A large and unprecedented salary for the new coach of the Egyptian national team, Vitoria
The Egyptian Football Association contracted Portuguese coach Roy Vitoria for a period of four years to coach his first team, replacing Ehab Galal Al-Maqal from his position, according to what was announced at dawn on Tuesday in a statement.
The Federation wrote in its accounts on social media, "The Egyptian Football Association has reached a final agreement with the Portuguese Roy Vitoria to lead Egypt's first team for the next 4 years," while Egyptian press reports indicated that he will receive an annual salary of 2.4 million euros, to be the highest salary over the course of the year. History of the Egyptian national team.
Jalal was dismissed from his post on June 16, after losing to Ethiopia 0-2 in the second round of the upcoming African Nations Cup qualifiers, nearly two months after taking charge of replacing Carlos Queiroz, who led Egypt to the final of the African Nations, where it lost to Senegal In February, then he failed with her to qualify for the Qatar World Cup 2022, at the hands of Senegal as well.
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitoria, 52, has made many achievements with Benfica and led them to the league title in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the 2017 National Cup, the 2016 League Cup and the 2016 and 2017 Super Cup.
Vitoria began his career as a player in the submerged levels in Portugal, and after his retirement, he began his coaching career with Villafrancoense, then moved in 2004 to coach the youth team in Benfica and continued with him for two years, then Fatima for four seasons and from him to Passos de Ferreira in 2011, before moving to Vitoria Guimaraes between 2011. and 2015.
In 2015, the highlight was when he stayed with Benfica for three and a half years.
In January 2019, he took over the technical leadership of the Saudi Al-Nasr team and led it to the league title and the Super Cup in 2019, in addition to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League 2020 when it lost to Persepolis of Iran on penalties.
After a series of negative results, Roy Vitoria left Al-Nassr at the end of 2020, before taking over the Russian Spartak Moscow coach early last season, but he left after six months.
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