsible for the elite group and internal training of executives), left "due to differences with management Olympian”.

Well known from Longoria

"Internationally recognized in the world of training, Marco Otero has forged a solid reputation in this area", welcomes the Marseille club.

For more than twenty years, Marco Otero, 48, has trained young players "with high potential" in Switzerland and Spain, according to OM.

Pablo Longoria, the president of OM, "knows Marco Otero well for having recruited and appointed him to the Spanish club [Valencia]".

In particular, he will be responsible for optimizing the performance of the OM training center “as well as the development of an identity and a specific training methodology”.

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