Gor Mahia coach Jose Marcelo Ferreira resigns
Gor Mahia head coach Jose Marcelo Ferreira (right) and his assistant Zedekiah Otieno look on during the SportPesa Super Cup final match at Uhuru Stadium on June 11, 2017. PHOTO | VINCENT OPIYO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- His last assignment at the club was the final of the inaugural SportPesa Super Cup tourney in Tanzania on Sunday.
Gor Mahia coach Jose Marcelo Ferreira has resigned from his position, Nation Sport can reveal.
In a letter to Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier on Thursday morning, the Brazilian thanked the club for giving him the opportunity to serve the team but did not give reasons for his decision to quit the club barely a year and three months after he was appointed to replace Scotsman Frank Nuttall.
“Dear Mr President, I hereby submit my resignation request, so terminate my contract from the position of the Head Coach I have held since March 2016 to date,” he said in the letter.
“Thank you for the consideration and trust given to me by the club, throughout my working period here."
A copy of Jose Marcelo Ferreira's resignation letter. PHOTO | COURTESY |
His last assignment at the club was the final of the inaugural SportPesa Super Cup tourney in Tanzania on Sunday, where he guided Gor Mahia to the title in a 3-0 win over arch-rivals AFC Leopards at Uhuru Stadium.
He had been on holiday in Brazil as the season took a break late last month, leaving Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno to take charge of Gor in Tanzania.
Ferreira led Gor Mahia to a second-place finish in the league behind champions Tusker last year and won the KPL Super Cup as his side beat the brewers in the season curtain raiser earlier this year.
Club assistant coach Otieno is expected to take over in an interim capacity as the team prepares to take on Sofapaka on Sunday.
