Carlos Cuesta has been , ending his five-year spell at Arsenal and turning into the youngest head coach in Serie A since 1929.
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The 29-year-old Spaniard has signed a two-year contract with the Italian membership, with an choice for a 3rd. It’s his first senior managerial position and marks the most recent step in a profession that started within the youth academies of Atlético Madrid and later Juventus, the place he coached the under-17s.
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His departure from Mikel Arteta‘s employees had been anticipated following Cristian Chivu‘s transfer to Inter Milan, however affirmation from Parma makes it official: Cuesta will lead the facet into the brand new season, beginning with a fixture towards Juventus, the membership the place he as soon as honed his craft.
In an , Cuesta stated: “After 5 lovely years it’s exhausting to place this into phrases, however I can solely specific how grateful I’m for having lived my day-to-day with such particular folks and really feel what it means to symbolize this soccer membership, with its unbelievable historical past and values.
“The one factor I’ve ever tried to do was give all the things I had inside me each single day. I used to be impressed by the tradition that was created, by the starvation of each individual of the organisation and by the unity that we had in any scenario that we needed to face.
“It has been a privilege to have had the possibility to work with the gamers, employees, administrators and all the workers of the membership and on the identical time, to obtain an additional push from our wonderful followers in each match.
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“Due to the standard of its folks, I’m satisfied that the perfect moments for this soccer membership are nonetheless but to return. Benefit from the journey, as a result of it’s a very thrilling one. Thanks Arsenal.”
Cuesta’s appointment is known to have been strongly backed by Parma president Kyle Krause, who has lengthy favoured the recruitment of tactically progressive coaches with a observe document of participant growth. Sources near the negotiation say Federico Cherubini, Parma’s chief govt, and sporting director Alessandro Pettina had been impressed by Cuesta’s imaginative and prescient for the squad and method to possession soccer, which echoes the mannequin developed beneath Arteta in North London.
Considered one of the promising younger coaches in Europe, Cuesta is fluent in six languages and has constructed a popularity inside Arsenal for his tactical perception, consideration to element, and the readability of his communication.