Albania coach Sylvinho regarded as much as Arsene Wenger as his inspiration, whereas he hailed Pep Guardiola as a “genuis”.
Sylvinho didn’t have a lot success throughout spells answerable for Lyon in France and Corinthians in his homeland of Brazil, however has excelled in his first job as a nationwide staff supervisor.
He took over Albania’s nationwide staff at first of 2023, and guided them to the Euro 2024 qualification. It’s simply the second time the Balkan nation have progressed to the finals of UEFA’s flagship competitors, and his efforts noticed him rewarded with the Golden Ornament of the Eagle by Albania’s prime minister.
Sylvinho misplaced simply one in every of his opening eight video games as Albania coach, with that defeat coming in his first match towards Poland, although his facet did slip to a 3-0 pleasant defeat to Chile on Friday.
His success, although, ought to maybe not come as a shock given who the 49-year-old performed underneath throughout his time at Arsenal after which Barcelona.
Sylvinho stated to Stats Carry out: “Outdoors Brazil, my first supervisor was Arsene Wenger. I learnt so much from him, he was an individual of a really excessive degree when it comes to administration, training, soccer and imaginative and prescient.
“I had the possibility to work with [Frank] Rijkaard at Barcelona, he’s an amazing supervisor too. I completed the 2008-2009 season with a treble and [Pep] Guardiola was the coach.
“He was one other coach I learnt so much from. He’s a genius. He’s totally different. And also you study so much from him too.”
Earlier than transferring to Europe, Sylvinho hung out with Corinthians, the place he developed underneath Nelsinho Baptista and Vanderlei Luxemburgo.
Sylvinho added: “Nelsinho Baptista was a coach I labored with for some time at Corinthians. He was a really aggressive coach, with an amazing sense of humour and a really critical line-up, as was his complete profession.
” In 1998, we had been Brazilian champions and made a leap ahead technically as a staff, and I additionally noticed myself in among the finest moments of my time as an expert footballer.
“Vanderlei Luxemburgo was our coach. We had a really technical staff, very well-adjusted on the pitch, and really well-coordinated.”
