Rio de Janeiro Oct 17 (IANS) Chapecoense have named Gilson Kleina as their new coach as they attempt to avoid relegation to Brazil s second division football.
Kleina 49 is Chapecoense s fourth coach this year following Vagner Mancini Vinicius Eutropio and Emerson Cris reports Xinhua news agency.
The latter was dismissed after the side s 0-1 home loss to Flamengo on Sunday a result that left them 16th in the 20-team top flight standings above the relegation zone only on goal difference.
Kleina who was sacked as coach of fellow Brazilian Serie A strugglers Ponte Preta last month is expected to take charge for the first time in Chapecoense s visit to Atletico Mineiro on Wednesday.
Seventy-one people died -- including 22 Chapecoense players and all of the team s coaching staff -- when a chartered plane in which they were travelling crashed in Colombia last November.
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