Poli Iasi found Leo Grozavu’s replacement. “De Zerbi de Romania”, officially announced. Update

Poli Iasi decided to end the collaboration with Leo Grozavu, after the team seriously entered the relegation game. The Moldovans have already appointed the future coach. Last minute details.

Poli Iasi appoints Anthony da Silva as coach: “We had to move quickly”

Cornel Șfaiţer revealed who will be the new coach of Poli Iasi: “We had to move quickly to get the team out of the slump. We didn’t have time to hang around any coach, regardless of his rating.

The new technician must have time to prepare the match with FC U Craiova 1948, which we must win. From the multitude of proposals that came to us, we decided on Tony.

In recent years I have received many positive references about how they work. He has the same fighting spirit that he displayed as a player, he is very concerned with improving himself, he has a PRO license, he has learned from big names in Portuguese football, with whom he is friends”. the Moldovan president also said according to gsp.ro.

Poli Iași compares Tony with the Italian De Zerbi, former player of CFR Cluj, current coach at Brighton

Cornel Șfaițer is convinced that the Portuguese who played at CFR Cluj is the right choice and compared to the Italian coach: “The fact that he speaks Romanian and other international languages, as well as the fact that he always followed our championship, being up to date with everything that was happening, also mattered a lot.

I trust that Tony will be a De Zerbi from Romania!”, the president of the Board of Directors of Iași Polytechnic also said for the quoted source.

Who is Tony the Portuguese

The former CFR Cluj defender ended his playing career in 2015 and got his A license. So far he has coached in the third and second leagues in Portugal at Academico Viseu, Freamunde, Oliveirense, Braganca, Vilar Perdizes, Pacos de Fereira or Montalegre.

The 43-year-old technician learned his trade from Antonio Conceicao, the former coach of CFR Cluj, who hired him as a video analyst for the Cameroon national team between 2019 and 2022. Tony also negotiated over time with other teams from Romania.