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066: Lucky #7?
After resigning from his post at BFC Daugavpils in November 2039, Diego Correa would go in search of what he hoped would be a successful job number seven.
Across the next year, Diego Correa intended to take at least a few months away from the game, though did keep his phone off silent just in case an interesting opportunity arose early. The Argentine would receive interest across Lithuania and Latvia from Džiugas (not for the first time), Šiauliai and Auda, though none of those jobs tickled his fancy. Fast forward to December 2040 and another interview arrived from Latvia…
Valmiera, a team that has consistently been fighting for a UEFA Conference League qualifying round place for many years now, wanted to speak to the Argentine, who happily attended. Mikus Šmitiņš and Diego Correa had an harmonious meeting and, despite the media favouring fellow interviewee Rihards Ozoliņš (who Correa managed at BFC Daugavpils, a team who would subsequently approach Ozoliņš), the desired job offer was forthcoming.
After one season away, Diego Correa returns to Latvian football in December 2040. Valmiera have given him a two-year contract, which is set to keep the Argentine at the club until November 2042.
Valmiera Football Club 🇱🇻 were founded in 1996. They are situated in the northeastern city of the same name, which is one of the oldest cities in Latvia. After winning promotion from the second tier at the first time of asking, the club took part in Virslīga for the first time in 1997. They would finish either 7th, 6th or 5th across the subsequent seven campaigns (in a division made up of nine or, mostly, eight teams), with relegation eventually coming their way in 2003. Valmiera's stay in the second tier would last fourteen seasons, as they placed either mid-table or slightly below.
2013 would see improvement in tier two, as VFC became a side that would punch upwards instead of down. After placing 3rd twice and 4th & 2nd once, Valmiera eventually gained promotion back to the top-flight in 2017 after finishing top by going unbeaten across 22 fixtures. They did finish bottom in 2018 but were reprieved from the drop due to league restructuring. The next four campaigns would see Valmiera gradually improve to become one of the Virslīga's top teams, finishing 4th in 2019, 3rd in 2020 and 2nd in 2021. The upwards curve was maintained in 2022 as VFC became champions of Latvia for the first time!
In the save so far, Valmeira have built firmly on that first piece of success. They've added three more league titles (2028, 2030, 2031) as well as three Latvian Cups (2026, 2027, 2029) and two Super Cups (2027, 2032). The 2034 season, however, would see them narrowly avoid relegation via the play-offs and, although they have improved since then to regularly challenge for top five or, more recently, third place, haven't been able to get back to the top to challenge Riga and RFS. In the just completed 2040 campaign, Valmiera placed 3rd (by 17pts) so will have UEFA Conference League qualifying to come in July 2041. They also reached the cup final, losing on PKs to RFS.
Elsewhere in 2040, Riga won their first league title since 2037 after hitting 100 points whilst going undefeated. Liepāja got the other European place, Correa's old team BFC Daugavpils placed 6th, while Jelgava were relegated as Tukums survived a play-off versus Riga Mariners.
Valmiera continue to play their football at the Jānis Daliņš Stadium (capacity: 1,200) in Valmiera, Latvia.
According to the staff, the best players at the club are Raitis Sidorovs, Olegs Afanasjevs and Jurijs Pētersons. Though Mr. Correa knows Jonathan Veiga is apparently excellent, given the latter's record of scoring versus BFC.
This job marks the first time in Diego Correa's career that he hasn't worked under a director of football, with Valmiera making no audible intentions to snap one up.
Thanks for reading! Next Update: Pre-Season.
The Save So Far:
Team
Tier
Duration
🏆
🥇
⬆️
⬇️
P
W
D
L
W%
Departure Reason
🇪🇸 Xerez Deportivo
4
2025–2028
0
0
0
0
90
40
23
27
44.44%
resigned
🇪🇸 Europa
3
2028–2029
0
0
0
1
26
3
5
18
11.538%
resigned
🇬🇮 Glacis United
1
2029–2030
0
0
0
0
9
3
1
5
33.33%
resigned
🇦🇩 Andorra
4
2030–2031
0
0
0
0
21
4
5
12
19.048%
sacked
🇬🇮 Europa
1
2031-2035
0
1
0
0
123
65
21
37
52.85%
resigned
🇱🇻 BFC Daugavpils
1
2036-2039
0
0
0
0
120
51
24
45
42.5%
resigned
🇱🇻 Valmiera
1
2040-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0%
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