Pedro Brito — better known as Bubista — has walked away from the Cape Verde job to take charge at Moroccan club RS Berkane on a two-year deal. It's a significant club appointment, and one that makes a lot of sense for both sides.
Berkane just won the CAF Confederation Cup in 2025 and have clear ambitions to climb further on the continental stage. Bringing in a coach who just navigated a first-ever World Cup campaign — and did it with style — signals exactly the kind of ambition that club is projecting right now.
What Bubista did at the World Cup
Cape Verde's tournament deserves more than a footnote. They held eventual champions Spain to a 0-0 draw, with 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha putting in a performance that turned heads across the globe. Back-to-back draws against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia then sent the Blue Sharks through as group runners-up.
Argentina ended their run 3-2 in the round of 32 — but only after extra time, and only after Sidny Lopes Cabral's equaliser was voted the best goal of the entire tournament. For a nation making their World Cup debut, that's not a decent showing. That's a statement.
Bubista built a team that competed. That's the CV Berkane are buying into.
The coaching carousel continues
He replaces Moine Chaabani, who has returned to Tunisia — another World Cup nation — leaving a vacancy that Berkane moved quickly to fill. The Cape Verde federation signed off with the expected social media tributes, thanking Bubista for his "dedication, professionalism, and contribution."
The club's political weight is also worth understanding. Berkane is the home club of Fouzi Lekjaa, Morocco's most powerful football administrator and a close ally of FIFA President Gianni Infantino. This isn't just a mid-table Moroccan outfit — it's a club with connections that reach into the heart of African and global football governance.
Bubista steps into a well-resourced environment. The pressure to deliver on that CAF success will be real and immediate.
