The management of the Al-akhdoud club announced that it had agreed with Portugal’s Georgie Mendoza, the head coach of its first football team, to terminate the contractual deal between the parties by mutual consent, before facing the team in front of the Al-hazm.
The same sources indicated that the management informed the coach prior to the team’s last training and, immediately after the contract was announced, revealed the signing of Slovakia’s Martin Sevilla “47 years old”, to lead the team in the remainder of the current sporting season, which has previously coached Abha and Justice teams.
Mendoza, who was removed from his position, previously led the Southern Club to climb from the Yilu League of top-flight clubs to the Saudi Roshin League for the first time in its history, where the administration thanked it for its previous efforts, leaving Saudi Arabia after receiving all his dues.
شكراً مندوسا 🤍💙 #ThankYouMendonça pic.twitter.com/16tLirVT7X
— نادي الأخدود السعودي (@ALAKHDOUD) November 10, 2023
Mendoza’s dismissal followed the recent disappointing results of the team, finishing 17th to the last with 7 points.
📄 "مارتن سيفيلا" مدربًا لـ #الاخدود 🤍💙 pic.twitter.com/L88HPI2sel
— نادي الأخدود السعودي (@ALAKHDOUD) November 10, 2023
“Thank you, Mendoza”, accompanied by a photo of the Portuguese coach, followed directly by a tweet in which he wrote: “Martin Sevela is a Al-akhdoud trainer” with a photo of the new coach without disclosing further details, and Sevela (47 years old) has previously led the Abha and Justice Clubs.
Mendoza became the seventh coach said to be from his position this season after Croatia’s Rizić, who was sacked by Al Tai Club, Dutch Kaiser (Al-shabab), Belgian Yannick Ferreira (Riyadh), Polish Mishnevich (Abha), Portuguese Philippe Govia (al-hazm) and Nuno Santo (Al-litthad).
