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Football Soccer – Valencia press conference – Petrovsky stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia – 23/11/2015. Valencia’s coach Nuno Espirito Santo attends a news conference prior to the Champions League soccer match against Zenit St. Petersburg. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

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Football Soccer – Valencia press conference – Petrovsky stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia – 23/11/2015. Valencia’s coach Nuno Espirito Santo attends a news conference prior to the Champions League soccer match against Zenit St. Petersburg. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
MADRID (Reuters) – Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo has left “by mutual consent” after Sunday’s 1-0 La Liga defeat at Sevilla left the Singapore-owned club languishing in mid-table, the club said on Monday.
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Portuguese Nuno, 41, took over in July 2014 with the strong backing of billionaire owner Peter Lim and agreed a contract extension until 2018 in January but has paid for failing to bring the required level of consistency to the team.
(Writing by Iain Rogers, editing by Justin Palmer)