Tiago Nunes, the South American champion who will bring the Brazilian school back to Sporting Cristal

Tiago Nunes appears in this context. The 52-year-old Brazilian coach will arrive in Florida to have his first experience directing a Peruvian team. Sporting Crystal He bets on a coach with clear experience, in view of his continental goals and who knows what it means to be crowned South American champion as he did in 2018 with Athletico Paranaense.

The Brazilian began his career coaching a minor team in his country. Little by little he made a name for himself in Brazilian football. In 2005 he arrived at São Luiz where he won his first title: the Campeonato Gaúcho Serie B. For 2017 he was announced as the new coach of the Athletico Paranaense under 20 team.

A year later and after a great campaign with the youth team of the city of Curitiba, he will assume the responsibility of directing the first team, which was in the relegation zone, replacing Fernando Diniz. That first year he surpassed himself saving the team from losing the category and getting the Paranaense Championship and the South American Cup.

That 2018 Nunes managed to end the drought of titles that afflicted Athletico Paranaense for years. The following season, the good streak of achievements for the coach and his team would continue to consecrate himself with the Suruga Bank Cup and the Brazil Cup. After those successes he came to sign for Corinthians, but the good results did not accompany him and he left after a year.

In 2021 he arrived at Gremio in the midst of many expectations. He had an excellent campaign getting the Gaúcho Championship and the Recopa Gaúcha. After that experience, he assumed the position of ceara, team in which he was less than a year and that he left last March.

The history of the Celestes with Brazilian coaches goes back many years with the arrival of Waldir Pereira Didí in 1962. José Carlos Amaral joins this select group in 1993. Finally, and perhaps one of the most remembered by fans is Paulo Autori in 2002, with whom national champions came out. Now Tiago Nunes will set foot in our country to take over the leadership of Sporting Cristal and start a new stage for the club.