MOSCOW, June 30 Spartak head coach Guillermo Abascal said that he gave his son a Russian name to pay tribute to the Moscow football club and all the people in Russia who helped him a lot.
The Spanish specialist became a father at the end of May, the 34-year-old coach named his son Guillermo Nicolai. Earlier, Abascal married his wife Alejandra in Moscow in April.
“Of course, the story is important, the whole context. This is a tribute to the club and all the people here. We really feel very good here, the people around and the club help us a lot in all matters and my son in particular. Therefore, he must know and understand that he was born in this place,» Abascal said in a video interview published on the club's official YouTube channel.
Nikolai Petrovich Starostin — one of the founders and long-term leader of the club and sports society «Spartak».
Abascal has been coaching Spartak since the summer of 2022, under the leadership of the Spaniard, the Red-Whites became bronze medalists of the Russian Championship last season.