Official: Former Man United coach Silvino Louro passes away

Manchester United has said goodbye to one of its former staff members.

Silvino Louro, United’s former goalkeeping coach under Jose Mourinho, passed away yesterday.

Death

The club announced yesterday on their official website, “Manchester United is saddened to learn our former goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro has passed away at the age of 67.”

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They added, “our thoughts are with Silvino’s family and friends at this difficult time.”

One of his former clubs, Real Madrid also released a statement saying, “Real Madrid wishes to express its condolences and its love and affection to his family, his teammates, his clubs and all his loved ones.”

Former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea also posted a photo on Instagram which simply stated, “rest in peace”.

Career

Louro played for numerous clubs across Portugal, most notably for SL Benfica between 1984 and 1994 and FC Porto from 1995 to 1997. He also won 23 caps for his country.

He began a successful career as a goalkeeping coach at illustrious clubs such as Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United, all while working closely with Jose Mourinho.

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Louro joined United in 2016 and stayed at the club until late 2018. He worked closely alongside David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone and Joel Pereira.

The former goalkeeping coach was also part of the team that won the FA Community Shield, League Cup and Europa League during his first year at the club.

He was instrumental in Vítor Baía, Petr Čech, and Júlio César winning the UEFA Best Goalkeeper award under his tutelage.

Portuguese newspaper A Bola, referred to him as “an unavoidable figure” in Portuguese football.

They reported that he finally “succumbed to a prolonged illness”.

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