Jorge Jesus set to be announced as Portugal manager for Euro 2028 and 2030 World Cup

[p][i]The king is dead, long live the king[/i]. Just hours after confirming the departure of Roberto Martinez, the Portuguese Football Federation reached an agreement with Jorge Jesus to become the new head coach of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portugal/WvJrjFVN/"]Portugal[/a], it was widely reported.[/p][p]The contract will be for four years and will allow the coach to lead the national team at Euro 2028 and the 2030 World Cup, the latter co-hosted by Portugal, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a].[/p][p]The first major challenge will be to defend the Nations League title won in 2025. Portugal are in a group with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wales/YcUP0Nqp/"]Wales[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/0KUdxQVi/"]Denmark[/a].[/p][embed guid="1373d8a1-f9b8-4d0e-9217-32d2ece27ba8" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2074918572187406455" social-type="twitter" /][p]At 71 years old, Jorge Jesus will coach a national team for the first time.[/p][p]With a long managerial career that began in 1989 at Amora, he has spent the last four years abroad, first at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], then at Al Hilal and Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia - he won the league title with both clubs and coached [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ronaldo-cristiano/WGOY4FSt/"]Cristiano Ronaldo[/a] at the latter.[/p][p]He also enjoyed tremendous success at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/flamengo-rj/WjxY29qB/"]Flamengo[/a], leading the team to the Brasileirão, Copa Libertadores, South American Super Cup, and Brazilian Super Cup titles between 2019 and 2020.[/p][p]In Portugal, he stood out while managing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/braga/dpUer7ht/"]Braga[/a], with whom he won an Intertoto Cup and caught the attention of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a]. While at Benfica, between 2009 and 2015 and again from 2020 to 2022, he won three national championships.[/p][p]He also made a controversial move to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting[/a] in 2015, where he spent three years and won a Super Cup and a League Cup.[/p]