Soccer: Tedesco named Belgium coach

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 8 - Italo-German football coach Domenico Tedesco has been named Belgium coach replacing Spaniard Roberto Martinez who was sacked after the Red Devils, long the former No1 team in the world, were knocked out of the Qatar World Cup at the group stage.
    "Good luck, coach" said the Belgian Football Federation on its Twitter account.
    Calabria-born Tedesco, 37, took over as manager of Schalke 04 in 2017 and guided them to a second place finish in the Bundesliga in his debut season.
    He was sacked in March 2019 and subsequently took charge of Spartak Moscow in the Russian league in October 2019.
    He left Spartak in June 2021 before being appointed at RB Leipzig in December, leading them to win the 2022 DFB-Pokal.
    He was sacked by Leipzig in September 2022. (ANSA).