Spain’s Formoso to coach national futsal team

The Spanish coach will work on a three-year contract from 2014.

Formoso, 39, is a member and trainer of the Royal SpanishFootball Federation (REEF). He won the Ramon Cobo, anaward for the best REEF coach in the 2011-12 season. He then guided Hangzhou Zhejiang Dragons and helped them take second place at the Chinese futsal championship. He finished a contract with Peru’s national team in August.

Tran Anh Tu, head of Vietnam futsal team at the SEAGames, said Formoso was expected to help Vietnam’s team to compete at the continental level.

Earlier, Vietnam lost 1-8 to Thailand in the final match of SEA Games and took a silver medal. Former coach Sergio Gargelli of Italy had stated several times that Vietnam could defeat Thailand. However, he was blamed for the mistakes made in the final match that led to Vietnam’s defeat. His contract, which ended after the Games, was not extended.