Baniyas Club has signed Portuguese coach Joao Pedro Sousa to be the new coach for the first team starting next season, as the mission of the coach and his coaching staff begins with the start of the preparatory camp for the 2024/2025 season.

The 52-year-old Portuguese coach previously trained in the Gulf region with the Saudi Al-Raed Club 2021/2022, where he led the Saudi team to occupy seventh place in the Saudi Arabia Professional League. He also has great experience through training several Portuguese clubs, such as Boavista Club and Famalicao Club, who participate in the Professional League. Portuguese.

Coach Sousa has extensive football experience, represented in his work in the English Premier League as an assistant coach with many clubs such as Everton, Hull City, Watford and other international clubs such as Olympiacos, Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Braga in Portugal.

Finally, the coach expressed his happiness at being at the Sky Blues House and in the Emirates, expressing his great enthusiasm for starting the mission with his players in the first team. During the signing of the contract, His Excellency Mohammad Ali Al-Junaibi, President of the Football Company, was present, who welcomed the coach and wished him success in his new club.