New LASK trainer Sacramento: Football with passion and community!

New LASK trainer Sacramento: Football with passion and community!

LASK, Österreich - The LASK started today, June 16, 2025, with the preparation for the new season in the Admiral Bundesliga and at the same time presented a new head coach: Joao Sacramento. The 29-year-old coach brings extensive experience from international football, even though he is still young. In his previous career, he already worked among renowned coaches such as José Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri as well as stars such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. Sacramento emphasizes that his own game philosophy of his personality and values ​​must take into account, which he already demonstrated in his previous stations, among other things at the Al Duhail SC in the Qatari Stars League, where he worked under Christophe Galter.

"Messi never missed a training session," emphasizes Sacramento, describing a attitude that he considers important to build a successful team. He remembers a Europa League game in December 2020 when he played with Tottenham against LASK and was impressed by their way of playing. This impression caused Sacramento to watch the development of the association carefully since then and now want to take advantage of the opportunity to actively shape it.

focus on community and control

The new trainer has the clear claim that the team plays with and without a ball and acts as a unit. "The stadium is supposed to become a cauldron again," explains Sacramento, who sees fans as the "twelfth man" in the game. He wants the community to play a major role in good and bad times, which also underlines the philosophy of the LASK, which focuses on the player both as athlete and as a person. According to the club philosophy, the goal is active and positive football that brings fun for players, coaches and spectators.

In a time that becomes crucial for the LASK, it is important to Sacramento to ensure the individual support of each player and also incorporate academic standards into training work. The training includes fundamental football competence, such as technology, movement without a ball and speed of action and wants to strengthen the identification of everyone involved with the goals of the association.

Sacramento, who started his coaching career at the age of 18 and has training in football coaching and performance from the University of South Wales, has a clear goal. With his extensive expertise, obtained by position analyzes at various clubs, he would like to further develop the game of the LASK and promote all players in their potential.

The official presentation of Sacramento as a coach of the LASK will be carried out at the beginning of the summer preparations, whereby he also intends to work closely with the existing coaching staff. This proves his endeavor to optimally prepare the team for the upcoming season and to implement sustainable, successful football philosophy.