Enzo Maresca, the Italian coach of Chelsea, played with Brazilians Luís Fabiano, Renato and Daniel Alves in Sevilla and won the two -time UEFA Cup championship, current Europa League, in 2006 and 2007. He was already treated as a candidate for high level coach by his colleagues. Luís Fabiano remembers Maresca’s leadership in the locker room and makes a comparison with Rogério Ceni.
Career change
Luís Fabiano talked to UOL to remember his relationship with the rival coach of Fluminense. “In our relationship within the Sevilla team, Maresca was very good people. It was from our group of foreign players. He, me, Daniel, Renato. All very friends, “he remembers.
Inside the locker room, a born leader. “It was not the captain, because that was for club time. But it was leadership. He talked, debated, exchanged ideas and information with our coach, Juande Ramos. At this point, he remembered a lot of Rogério Ceni,” says former Sao Paulo center-back, two-time champion of the UEFA Cup for Sevilla. “Rogério also debated the tactical part, corrected players’ positions. The seasca was very seemed to Rogério in this respect.”
