Liverpool have appointed Brazilian legend Claudio Taffarel as the club’s new senior goalkeeping Coach.
The 55-year-old, a World Cup winner with the Selecao in 1994, will move to Anfield after finalising a work permit this week. Taffarel will combine his Reds duties with his role with the Brazil national team.
He will work alongside the Reds’ current goalkeeping coaches, John Achterberg and Jack Robinson, as part of the club’s first-team staff, but GOAL understands the arrival of Taffarel has been driven in no small part by Alisson Becker, who signed a new six-year deal with the Reds in the summer.
Taffarel is one of the most decorated goalkeepers in Brazilian history, winning 101 caps and lifting two Copa America, as well as the World Cup in the USA in 1994.
At club level he played for the likes of Parma, Reggiana and Galatasaray, with whom he later worked as a Coach and had two short spells as Interim Manager. He left the Turkish side in 2019.
He has worked as goalkeeping Coach for the Brazilian national team since 2014, and has struck up a strong relationship with Alisson as a result.
