New role
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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Darijo Srna has been appointed as FC Shakhtar Director of Football
A year ago, Shakhtar’s former captain Darijo Srna returned to the club and joined the coaching staff of Luis Castro.
Srna spent 15 seasons at Shakhtar, making 536 appearances (club record), scoring 49 goals and winning 26 trophies: the UEFA Cup, 10 league titles, 7 Ukrainian Cups and 8 Super Cups. He can use his vast football experience to help the young players succeed with the club.
Darijo’s new role duties include the development of young footballers, the adaptation of foreign players, the integration of the Academy guys into the first team, participation in transfer discussions, correspondence of the Academy teams and the first team to the club’s philosophy and Shakhtar’s playing style.
Sergei Palkin, FC Shakhtar CEO:
“This season was a kind of trial period for Darijo as a non-footballer. We all worried about him, watched whether he would succeed. He did everything very successfully! We all understand that he is the club legend. All the players in the team treat Darijo with great respect, for young players he is generally an idol. His personality is quite important in the team these days. The decision to appoint Darijo as a Director of Football is justified by his work, his influence and help to Shakhtar. His main task is to be inside the team life. To understand all processes - both training and operational ones. To be a link between the club management, the coaching staff, the team and the president. This is also very important because communication in our lives influences so many aspects. Further decision-making depends on one’s communication. This is one side. The other one is his involvement in the club’s transfer policy, in discussing it. Plus the Academy. We must understand whether the training process and education of our young guys is carried out according to the style and philosophy of the club, which, in turn, is based around the philosophy of the first team and its football. One of the main aspects is the adaptation of young players in the first team - both those who came from the Academy and those we acquire.”
Srna spent 15 seasons at Shakhtar, making 536 appearances (club record), scoring 49 goals and winning 26 trophies: the UEFA Cup, 10 league titles, 7 Ukrainian Cups and 8 Super Cups. He can use his vast football experience to help the young players succeed with the club.
Darijo’s new role duties include the development of young footballers, the adaptation of foreign players, the integration of the Academy guys into the first team, participation in transfer discussions, correspondence of the Academy teams and the first team to the club’s philosophy and Shakhtar’s playing style.
Sergei Palkin, FC Shakhtar CEO:
“This season was a kind of trial period for Darijo as a non-footballer. We all worried about him, watched whether he would succeed. He did everything very successfully! We all understand that he is the club legend. All the players in the team treat Darijo with great respect, for young players he is generally an idol. His personality is quite important in the team these days. The decision to appoint Darijo as a Director of Football is justified by his work, his influence and help to Shakhtar. His main task is to be inside the team life. To understand all processes - both training and operational ones. To be a link between the club management, the coaching staff, the team and the president. This is also very important because communication in our lives influences so many aspects. Further decision-making depends on one’s communication. This is one side. The other one is his involvement in the club’s transfer policy, in discussing it. Plus the Academy. We must understand whether the training process and education of our young guys is carried out according to the style and philosophy of the club, which, in turn, is based around the philosophy of the first team and its football. One of the main aspects is the adaptation of young players in the first team - both those who came from the Academy and those we acquire.”
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