Poland appoint former Leicester, Swansea and QPR boss Paulo Sousa as their new national team coach with the ex-Portugal star set to lead the team into this summer’s European Championships
- Poland have named ex-Leicester, Swansea boss Paulo Sousa as their new coach
- The 50-year-old will take charge of the national team at this summer’s Euro 2020
- Sousa has been out of work since August when he left French club Bordeaux
- The ex-Portugal player also managed QPR during his English managerial career
Former Leicester, Swansea and Queens Park Rangers boss Paulo Sousa has been named Poland’s new head coach.
The 50-year-old, who has been out of work since he left Bordeaux in August, replaces Jerzy Brzeczek and will lead the team at this summer’s European Championships.
Sousa will also be back in England when qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar starts after Poland were placed in Group I along with Gareth Southgate‘s Three Lions.
Poland have named former Portuguese international Paulo Sousa as their new manager
President of the Polish Football Association Zbigniew Boniek said: ‘I am convinced that the new coach of the Polish national team, thanks to his coaching class, experience and international knowledge, will give our national team a new impulse.’
Two-time Champions League winner Sousa was a regular for Portugal during his playing career and has coached in Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, Italy and China in the last decade.
‘I am honoured and proud to be the coach of the Polish national team’ Sousa said. ‘Poland is a country of football and I am convinced that your enthusiasm will give us strength, support and faith in the representation.
Sousa first coached in England with QPR in 2008 and also managed Leicester and Swansea
Polish FA president Zbigniew Boniek praised the appointment of Sousa ahead of Euro 2020
‘Together, we will be able to fight for victories at the European Championships.
‘With the right mentality, discipline, organization and approach, together with me, my staff, federation employees and the support of the entire nation, we will be strong.
‘I am sure that all of Poland will be proud of its national team.’