Liverpool have appointed Diogo Paiva because the membership’s new technical expertise coach to work with the primary staff and academy.
First reported by Lewis Bower on X and now confirmed by This Is Anfield, the Reds’ summer season overhaul has continued with the arrival of Paiva from Porto.
The 38-year-old joins as a technical expertise coach and has beforehand labored with fellow Portuguese Vitor Matos.
As Elite Growth Coach, Matos was a key member of Jurgen Klopp‘s backroom employees and has now moved to Pink Bull Salzburg to hitch Pep Lijnders and Andreas Kornmayer.
Paiva labored with Matos at Shandong Luneng in China in addition to at Porto, earlier than Matos made the transfer to Merseyside in 2019.
Born in Porto, Paiva started his profession working with the very youngest of AC Milan‘s Portuguese-based youth groups earlier than spending a yr at Monaco as a technical director within the academy.
After a quick stint as assistant coach at Portuguese lower-league membership SC Espinho, he returned to expertise improvement and, in 2016, moved to China.
There, he labored as head of particular person participant improvement on the Chinese language top-flight membership, Shandong Taishan.
Two years in that function set him up nicely as when he returned to Portugal, he took on the identical job at Porto and held the function for six years.
In 2022, he additionally grew to become Porto’s U19 assistant coach and remained within the function till this summer season, when he made the swap to Liverpool.
In addition to Matos coming from Porto, Lijnders additionally adopted the same path.
The Dutch coach, too, spent six years at Porto, working his approach up from the under-19s, to the B staff, and finally to the primary staff as a technical coach.
Paiva was clearly hooked up to his hometown membership, Porto, and posted on LinkedIn upon his departure:
“It was a pleasure to work with such particular folks, together with gamers, who helped me develop as a coach!
“It was an honour and a privilege to put on the shirt with this image on the chest and lead the Particular person Growth Mission. I’m certain the membership will proceed to develop and develop gamers.
“I want everybody on the membership a lot success! I’ll at all times be grateful to those that trusted me with this chance to create one thing pioneering on the membership when it comes to participant improvement!
“Numerous gamers reached our 1st Group and successful the UEFA Youth League might be remembered. Representing this membership is one thing indescribable!
“See you ceaselessly, FC Porto.”
As with each appointment, Liverpool can have carried out a mass of due diligence on Paiva and might be assured he can contribute positively to the membership.
Welcome to Liverpool, Diogo Paiva!
