RANS Archipelago introducing Brazilian coach Rodrigo Santana as the new tactician. In addition there are also four new players.
Rodrigo Santana was brought in to improve position RANS, which is now stranded in 16th place. The 40-year-old coach is considered to have a good enough profile to improve RANS’s performance.
The former interim coach of Atletico Mineiro in the Brazilian Serie A was contracted for six months. Regarding the extension, future developments will be seen.
“Our team’s condition needs to be evaluated to get better, we brought in a new coach. The old one (Rahmad Darmawan) has expired. In this transfer market, we are also updating players for better changes,” said RANS President Roofi Ardian when giving a statement at the club office, Jakarta, Wednesday (1/2/2023).
“After the evaluation we selected a number of coaches, which fell to those who attended today. The coach from Brazil, with a good track record in my opinion, needs refreshment so that RANS becomes even better. Tonight there were also new players, the results of the evaluation were considered lacking, ” he added.
For Rodrigo Santana, RANS will be his first experience managing a team outside of Brazil and Portugal, or countries with Portuguese culture. Apart from Brazil, he has previously managed Portuguese clubs, one of which is Portuguesa Santista.
He admitted that he was challenged by the opportunity provided by RANS. He also feels that there will be no significant difficulties, because there are already many players and coaches from Brazil who have already made their careers in Indonesia.
“I’m happy to be here, it’s difficult indeed. So this is an opportunity, it’s nice to want to work outside, when RANS invited me here I was happy. Thank you,” said Rodrigo Santana opening the statement.
“In Indonesia, there is Teco (Stefano Cugurra, Bali United coach). There is Fabio (Lefundes, Madura United coach) he is a friend of mine, when he was in Brazil there were many stories about Indonesia. We have not met them in Indonesia,” he said.
“I only have a little time, I can’t answer how this team will go in the future. But I want to be in the top 10. I will think from match to match, now think against Persija Jakarta first,” he said again.
Meanwhile, four players were also introduced. They are Agus Nova, Muhammad Tahir, Bayu Setiawan, and a foreign striker from Belgium, namely Yanis Mbombo.
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