ian1964 10,720 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 STV By Grant Russell 01 August 2011 19:40 GMT Comment STV can reveal that former Sporting Lisbon boss Paulo Sergio Bento Brito is being lined up to be the new manager of Hearts. The Tynecastle club have moved to appoint the Portuguese coach, commonly known as Paulo Sergio, following the dismissal of Jim Jefferies and his assistant Billy Brown on Monday afternoon. The 43-year-old has been out of work since February, when he was sacked by Sporting shortly after their Europa League exit at the hands of Rangers. It is expected he will take training at Riccarton on Tuesday. Hearts will be the seventh club of Sergio's managerial career, having picked up his first job at Olhanense in 2003. He stayed in charge at the club until 2006, upon which he moved to Santa Clara. Short tenures at Beira-Mar and Pacos Ferreira followed before he took over at Vitoria Guimaraes in October 2009. His time with the Branquinhos however was also short lived, after being approach in April to take over at Sporting, where he won 11 of his 17 games before being sacked. Sergio's playing career started with Olivais Moscavide in 1986, before spells at Belenenses, Pacos Ferreira, Salgueiros, Vitoria Setubal, Feirense, Santa Clara, French side Grenoble, Estoril and latterly Olhanense, where he retired in 2001. Jefferies, who was in his second spell as Hearts manager, was removed from his position on Monday. He remains in employment at Tynecastle and has been offered a role as the club's director of football, to which he is yet to reply 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 was he not the manager of Kaunas when they pumped us out of europe a few seasons ago? Me thinks yes. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Nah, it was rumoured that Jos�© Couceiro (he is the guy that managed Kaunas when we got knocked out) was going to become manager, but he is quite new in the Lokomotiv Moscow managers job. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Didn't know Jefferies had been sacked again! What does a manager have to do at Hearts to keep his job? Oh yeah, put his nose up the owner's arse... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Mad Vlad should manage if he feels nobody is capable as he just keeps giving managers the boot at the wrong times. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Jeffries, out of a job. Let's hope Ally doesn't lose a home game!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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