Alas Pilipinas coach Jorge Souza De Brito through the AVC Problem Cup 2024. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines–Jorge Edson Souza de Brito is staying on as Alas Pilipinas girls’s volleyball workforce head coach, the Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation introduced Friday.
The Brazilian mentor can be in command of Alas Pilipinas till December 2025, in keeping with PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
“After cautious ideas, consideration and session with the PNVF board, I want to formally announce that we want to retain Coach Jorge till the SEA Video games 2025,” stated Suzara after Alas Pilipinas performed Highly effective Daegu of South Korea within the “Serve, Spike Unite” pleasant match in South Korea.
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“There are such a lot of occasions up forward for Alas Pilipinas so let’s proceed supporting the workforce and this system.”
De Brito was alleged to step down from his teaching put up on the expiration of his contract on the finish of this month, however Alas Pilipinas’ historic exhibiting within the AVC Problem Cup prompted PNVF to enchantment for him to remain.
IT’S OFFICIAL! The Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation extends Alas Pilipinas coach Jorge Souza de Brito till the 2025 Southeast Asian Video games in December subsequent 12 months.@INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/9WPXh6ZPZd
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) June 7, 2024
He’ll assist information the Filipino spikers to numerous key tournaments en path to the thirty third Southeast Asian Video games in Thailand subsequent 12 months the place the nation hopes to finish its 20-year medal drought.
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Earlier than the official contract extension, De Brito had stated that he needed to remain and proceed teaching the Philippines, particularly with the potential proven by the hastily-assembled Alas Pilipinas roster final month.
“In fact, my need, my want is to stick with these guys. All of the gamers within the Philippines, there’s a number of potential,” de Brito stated in an earlier interview.
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De Brito could have an intact core with the addition of UAAP stars at his disposal after the PNVF vowed to maintain the roster–which gained the bronze medal, the nation’s first in an AVC match–intact.
Alas Pilipinas is in South Korea as a part of its constructing for the FIVB Challenger Cup taking place subsequent month at Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
