GUAYAQUIL: The Ecuador football federation has appointed Jordi Cruyff as new national coach.

The son of former Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff, Jordi’s most recent coaching experience came between 2018 and 2019 at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in the Chinese Super League.

Previously, he was sporting director at Cypriot club AEK Larnaca (2010-2012) and at Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel (2012-2017) before taking up his first coaching post with the latter club in 2017.

Cruyff is the first European coach to take charge of La Tricolor since Dusan Draskovic (1988-1993) and his mission will be to lead the team to the 2022 World Cup qualifiers – starting on March 26 against Argentina.

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