JOHOR BARU, Feb 26 — The Johor Darul Ta’zim Football Club (JDT) today announced Raul Longhi as the club’s caretaker coach to fill the vacancy left behind by Ulisses Morais.
JDT Club President Tunku Tun Aminah Sultan Ibrahim via the JDT Football Club official Facebook, JOHOR Southern Tigers, announced that Longhi would be assisted by JDT assistant coach Ismail Ibrahim.
“We want to announce that Raul Longhi will take over as caretaker coach of the Johor Darul Ta’zim Football Club (JDT). In addition to having experience as a ‘caretaker coach’ at Espanyol Club, his three-year experience with JDT and knowledge about the club and its football philosophy were factors for his appointment to train JDT.
“Therefore, the club has decided to appoint him caretaker coach assisted by JDT assistant coach Ismail Ibrahim,” according to Tunku Tun Aminah via the Facebook page.
Yesterday, Morais, 58, via the Facebook JOHOR Southern Tigers announced resigning as head coach of JDT saying the decision had to be taken on family health factors.
The Portuguese-born coach was appointed JDT’s head coach on June 19 last year to replace Benjamin Mora.
Morais, assisted by Rui Rodrigues in the JDT team, had served with several renowned Portuguese clubs like Famalicao and Aves, before moving to JDT.
Under him, JDT won various championships including winning the Super League for the fourth consecutive year and embarking on the first Malaysian League Cup championship. — Bernama
