MEXICO CITY.- After almost 4 years of absence from Mexican soccer, the Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha will return to Liga MX in 2026, as coach of the Braves of Juárez.
little box, Clausura 2015 champion with Santos Laguna was announced this Thursday as coach of Juárez FC, with whom he signed for two years.
“Welcome to the border, Pedro Caixinha. You arrive at the city where hard work, humility and resilience lead the way. Let’s go together!”, the club said on social networks.
Who is Pedro Caixinha?
Caixinha, 55, is an expert in the Mexican league. In addition to guiding Santos to the title, led Cruz Azul to the final of the 2018 Apertura.
The strategist replaces the Uruguayan Martín Variniwho led the team to the quarterfinals of the current Apertura tournament in which they lost 2-1 to the champion Toluca, after drawing without goals at their rival’s home, one of the most difficult in the league for visiting teams.
It was the first time that Juárez reached the stage of the eight best, which the Portuguese, with a reputation for being obsessive with work, will try to repeat.
Caixinha will have just over a month to plan the Juárez FC debut in January in the Clausura tournamentwhich will allow you to get to know your players and try to instill in them your way of seeing the game.
His last experience in Liga MX was in his second stage with Santos Laguna, when it did not go very well and He left the team in February 2022.