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New UAE coach Jorge Luis Pinto has vowed to make a mark in the country's football and help realise their dream of qualifying for the World Cup in 2022.
The 67-year-old Colombian, who was offered a contract by the UAE Football Association at the end of last month, was officially unveiled at the FA's headquarters in Dubai on Wednesday.
Pinto, who outfoxed the likes of Oscar Tabarez's Uruguay and Cesar Prandelli's Italy to pilot Costa Rica to the quarterfinals, their best ever showing, at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, has been handed a two-year deal and takes over the reins from Serbian Ivan Jovanovic.
He had landed in Dubai from Bogota, the Colombian capital, on Tuesday.
"I followed and analysed many of the matches of the Arab and Asian teams, and football is an international language, not complicated, and I am sure that we will contribute to the development of the UAE team," Pinto said on Wednesday.
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- UAE NT (@UAEFNT) July 22, 2020
Estoy muy emocionado de asumir este reto con la @uaefa_ae, gracias al presidente, al secretario general y a todo el comité ejecutivo de la federación. Cuenten con el compromiso y trabajo incansable de mi parte y de todo el cuerpo técnico. pic.twitter.com/oXHFqHRtRKApart from the team, Pinto spoke about the enormous expectations that he will carry, that of the Emirati fans.
- Jorge Luis Pinto A. (@JorgeLPintoA) July 22, 2020
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