Union Berlin: New co-trainer de Souza brings a breath of fresh air to the team!

Union Berlin: New co-trainer de Souza brings a breath of fresh air to the team!

A fresh breeze is blowing at the 1st FC Union Berlin: With Danilo Fernando Evangelista de Souza, the club has signed a new assistant coach. The 41-year-old Brazilian comes directly from Leeds United, an English first division promoted, and will strengthen the coaching team around chief coach Steffen Baumgart, which already consists of Kevin McKenna, Sebastian Bönig and Adrian Wittmann. This news creates a spirit of optimism at the old forester's.

But who is Danilo de Souza? After completing his player career, during which he was active for LR Ahlen and Wehen Wiesbaden, in 2017, he took the step into the coaching career. At SC Paderborn he worked closely with Baumgart and looked after over 159 competitive games. These experiences are worth gold for 1. FC Union, as Horst Heldt, Managing Director Professional Ball Men, emphasizes in an official message. According to Heldt, de Souza not only brings expertise, but also international experience and excellent social skills. De Souza itself is looking forward to the new task and highlights the trusting relationship with Baumgart.

A look at the upcoming tasks

The newly baked co-trainer will soon have to prove itself. The first test game against Brandenburger SC Süd 05 is already on the program next Saturday. At the same time, the team looks at an upcoming training camp in Austria, where they compete against LASK and Rapid Vienna in test games. After these intensive preparations, we go to the training camp in Herzogenaurach from July 23 to August 1. The first real endurance test then waits on August 15th in the DFB Cup when FC Gütersloh travels to the old forester. The first Bundesliga game stands for the Union on 23/24. August on the program when you are dealing with the cup winner VfB Stuttgart.

With the commitment of Danilo de Souza, the 1st FC Union Berlin did a good business. The club goes into the new season with confidence and relies on a positive development in the team. What does that mean for fans? The anticipation could hardly be greater. An exciting year is imminent and we are excited to see how the new constellation will affect the pitch.

For more information about change of coaches in the Bundesliga, look at Transfermarkt .