Semin supported the decision to appoint Ari as sports director of Torpedo

Russian coach Yuri Semin supported the decision of Moscow Torpedo to appoint ex-Lokomotiv forward Ari to the post of sports director of the Black and Whites.

On Tuesday, Torpedo announced the appointment of Ari as the club’s sporting director. As a player, he played in Russia for Spartak, Krasnodar and Lokomotiv, scoring 90 goals. In July 2018, the Brazilian received Russian citizenship. He has two goals for the Russian national team.

“Only the appointment that happened at Torpedo is for the benefit of Russian football. And football in general. Because football should be led by people who understand it. There are still few people like Ari. These are mostly top managers. And we need people like Ari. He knows football well, he played great himself. Ari supports his team.

I think that the Torpedo team acted smartly so that there were no intermediate people who would suggest players for the team. There is a former player, and today a sports director: Ari knows Brazil well. For Torpedo, everything will be much cheaper: inviting Latin Americans to the team. I welcome such appointments. Good luck to him,” Championship quotes Semin as saying.

“Torpedo” with 43 points takes second place in the MELBET First League standings.

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