After the defeat in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar by the Moroccan national team (0-1), coach Fernando Santos will no longer remain on the bench of the Portuguese national team.

Fernando Santos, coach of Portugal – World Cup 2022Photo: dpa picture alliance / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

Fernando Santos will no longer play for Portugal

At the age of 68, Fernando Santos was appointed to the throne of Lusitania in 2014, and for 8 years, Portugal was one of the largest powers in the world.

“The Portuguese Football Federation and Fernando Santos have agreed to complete a very successful journey that began in September 2014.” – they wrote.

With Fernando Santos on the bench, Portugal won the 2016 European Championship against hosts France and also won the Nations League in 2019, defeating the Netherlands.

Thus ends a very important cycle in the history of the Portuguese national team, which achieved impressive results under the leadership of Fernando Santos.