JAKARTA - Persebaya Surabaya finally officially has a head coach to guide the team in the rest of the 2025/2026 Super League by appointing Bernardo Tavares.
The announcement of the arrival of the Portuguese coach was uploaded on Persebaya and Tavares' social media. This news was a breath of fresh air after the Bajul Ijo had been performing for quite some time under the leadership of an interim coach.
"Coach Bernardo Tavares is Green. He will arrive in Surabaya with an assistant. The entire coaching team that is currently in place will also continue to support coach Tavares at Persebaya," read the statement in a post on the Persebaya account, quoted Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
Persebaya has ended its cooperation with coach Eduardo Perez since November 22, 2025. After not being with Edu, Bajul Ijo has stated that he has a long-term agreement with a coach, but has not announced the name.
At that time, Persebaya stated that it was professional to wait for the completion of all legal matters.
After the Spanish coach's death, Persebaya was handled by two assistant coaches, Eduardo, namely Uston Nawawi and Shin Sang-gyu.
A series of rumors about Persebaya's new coach surfaced. Tavares' name was rumored to be with former Indonesian national team coach Shin Tae-yong.
On the other hand, Tavares also decided to leave his previous club, PSM Makassar, as of October 1, 2025. The coach who has been handling Juku Eja since 2022 has resigned due to salary payment problems.
Together with Bernardo, PSM once climbed the podium to win the 2022/2023 Liga 1. Before becoming a coach in Indonesia, the coach with a Pro UEFA license spent much of his career in Portugal, Oman, the Maldives, Macau, India, and Finland.
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