LISBON (AFP) — FIFA have ordered FC Porto's former Dutch coach Co Adriaanse to pay the club 1.15 million euros (1.7 million dollars) in compensation for abruptly terminating his contract without a reason in 2006, the Portuguese outfit announced Tuesday.
A judge sitting on the governing body of world football's Player Statutes Commission examined the case and found against Adriaanse and his assistant Jan Olde Riederink, who was told to pay 146,250 euros (656,423 dollars) in compensation, FC Porto said in a statement.
"Unprecedented. For the first time in the world of football a coach has to compensate a club after terminating his contract without a reason," the club said.
The case goes back to August 2006 when Adriaanse and his assistants quit FC Porto ten days before the start of the season.
Adriaanse had joined FC Porto in May 2005 and under his guidance the club captured the Portuguese league and cup double.
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