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Ex-Turkey boss Terim named Al-Shabab coach

Fatih Terim speaks during a press conference held ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cup soccer match between Turkey and Kosovo at Loro Borici Stadium in Shkoder, Albania on June 10, 2017. AFP

Former Turkey and Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim was on Friday appointed boss of Al-Shabab, a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh, Agence France-Presse reported.

Terim, who won the 2000 UEFA Cup with the Turkish outfit, replaces Victor Pereira in charge of the sixth-place team in the Saudi Pro League.

The 71-year-old’s last job was with Greece’s Panathinaikos, but he left at the end of last season.

In Saudi Arabia Terim will oversee a squad including Belgium winger Yannick Carrasco and Italy midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura.

Terim is set to work under Al-Shabab’s director of football, former Juventus and Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedved.

“Having been a player with Juventus for years, he’s also done a lot as a director of football,” Terim told reporters at İstanbul Airport before flying off to start his new job.

“I’m very happy to be with him, I think he was a great footballer, a great name and an important symbol,” the former AC Milan and Fiorentina boss added.

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