Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10:56 / Updated on Saturday, July 26, 2025 11:02
Andrea Pirlo (46 years old) beat the palm with Dubai United, a team from the second step in the United Arab Emirates, where the president is Ilie Cebanu (38 years old), the former goalkeeper of the Moldovan national.
The former great Italian international was free of contract in the summer of 2024, when he was dismissed from the Technical Bank of Sampdoria.
A year later, however, Pirlo returns to the position of head coach. He signed with Dubai United, a team established in 2022, which will evolve in the second league in the United Arab Emirates.
Andrea Pirlo has signed with Dubai United and will have Ilie Cebanu as chief
The official announcement of Pirlo's appointment at the helm of the team took place on the club's Instagram account. In the post published by Dubai United, next to the new technician is the president Ilie Cebanu, the former goalkeeper of the Moldovan national (31 selections).
Ilie Cebanu and Andrea Pirlo, at the official presentation of the Italian technician // Photo: Instagram @ Dubai United
In addition to this photo, the UAE club also transmitted the following words: “A true legend takes over the leadership! We are proud to announce Andrea Pirlo as the new head coach of our team. With his vision, passion and mentality of the winner, we will begin a new chapter. Welcome to Dubai, Mister Pirlo!“
The experience in Emirate will be the fifth for Pirlo as a coach. So far, “Il Metronomo“He also prepared Juventus (both the big and youth team), Fatih Karagümrük and Sampdoria.
The lot of Dubai United is made up largely of African players, but there are also footballers from Europe. By far, the most important name in the team is that of Adrien Silva, the former Portuguese international (26 selections), who went to important teams in European football such as Sporting Lisbon, Leicester City and AS Monaco. Silva is now 36 years old and is evolving for Dubai United from 2024. He took part in the triumph of the Lusitanians from the 2016 European Championship.
