Marco Silva confirmed as new Benfica head coach on two-year contract

Reuters

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Former Fulham ⁠coach Marco Silva has ‌joined Benfica as ‌their manager ‌on a two-year ‌deal with the ‌option to extend for ‌another year, the ⁠Portuguese ‌club said on Friday.

[p]Silva left [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] after five years in charge, ⁠guiding the club back to the Premier League ‌and leading them to an 11th-place finish last season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] finished third in Liga Portugal under Jose ‌Mourinho, who left to take ‌over as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a]'s head coach.[/p][embed guid="562728fd-9b81-43f9-93b0-b49ac9cb1be6" url="https://x.com/slbenfica_en/status/2065466095037718703" social-type="twitter" /]

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