Roger Schimdt has signed! His new address caused a big surprise...
German coach Roger Schmidt, whose name was also mentioned with Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş for a while, has ended his break from football. After leaving Benfica, the German coach was appointed as a global football consultant in the J. League, the top-level league of the Japan Football Association.
Roger Schmidt, the German coach who left Benfica at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, was surprised by his new job. In a statement made by the Japan Football Association, it was announced that Roger Schmidt has been appointed as a global football consultant in the J. League, the country's top-level league.
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The following statements were used in the statement made by the federation;
"We are delighted to announce that the J.League has launched a project to invite overseas coaches and has agreed to sign football coach Roger Schmidt as a global football consultant.
The aim of this project is for Schmidt, who has many years of managerial experience at leading clubs in Europe, to instill world-class football standards in his players through on-site training sessions for the academy generation, seminars for managers (managers, coaches) and sporting directors (SDs) and knowledge sharing with the J.League and J.League clubs."
