Fernando Santos is taking over as Portugal coach, despite his eight-game international ban for misconduct at the World Cup. The former Greece coach replaces Paulo Bento, who quit two weeks ago after a run of poor results, the Portuguese Football Federation said in a brief statement on its website on Tuesday. The 59-year-old Portuguese will be presented at a news conference on Wednesday, the statement said, but gave no further information. Fernando Santos has been handed the chance to manage his country despite his eight-game ban Santos was handed a lengthy ban after he verbally abused officials following Greece's World Cup defeat against Costa Rica
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The former Greece manager replaces Paulo Bento who quit after a poor run of results
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Fernando Santos was handed an eight-match ban after he verbally abused officials after Greece's defeat to Costa Rica
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Portugal's new boss will find out by the end of the week if he had any success in appealing FIFA's ban
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