Francesco Farioli, the newly appointed FC Porto coach, stated on Monday that he intended to restore his new club to their rightful place and deliver the 30-time Portuguese champions their first title since 2022.
The 36-year-old Italian, who resigned as Ajax coach in May after the club became runners-up in the Dutch league, squandered a nine-point lead with five games remaining and succeeds Martin Anselmi.
Porto finished third in the title race last season, 11 points behind champions Sporting Lisbon, winning only 10 of their 21 games under Anselmi.
Farioli stated that his “desire was to restore Porto to the place they belong.”
Porto president Andre Villas-Boas mentioned that Farioli is “a young coach, but extremely ambitious”, and he had “exploded onto the European football scene”.
