Former Sporting Lisbon coach Manuel Fernandes has taken over at Angolan club AS Aviacao.
The 55-year-old Portuguese replaces compatriot Bernardino Pedroto after signing a three-year contract in Luanda at the weekend.
Pedroto resigned earlier this year complaining of a lack of budget for the coming season and joined arch rivals Petro Atletico as technical director.
Under Pedroto, AS Aviacao won three league titles between 2002 and 2004 but finished fifth last season.
Fernandes has also coached at Campomaiorense, Vitoria Setubal, Santa Clara and Penafiel in Portugal. In 2001 he was briefly in charge of Sporting, where he also played.
04 January 2007
Portuguese coach Bernardino Pedroto has left AS Aviacao after being told the Angolan club's precarious financial situation would mean the sale of key players, the ANGOP news agency reported.
"The club is in a delicate financial situation and after a talk with the (club) president we have agreed on my departure," Pedroto told Portuguese sports daily A'Bola.
Pedroto spent seven years at the airline-owned club, during which he won the GiraBola title in 2002, 2003 and 204.
The side also reached the group phase of the African Champions League in 2003 but finished fifth in the Angolan championship last season, 20 points behind Primeiro Agosto.
