MLS Legend Etcheverry Appointed Aucas Coach

Bolivian football legend, Marco Etcheverry, was appointed the new coach of Ecuadorian club Aucas on Thursday.

Dec 18, 2008 6:07:54 PM

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Marco Antonio "El Diablo" Etcheverry was appointed the new coach of Aucas on Thursday, and he has promised to take the popular Ecuadorian club into the First Division.

Etcheverry was presented as the new coach of Aucas by club president, Ramiro Montenegro, who gave the former Bolivian international the necessary confidence to lead the club back into the Ecuadorian First Division, after a two-year absence.

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"I want to welcome Marco Antonio to our club, I hope the time he spends in our country is successful, and I hope, like a Bolivian brother, that he feels the same as if he were home," Montenegro expressed to the press, during Etcheverry's official presentation as the new coach of Aucas.

Etcheverry, who played for Barcelona and Emelec of Ecuador, between 1997 and 1999, affirmed that they "have treated me very well" and that he is "looking forward" to his latest challenge.

"Now they are telling me that I have to take Aucas there (to the First Division), meaning that next year we will go up," concluded an enthusiastic Etcheverry.

iiGregory Sica, Goal.com

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