Qatar appointed Uruguayan Jose Daniel Carreno as new heach coach of the national football team on Wednesday

Carreno, who trained Qatari club Al Arabi SC in 2014, took over from Algerian Djamel Belmadi, who had been in charge from March 2014 until last week when his departure was announced.

The first challenge awaiting the 52-year-old Carreno, widely known as El Crespo (The curly one), will be helping Qatar qualify for the Russia 2018.

As a player Carreno spent most of his career at Uruguayan club Montevideo Wanderers, having also turned out for French outfit Lens for three seasons.

As a coach, he has trained teams in Ecuador, Colombia and Chile, and before Al Arabi had been in charge of Al Nassr in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. [FIFA.com]

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