The Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has completed its coaching team. Following the promotion of Nuri Sahin as head coach as successor to the dismissed Edin Terzic is now Lukasz Piszczek neuer Ko-TrainerAs the club announced on Thursday, former BVB professional Sahin will join forces with Joao Tralhao and Ertugrul Arslan support. The previous co-trainers Sven Bender and Sebastian Geppert are eliminated. Tralhao and Arslan have already played with Sahin at the Turkish first division club Antalyaspor before the 35-year-old moved to BVB in January as Terzic’s assistant. “We have managed to put together a trio with Joao, Ertugrul and Lukasz, who bring a lot of skills and good ideas and will work well with Nuri,” explained BVB Managing Director Sport, Lars Ricken. In addition, Piszczek, who most recently worked as a player-coach at his hometown club LKS Goczalkowice-Zdroj The 39-year-old played 382 competitive matches in Dortmund, won the championship twice, won the cup three times and will celebrate his farewell match with Jakub Blaszczykowski in September. “Lukasz was my first choice after it became clear that Sven would unfortunately be leaving BVB for the new season. I have a special connection with him and I would have loved to continue working with Sven,” said Sahin. According to the statement, Bender will no longer be available to BVB “due to his private life and his personal development as a coach in the new season.” (sid)
