With great titles won by Verdão, Abel Ferreira is already one of the greatest coaches in the history of Palmeiras and continues to seek even more
Born on December 22, 1978, Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira is a well-known football coach in Portuguese and Brazilian football. In addition to his career on the edge of the field, the professional also ventured into the four lines and made a career as a right-back. However, his passage on the pitch was not very successful.
Revealed in the youth team of Penafiel, Abel Ferreira joined the professional team in 1997. After three seasons, the former winger moved to Vitória de Guimarães. There, Abel stayed for about four seasons. Even so, the Portuguese failed to win any title in the first two clubs of his career.
In 2004, he decided to transfer to Braga and left the club a year later. In 2005, Abel Ferreira was hired by Sporting and stayed there until 2011. With more time at the club, the Portuguese won his only four career titles. In 2007 and 2008, he lifted the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira trophy.
Abel also won two Portuguese Cups. Already in 2011, Abel Ferreira decided to retire and was soon presented as coach of Sporting’s under-19 team. After staying there for two seasons, the commander left for Sporting B. From there, the former player was hired by Braga B in 2015.
A year later, the coach had his first opportunity in charge of the professional team, even if on an interim basis. Due to the highlight, Abel Ferreira was hired and took control of Braga’s main team. Born in Penafiel, Portugal, Abel Ferreira was hired by PAOK, from Greece, in 2019.
With no title won in his career as a coach, the Portuguese stood out for the way his teams behaved on the pitch. Faced with this, Palmeiras began to observe the coach’s situation and agreed to hire Abel Ferreira at the end of 2020. Without much time to train, the Portuguese soon gave his face to the team’s scheme.
Due to the great work, Abel Ferreira won his first title in his career after defeating his rival saints in the Libertadores final. Practically 10 months later, the coach played his second final of the tournament in a row and won the historic second championship with Palmeiras. In addition, he won the 2022 Brasileirão and the 2020 Copa do Brasil.
In his personal life, the trainer is very secretive. Married to Ana Xavier and with two daughters Inês and Marina, Abel made it clear in numerous interviews that, in order to be a better coach, he ended up being a worse father and husband, however, even from a distance, he continues to accompany them.
Source: sportbuzz
I am Sandra Jackson, a journalist and content creator with extensive experience in the news industry. I have been working in the news media for over five years. During this time, I have worked as an author and editor at various outlets producing high-quality content that attracts readers from different demographics.
