The Spanish coach Roberto Martinez , who was dismissed last May by The Everton after three seasons at the English club, has been named new coach of the Belgian national football team, the "Red Devils" .
"Our new coach: Roberto Martinez," said the team in his official account of the social network Twitter.
The Catalan coach, 43, was named today by the Royal Belgian Union of Societies Soccer Association (URBSFA) "to take charge of the Red Devils," the institution said in a statement.
Martinez will succeed Marc Wilmots , who left last July 15 being the coach of the Belgian football after failing to reach the goals it had set for Euro.
URBSFA said "is delighted and proud to have found so quickly that level technician to train our team."
"Having created a list of shortlisted candidates with the most interesting for this position profiles, the choice has fallen rapidly in the Spanish coach, who has shown honored to work with a group of players as talented as ours," he said URBSFA.
"This excentrocampista has he led successfully coaching clubs Swansea, Wigan and Everton," he added.
Martinez will be officially presented Thursday to the media and Belgian fans 10.30 GMT at the headquarters of the URBSFA.
The new coach of the Red Devils began his career as a technician in Welsh Swansea in 2007, before joining Wigan Athletic two years later.
With the 'Latics' he won a FA Cup and went down to the Championship.
With the 'toffee', the former player of Zaragoza , Balaguer, Wigan, Motherwell, Walsall , Swansea and Chester, he played 143 games, of which won 61, drew 39 and lost 43, with 227 goals for, 180 against and a winning percentage of 42.7 percent.
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