by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

Interesting news from United Arab Emirates, where the local futsal committee just announced the first ever coach of their brand new futsal national team (not including an historical game played vs Belarus in 1995). We're talking about the well-known brazilian coach Paulo Eduardo de Jesús Pinho in futsal known as Padu. UAEFA just introduced the new coach to the futsal stage, though listing him as "spanish", see release below.

After many years of experience in Spain then Padu is ready for a new exciting adventure abroad, good luck.

-> Read more about Padu in this "Futsal Coach" magazine interview


Press release by UAEFA

Spanish coach for Futsal

Sunday January 13, 2011

The UAEFA has secured the services of the Spanish coach Paulo Eduardo to take over the country’s Futsal national team. The announcement was made during a news conference at the association’s offices in Dubai. The conference was attended by Yousuf Abdulla, secretary general of the FA, Ahmed Nasser Al Fardan, secretary general of the Sharjah Sports Council and chief executive of the Futsal Committee, team’s administrator Faisal Abdulla and assistant coach Adnan Mohammed.

Meanwhile, Al Fardan said they have officially bid for hosting the 2012 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

However, the Spanish coach will start his job with watching some of the Futsal national league games today.