Colorado has a new coach, following the dismissal of Roger Machado.
After initially negotiating with Luis Zubeldía and seeing the deal fall through, Internacional shifted focus and signed another Argentine: Ramón Díaz, until December 2026. The information is from journalist André Hernan, from Espn Brasil.
At 66 years old, he – who shares management with his son Emiliano – is going to his third club in Brazilian football after having managed Vasco (2023/2024) and Corinthians (2024/2025).
Ramón Díaz will work again with D’Alessandro, the current sports director of Colorado. He managed the then-midfielder D’Ale at River and later at San Lorenzo.
He was offered to Inter at the end of Roger Machado’s tenure, but the board decided to bet on a turnaround under the command of the now former Colorado coach.
The last job of father and son was at Paraguayan Olimpia. But it only lasted seven games between July and August of this year.
Ramón Díaz becomes the eighth coach of President Alessandro Barcellos’ administration that began in 2021.
Abel Braga, Diego Aguirre, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, Cacique Medina, Eduardo Coudet, Mano Menezes and the aforementioned Roger were the others.
He will debut for Colorado next Saturday (27), in a duel against Juventude at Jaconi for the 25th round of the Brazilian Championship.
Colorado is, with 27 points in 23 games, in 13th place.
Opening the Z-4 is Vitória, which has 22 in 24 matches.
History in Brazilian football
The first experience in the country would be at Botafogo, in 2020. But Ramón Díaz didn’t even take over, as he had to be absent to undergo surgery a day after being announced.
Emiliano Díaz managed the Glorioso for three games (with three losses) until the board decided not to continue with the agreement.
He went through Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal before being Vasco’s bet in July 2023.
He kept Cruz-Maltino in the elite of Brasileirão, stayed for the following season, but ended up leaving at the beginning of BR-2024, in April.
He was hired by Corinthians in July. And he secured Timão in the preliminary stages of the Libertadores after a surge in the final phase of the Brasileirão.
2025 began with frustration against Barcelona, resulting in a drop in the third preliminary phase of Liberta.
The sequence had the conquest of Paulistão over rival Palmeiras, representing the end of a drought and preventing the rival from taking the tetra.
Ramón and his son were fired a month later after a bad start in the Brasileirão.
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