{"id":542967,"date":"2026-07-10T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542967\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:18:08","slug":"jesus-succeeds-martinez-as-new-portugal-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542967\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus succeeds Martinez as new Portugal manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s former boss at Al Nassr, Jorge Jesus, has been named as Portugal\u2019s new head coach following the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/world-cup-2026\/2026\/0706\/1582003-merino-strikes-late-as-spain-edge-out-portugal-to-advance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup last-16 exit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old worked with compatriot Ronaldo as Al Nassr won the Pro League title last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese federation confirmed the appointment in a post on its official X account, with Jesus\u2019 contract reported to cover the next World Cup finals in 2030, where Portugal are a co-host.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt\">Come\u00e7a hoje um novo caminho. Bem-vindo \u00e0 Sele\u00e7\u00e3o Nacional, Mister Jorge Jesus. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ViemosParaVencer\" rel=\"nofollow\">#ViemosParaVencer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9Re2bCuAa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/B9Re2bCuAa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Portugal (@selecaoportugal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/selecaoportugal\/status\/2075573363683070079\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roberto Martinez <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/world-cup-2026\/2026\/0708\/1582394-world-cup-digest-croatia-boss-dalic-exits-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stood down as Portugal coach<\/a> following the defeat by Spain in the last 16, which brought an end to the team\u2019s campaign in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus won three Portuguese league titles with Benfica in 2010, 2014 and 2015 and also enjoyed success in Brazil with Flamengo, where he won the league title and the Copa Libertadores in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the RT\u00c9 Soccer podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ie\/podcast\/rt%C3%A9-soccer-podcast\/id1351258823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6pcqDQ1AO2djjP7xBSewtl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio1\/podcast\/podcast_soccerrepublic.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of the FIFA 2026 World Cup live on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player with highlights on RT\u00c9 Sport digital platforms and live blogs on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s former boss at Al Nassr, Jorge Jesus, has been named as Portugal\u2019s new head coach following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-542967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}