Overview
- FEF officially presented Gallardo as Ecuador’s head coach on Thursday with a contract that runs to the 2030 World Cup cycle.
- Gallardo immediately took charge and will debut on the Asian tour that opens in Suwon on September 24 and includes a match against Japan on October 1.
- He reshuffled his technical staff before arriving, confirming Hernán Buján as his principal assistant, adding Juan Carlos Docabo as goalkeeping coach, and noting Matías Biscay will not join the project.
- Gallardo said he accepted the job because of Ecuador’s ‘very good generation’ of players and asked for patience while he builds a process that will start by largely maintaining the recent World Cup core and assessing younger options.
- The appointment replaces Sebastián Beccacece after Ecuador’s World Cup exit and puts pressure on the federation to back a structural plan that can convert the nation’s top-league talent into sustained international results.