Jose Riveiro: Al Ahly announce ex-Orlando Pirates coach as their new trainer ahead of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup with the Spaniard roping in two former Buccaneers staffers

Al Ahly have appointed Jose Riveiro as their new coach.

This ends weeks of speculation that the Spaniard was on his way to Cairo after leaving Orlando Pirates.

Riveiro's backroom staff includes fitness trainer Miguel Bellver Esteve, who left Pirates in 2023 and Carlos Nodar Paz, who will serve as one of Riveiro's assistants.

For three seasons, Riveiro was in an environment where his employers were patient with him.

Despite failing to break Mamelodi Sundowns' supremacy in the Premier Soccer League, Pirates were still keen on retaining the Spaniard.

He now goes into the territory where his predecessor, Marcel Koller, instantly became a villain after Al Ahly were eliminated from the Caf Champions League at the semi-final stage after being back-to-back African champions.

Riveiro's first realistic test as Al Ahly coach is coming at the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup.

The Cairo giants are pitted against Lionel Messi's Inter Miami, Palmeiras and FC Porto in their group assignments.