{"id":452776,"date":"2019-06-07T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=452776"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:22:57","slug":"luis-boa-morte-appointed-assistant-manager-at-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/07\/luis-boa-morte-appointed-assistant-manager-at-everton\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Boa Morte Appointed Assistant Manager at Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton<\/a> have appointed Luis Boa Morte as their new assistant manager. The 41-year-old joins having worked with boss Marco Silva at Sporting Lisbon.<\/p>\n

Everton Appoint Luis Boa Morte as Assistant Manager<\/h1>\n

Lisbon Connection<\/h2>\n

Boa Morte joins the Blues on a two-year contract having recently been the assistant manager at an Israeli club.<\/p>\n

The former Maccabi Haifa assistant manager replaces Joao Pedro Soussa. The 47-year-old has become the new head coach at Portuguese side Famalicao.<\/p>\n

Boa Morte’s move to Merseyside allows him to reunite with Everton manager Silva, whom he previously worked with at Sporting Lisbon.<\/p>\n

During Silva’s spell as the Portuguese side’s boss in 2014\/15, Boa More led the Primeira Liga giants’ U19 side.<\/p>\n

‘History and Tradition’ Influenced Boa Morte<\/h2>\n

A former Portugal international, Boa Morte spent much of his career playing for Arsenal<\/a> in the top flight.<\/p>\n

After starting his career with Sporting, Boa Morte moved to the Gunners in 1997.\u00a0After a two-year spell in North London, where he won the Premier League and the FA Cup, he signed for Southampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also had successful spells with Fulham<\/a> and West Ham United<\/a> as he made almost 300 Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n

Boa Morte also had spells at Larissa in Greece and Orlando Pirates in South Africa, where he won another league title.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be joining Everton, a big club with so much history and tradition,\u201d he told Everton’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to be working again with the manager, Marco Silva, who is a great coach\u00a0and I would like to thank him for providing me with such a big opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting all the players and staff at the Club when we return for pre-season training next month\u00a0and start the preparations for the 2019\/20 Premier League season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boa Morte was named as assistant boss to Maccabi manager Marco Balibul in January 2019. He helped the side achieve a second-place finish in the Israeli Premier League.<\/p>\n

Main Photo<\/p>\n

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