{"id":50294,"date":"2026-03-27T21:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/50294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:30:17","slug":"ex-pirates-coach-unveiled-at-new-european-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/50294\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pirates Coach Unveiled At New European Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/tag\/orlando-pirates\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/tag\/orlando-pirates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Pirates<\/a> assistant coach Sergio Almenara has been reunited with Jos\u00e9 Riveiro at Swedish Allsvenskan outfit AIK Fotboll.<\/p>\n<p>He won four trophies at the Buccaneers including two successive MTN8 titles and back-to-back Nedbank trophies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/mtn8\/xoki-provides-update-on-injury-recovery\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/mtn8\/xoki-provides-update-on-injury-recovery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO READ: Xoki Provides Update On Injury Recovery<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/betway-premiership\/mofokeng-joins-exclusive-pirates-club\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/betway-premiership\/mofokeng-joins-exclusive-pirates-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mofokeng Joins Exclusive Pirates Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, AIK announced the arrival of Almenara at the Swedish side where he will once again work with his trusted number one in Riveiro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to AIK, Sergio Almenara!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAIK Football has reached an agreement with the Spanish coach Sergio Almenara Crisp\u00edn for a contract as assistant coach to the club\u2019s head coach Jos\u00e9 Riveiro. The agreement is valid from April 1, 2026, and is signed through the 2028 season,\u201d the club said on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy to be able to welcome Sergio as part of AIK\u2019s coaching staff. His skills and personality are an excellent addition to the current staff. Sergio\u2019s specialized skills in individual player development and set pieces will add significant added value to our business, \u201d added Miika Takkula,AIK Football\u2019s Head of Recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergio comes most recently from Danish FC Copenhagen where he was assistant coach to Jacob Neestrup. Between March 2025 and January 2026, he was also an assistant coach for the Finnish men\u2019s national team, where he was responsible for set pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almenara expressed his gratitude upon joining the club describing them as a historic club.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HEZ9Ir9a8AA_kFs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476816\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA historic club, passionate supporters and an exciting challenge ahead. I\u2019m grateful for the trust and ready to give everything from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the iDiski Times Digital Newspaper is completely free! Download it now by clicking the button below or fill in the form to have it sent to you every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Orlando Pirates assistant coach Sergio Almenara has been reunited with Jos\u00e9 Riveiro at Swedish Allsvenskan outfit AIK&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[18689,14681,14682,28025,131,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-50294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-aik-fotboll","9":"tag-jose-riveiro","10":"tag-orlando-pirates","11":"tag-sergio-almenara","12":"tag-stockholm","13":"tag-sweden"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116303273873909505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}