Just In: Hugo Broos appointed as Bafana Bafana Head Coach
The South African Football Association (Safa) has confirmed the appointment of Belgian Hugo Broos as the new Bafana Bafana head coach on Wednesday at SAFA house.
Broos is no stranger on the continent and led Cameroon to Afcon success in Gabon in 2017 when they beat Egypt 2-1 in the final at the Stade de l’Amitié in Libreville. The 69-year-old has had an extensive coaching career spanning all of 31 years.
During that time he has notably coached the likes of Belgian League giants Club Brugge, R.S.C Anderlecht as well as K.R.C Genk. He also has previous experience on the African continent with Algerian sides JS Kabyile and NA Hussein Dey.
He then picked up his first international football team job with Cameroon from 2016-2017, a period in which he led the Indomitable Lions to an Afcon title as well as World Cup Finals appearance. After leaving the continent, he returned to his native to take up a Sporting Director role at Oostende.
Just In: Hugo Broos appointed as Bafana Bafana Head Coach
For almost a month, SAFA has been trying to appoint Molefi Ntseki’s replacement since his contract was terminated on the 31st of March. The 69-year-old Broos was the only foreigner out of the five short-listed candidates. Football analyst Phumuzho Manenzhe says a local coach is still the best option.
“We only have one trophy as Bafana Bafana and that trophy was won by a South African Clive Barker. What success are you talking about if you talking about foreign coaches, maybe you might say Clive Barker qualified us for our first-ever World Cup. Clive Barker won the Afcon for South Africa. Which other coach won a cup for South Africa.
There is one foreign coach who qualified us for the World Cup yes. If you looking at that and say it’s a success I will agree with you, but if you looking at success in terms of silverware and trophies in the trophy cabinet I would say Clive Barker is a South African and he did it.”