Vissai Ninh Binh, the First Division Tournament champion 2009, will take part in the V-League 2010. Two months ago, the team invited Tavares to lead the team.

Ninh Binh will pay Tavares $10,000 a month, the same pay as the current coach of the national team, Henrique Calisto.

Ninh Binh’s deal with Tavares is a surprise because this club’s current coach, Nguyen Van Sy, is very successful.

V-League is not considered good for foreign coaches. Except for Calisto, who brought two V-League championships for Dong Tam Long An, all other foreign coaches have failed.

In its contract with Tavares, Ninh Binh added a clause that if Tavares fails to bring Ninh Binh to the top three teams at V-League 2010, he will lose the position.

Tavares worked with the national team in 1995. In 2004, he was dismissed after he disappointed fans when Vietnam was defeated in the qualifier round of the Tiger Cup.

Presently Tavares is working with a club in the Middle East.

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