ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL AND former Deportivo de La Coruña player Carlos Wilson has signed for Waterford FC.
The Portuguese-born midfielder joins the club after a recent spell with Portuguese side União da Madeira and has also played in Spain, Belgium and Greece.
Speaking to Waterford’s club website after his signing, the 29-year-old said:
“I am very pleased to be joining Waterford FC. I had a great welcome from the staff and the boys since I’ve come in. My first impression was positive and I was blown away by the depth the coaches go into in training.
“The football club has a very positive atmosphere and the boys get along very well with brilliant team spirit on and off the field. Waterford is a great club to be at and I think I will learn a lot here.”
Waterford manager Alan Reynolds added:
“He’s come in and he’s done well with the lads so we delighted to get him sorted. He’s a big, strong lad and we think he’ll suit what we’re trying to do.
“We’ve brought in Noel, Dessie, Noe, kept Courtney and now we’ve added Rudy, so we’re adding the depth that we’ll need for the rest of the season.”
Meanwhile, John Kavanagh has returned to Cork City after the completion of his loan deal, and Reynolds paid tribute to him as he departs.
“John has gone back to Cork. He was a great lad to have around, was unlucky with the injury but we thank him for all his work during the first half of the season and wish him well.”
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Fantastic!
Ireland’s plans won’t be unduly interrupted and Ulster are FINALLY getting a world class coach/ DOR to lead them.
Good news for Ireland, Ulster and Les Kiss!
Let’s just hope we can guide our way through this season without imploding due to the power vacuum at the top!
And there it is, a power vaccum!
Hope Les and Neil can bring home some silverware. Having attended the European cup at Lansdowne in 1999, ulster fans really need success of that magnitude.
Hopefully Les can give the team the Kiss of life if you’ll pardon the pun
No. It will not be pardoned. What were you thinking? Did you not think of the children? The children!
Does this mean that Ireland will be getting a new defence coach after the World Cup?
I assume that means Kiss is leaving the national set up, which would be a shame as he’s been a quality coach for the team. Ulster fans will be very happy with this appointment, I’d imagine.
On the other hand, if he stays part of the Irish set up next season, I’d be a little uncomfortable. The problem would remain that he would have direct access to key performance indicators and player data from his provincial rivals, which may lead to a certain level of distrust between the teams. The temptation would be there for Foley, Lam and O’Connor to draw the curtains, something that could be harmful to the Irish set up.
You’re presuming Kiss would be dishonest enough to poach information. Sound.
Okay. Reading over the comment it sounds rather accusatory. I don’t think there is anything malicious in his appointment or anything.
When I say Ulster fans will be happy it is solely because Kiss is a great coach.
I’m saying that if he is part of the Irish set up in the 2014-15 season I would expect him to be seeing these stats while making game plans with Schmidt, not stealing them or anything. I also expect Simon Easterby and others to see this kind of thing.