Asunción Dec 5 (IANS) The Paraguayan Football Association (APF) has announced the departure of national men s football coach Francisco Arce after the team s failure to qualify for next year s FIFA World Cup.
Arce led the team to five wins and 10 defeats after taking charge of the Guaranies for a second time in August last year reports Xinhua news agency.
"The decision was made on Saturday. I spoke on the phone with the (APF) president (Robert Harrison) and offered to help in the future " Arce was quoted as saying by the local press.
He said he had received an offer to coach in Brazil without revealing the name of the club.
Paraguay missed a chance to qualify for football s showpiece tournament in Russia by losing their final qualifier at home to Venezuela in October. A victory would have earned the team a playoff spot.
Arce also coached Paraguay from September 2011 to June 2012.
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