Paulo Victor seeks winning identity for Brazil’s U20 and U23s
Paulo Victor seeks winning identity for Brazil’s U20 and U23s “A good son always returns home. ” With these words, four-time world champion Branco, coordinator of the CBF Youth National Teams, introduced Paulo Victor Gomes to the players of the Brazil U-20 National Team, the first group called up by the new manager, who will also take on the role of head coach of the U-23 National Team. PV, as he is also known, returns to the Home of Brazilian Football after winning the U-15 South American Championship in 2019 as head coach, and Olympic gold in Tokyo as André Jardine’s assistant, as well as having had a spell as coach of the U-17 National Team.
By his side will be assistant coach Lucas Andrade, another youth football specialist, with whom Paulo Victor shares both a long partnership and friendship. His first commitments in charge will be the friendlies on March 28 and 31 against Paraguay. But on the horizon, Paulo Victor has the U-20 cycle leading up to the South American Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2027, as well as the Olympic project for 2028.
Results are part of his planning. To achieve them, the coach has one key word: identity. “I really like using that word.
The player has to feel the Brazilian National Team in a different way,” he said in an exclusive interview with CBF TV. Check out the full interview and the other topics covered by PV below: CBF TV: You now return to the National Team as head coach. What does it mean to take charge of the U-20 and Pre-Olympic teams at this point in your career?
Paulo Victor : For me, it is a source of great pride, a lot of gratitude, and also a feeling of having earned it because of the whole path I have taken here within the Brazilian National Team, at Palmeiras, and more recently at América, after three years in Mexican football. So I truly feel privileged to be able to return to this institution at such a special moment, with the World Cup approaching, at a time when we understand that the institution sees this U-20 and Olympic Team project very positively, with a great deal of attention, giving us very interesting working conditions and structure. So it is a source of great pride.
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