“You turned each match right into a second to recollect, and your ardour is one thing I’ll carry with me eternally.
“Thanks for permitting me to be a part of this nice membership’s story.”
Pirates mentioned their remaining matches after Riveiro’s departure “might be overseen by assistant coach Mandla Ncikazi, who will take cost of the crew on an interim foundation”.
“He might be supported by head efficiency analyst Rayaan Jacobs and the remainder of the membership’s technical and help employees.”
Riveiro steered Pirates to 5 of eight home cup trophies in his three years at Pirates, together with three successive MTN8 titles and two in a row within the Nedbank.
They ended runners-up twice to Sundowns within the Premiership and are nearly assured that place once more in 2024-25.
What made the Spaniard most marketable was he steered Bucs to the Caf Champions League semifinals this marketing campaign, shedding 3-2 on mixture to Pyramids FC. Pirates had been the one unbeaten crew within the quarterfinals, progressing comfortably by Group C with 14 factors to report 12-time Champions League winners Al Ahly’s 9 in Bucs’ first return to the spherical robins since 2018-19.
