FC Porto has officially appointed 39-year-old Martin Anselmi as their new manager and he signed until 2027.

Porto is his first job in Europe.

Martín Anselmi boasts four titles in his curriculum, all won at the helm of Independiente del Valle: an Ecuadorian Cup (2022), an Ecuadorian Super Cup (2023), a South American Cup (2022), and a South American Super Cup (2023).

He is the second youngest manager to win a continental CONMEBOL title.

He began his career in his native country Argentina, at the service of Excursionistas. He still worked at Independiente and Atlanta before starting his solo career in the B team of Universidad Católica. This was followed by his first run at Independiente del Valle, still as an assistant coach, and another at Internacional de Porto Alegre until he established himself as manager.

He started by leading the Chileans of Unión La Calera, in 2022 returned to Ecuador and became the first manager to win two trophies in the same season for Independiente del Valle – a feat he repeated the following year.

He left for Mexico and took Cruz Azul to the championship final, setting a points record for the club.

The Primeira Liga side are third in the Liga Portugal, six points behind leaders Sporting CP.

Porto is also 25th in the Europa League table, with only two wins from seven matches, one place below the qualification cut-off for the next round.

They play their final league phase game of the Europa League against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday at neutral site in Belgrade, Serbia.