Bringing İsmail Kartal to the position of coach, Fenerbahçe made another move within the scope of the new season structuring.
The yellow-dark blue team brought Mario Branco to the post of sporting director. An official statement has been released from the club on the subject.
HERE IS THAT EXPLANATION:
“In our Professional Football Team, which continues its season structure, Mario Branco has been appointed as the Sporting Director.
Branco, who has worked in different clubs in many countries throughout his 19-year career, has been a part of important successes by taking part in all football-related processes; has strong relationships in the football world.
Experienced sportsman who speaks 6 languages, adding value to the clubs he worked for throughout his career; He also has a Professional Sports Management diploma and a UEFA B License.
Okan Özkan, who also served as Football Planning Manager for our club and previously worked as a coach in our Football Academy, has been appointed as the assistant of Mario Branco, who also assumed different duties in the Portuguese Football Federation and started to work as Football Operations Director in our team in the 2022-23 season.
We wish success to our Sporting Director Mario Branco and his team.”
WHO IS MARIO BRANCO?
Portuguese football man, whose full name is Mario Jorge dos Santos Branco, was born on November 6, 1976 in Porto. The Portuguese football man started his career as a scout at Pontrevedra. He also took on the same role in the teams of Mario Branco, Wisla Krakow, Zaglebie Lubin and Steaua Bucharest.
Branco, who started as the sporting director of the Leixoes team in 2009, most recently undertook this task in Famalicao.