At the right time? The hard decision made by Gerardo Pelusso, former coach of Deportivo Cali

Gerardo Pelusso says that his career as a coach came to an end. The 66-year-old Uruguayan, who headed Deportivo Cali in 2018, says that he will now dedicate himself to teaching to teach what he has learned in many years as head of several international clubs.

“Soccer has given me much more than I imagined. It was a cycle that went much further than I had thought when I left Florida at age 15,” Pelusso said in a statement.

He added that “Although I now make this determination official, it has already been made public in some interviews given in the last hours. The decision had already been made for a long time.”

Pelusso said that when he left Deportivo Cali he knew that this would be his last team as coach. “When I returned from directing Deportivo Cali in November 2018, I was on the plane to Uruguay and I knew it was the last time.”

The Uruguayan coach has a great achievement in international soccer and is the title of the South American Cup reached with Santa Fe in 2015.

Pelusso assured that he will continue to be linked to soccer, but from another place, as a member of the Uruguayan Association of Soccer Coaches (AUDEF) and from the Professional Technical Institute (ITP).

“Right now, I am preparing material to teach a subject that deals with” How to analyze football. And I will also continue in the Technical Study Group (GET) of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), where with a group of qualified coaches we are taking the study and analysis of the Copa América Brasil 2019 to all the federations of South America. “

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