Luanda - Spaniard Carlos Viver was presented on Thursday in Luanda as senior national women's handball coach, replacing Angolan Vivaldo Eduardo.
At a press conference at the headquarters of the Angolan Handball Federation (FAAND), the coach considers it a challenge to guide the Angolan team, the most titled on the African continent.
Vivaldo Eduardo's successor is taking on a commitment in Africa for the first time, after many years coaching teams from his country and Romania, as well as technical director of the Spanish Federation.
On the occasion, Carlos Viver stressed that Angola has a very strong human potential, which allows it to dream of aiming for other achievements outside Africa.
With a contract valid for two years, with the possibility of extending for another year, the coach will have as his assistant, the Angolan Nelson Catito.
The 50-year-old Spaniard works as an advisor to the Angolan Handball Federation, having been a member of the technical team that played the last African Championship in Cameroon, in 2022, at the 2023 World Cup.
Among the main achievements, the highlight is the vice-champion of the world, with the senior women's team of Spain, in 2019, in Kumamoto, Japan. Also, in 2019, he was named International Handball Federation (IHF) coach of the year.
Spaniard Carlos Viver is the fifth foreigner to coach the Angolan national team, after Pavel Dzeinev (Bulgarian), Paulo Pereira (Portuguese), João Florêncio (Portuguese) and Morten Soubak (Dane). WR/VAB/DOJ
