Portuguese supervisor Jorge Jesus introduced his resignation from Fenerbahçe late Sunday, shortly after the Istanbul-based group clinched the 2023 Turkish Cup title.
“As of today, I am not the head coach of Fenerbahçe. I told this to our president a few weeks ago,” Jesus stated in a post-game news convention to bid farewell to Fenerbahçe, the place he spent a 12 months.
On Sunday night, Fenerbahçe gained the Ziraat Turkish Cup after beating Medipol Basaksehir 2-0.
The 68-year-old said that he had already made his alternative, informing the Fenerbahçe president to hunt a brand new head coach for the following season.
He thanked Fenerbahçe Chair Ali Koç for giving the Portuguese nationwide a chance to teach the Istanbul membership and likewise thanked the followers for his or her help through the 2022-23 season.
“It was important to win the Turkish Cup both for Fenerbahçe’s history and my career,” Jesus stated.
Fenerbahçe beforehand gained the Turkish Cup in 2013, and the membership skilled a trophy drought for 9 years after successful the Turkish Süper Lig in 2014 and a Turkish Super Cup in the identical 12 months.
He additionally thanked the Turkish folks for his or her unity and solidarity after the most important earthquakes hit the nation in February.
Over 50,000 folks had been killed in two highly effective earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on Feb. 6.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude quakes centered in Kahramanmaraş province affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces.
Several international locations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the sturdy tremors that struck in lower than 10 hours.
“There has been a big tragedy in this country. I have seen how wonderful the Turkish people are. Emotional people. I hope we will see each other again,” he stated.
Fenerbahçe employed him in 2022, however the membership misplaced the Turkish top-tier Süper Lig title to archrivals Galatasaray in late May. During the 2022-23 season, Jesus’ males misplaced derbies towards Galatasaray twice (3-0 every) and Besiktas as soon as (4-2 at dwelling), a disappointing efficiency for the Yellow Canaries.
Jesus beforehand guided Benfica to the Portuguese league titles thrice in 2010, 2014 and 2015, and through his time period at Benfica, the Portuguese powerhouse had been the 2013 UEFA Europa League runners-up after dropping the ultimate towards Chelsea 2-1 in Amsterdam.
He gained Portuguese League Cups and Super Cups with Benfica and Sporting.
Jesus led Brazil’s Flamengo to win the Copa Libertadores and Brazilian Serie A titles in 2019 and completed the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup as runners-up.
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