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Sergio Serra quit because of what the club said
were "aggressions suffered in the presence of his family."
His sister Cristina Serra said on Facebook that two armed men on
motorcycles approached him on Sunday night when he was walking
with his wife and children in Belem, the Amazonian city where
the club is based.
"One of them, his face covered with a shirt said, 'I know where
you live. If Paysandu go down to the Serie C I'll end you, and
your wife and that crazy son,'" Serra wrote, adding that one of
his sons is autistic. "My brother was very shaken and took the
only decision possible under the circumstances, to resign."
Paysandu are one of northern Brazil's biggest clubs but have
fallen on hard times and languish in 16th place in Serie B, just
one spot above the relegation zone.
(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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