Carlos Tenorio lives up to his nickname: Demolition man. The president of the Association of Footballers of Ecuador (AFE) is strong in most of the criteria he gives about the tasks of the association he leads, about the development of national football, but also about the national team. In the Tricolor, Tenorio shone as a great striker at the 2002 World Cup, and especially at the 2006 World Cup, where he scored goals against Poland (2-0 win) and Costa Rica (3-0).

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And despite being frontal, he clarifies: “Those who know me know that I like to talk and negotiate.” However, his style was not well regarded “by some club leaders” in the country.

The Football Federation of Ecuador has not yet crystallized the hiring of a coach to replace Gustavo Alfaro at the head of Tricolor, and that is why Tenorio (43 years old) makes suggestions about the conditions that, in his opinion, the FEF should set for the new coach. .

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“I ask: If we say that we have potential with a generation of young players and that the Pro League is the best in the world, will we continue to applaud the coach who puts Ecuador in the World Cup and nothing else?” Tenorio said in a radio interview Watchtowerby Andres Mendoza.

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FEF conditions

The former striker of Esmeralda emphasized: “Ecuador already had coaches like Hernán Roll Gómez, the teacher (Luis Fernando) Suárez, who qualified us for the World Cup (also Reinaldo Rueda and Gustavo Alfaro) Are we going to look for a coach again just because of that? Going to the World Cup represents an important economic return, but what about the rest?

Tenorio added in his conversation in Watchtower: “I want to see what conditions the FEF sets. We need a coach who takes responsibility for the beginning of achievements, otherwise it is worthless”. The former Liga de Quito forward, who has also played in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Bolivia, spoke at length about what he expects from Alfaro’s successor at La Trio.

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“I don’t know what the Federation is planning, but the question is not who will be the new coach, but the conditions that the FEF will set for the incoming coach. If the leaders are going to bring someone to sort us out, anyone can come. Even I can rank Ecuador. Our football needs other types of support. We want a DT that will lead us to winning the Copa América and as far as possible in the World Cup. We shouldn’t bring in someone to applaud just for going to the World Cup,” Tenorio said.

For Garec, Tenorio said “there was too much mystery in the FEF” with “signing and not signing”. The president of AFE suggested that “an Ecuadorian coach can be put in place. With the base of footballers we have and because of the FIFA rules, they give us an invitation to go to the World Cup (2026) For God’s sake!, with six direct quotas, plus a playoff, out of ten (Conmebol participants), Ecuador should be walking towards the next World Cup . Shall we be content with approving the classification? The coach who comes must have a plan and assume that with this generation we want to win the Copa América”.

Finally, Tenorio criticized what he called “the comfort of the Ecuadorian leader.” The man from Esmeralda explained: “It is good that the leaders did not play football, but they are trying to manage the managerial-business part in which those who contribute to the good management of football are involved. Hire any coach, but we want to know where FEF is aiming. Alfaro came, sorted us out, now he says they owe him and will sue. Does it end there? I would like to know the conditions they will set for coaches from now on because Ecuador has power. If the Pro League says we are the best, why don’t we ask for the new DT to win the Copa América? (D)