New Bafana Bafana coach

drunken_master · New Bafana Bafana coach

Former Brazilian midfield maestro Pele has backed his former team-mate Carlos Alberto Parreira as an ideal candidate for the vacant Bafana Bafana coaching job.

"Africans are like Brazilians and our style is similar. Carlos has African experience as he started coaching in Nigeria and did a very good job there and when he left Nigeria were not the same," Pele told The Star.

He added: "He (Parreira) was my friend. We played together for 15 years at Santos and 10 years for the national side."

Pele believes that current Portugal coach Filipe Scolari, who is also on the shortlist of potential Bafana coaches, might be out of reach for South Africa.

The Brazilian legend even offered suggestions on how players could be readied for the 2010 World Cup.

"I don't see African clubs playing against their South American or European counterparts. For now they must try to play international matches at club level. And I believe that's the best way to gain experience," he said.

He also suggested that South Africa consider exchange programmes where they send players, or coaches, abroad and have other countries sent experts down here.

"Exchange programmes always work. It is done in other sports and jobs too. Russia are very good at tennis because they have sent their players to train in America. Even in Brazil, we have Cuba sending their doctors to our country," he added.

My_name_is_Earl

I am frankly concerned that the only two coaches(Gordon and Jomo) who have made presentation to SAFA might be the only choices that bafana have! bafana has been mediocre and high profile coaches are rarely interested in such teams!

VHAMBLIDINHO

lets just get the two guys(Gordon and Jomo) together. we are still going to fire them just before the tournament anyway Wink

VHAMBLIDINHO

Gordon Igesund is optimistic about his chances of being selected as the next Bafana Bafana coach.

But the Ajax mentor is not building up his hopes, despite his presentation and interview for the vacant national coaching hotseat at the weekend.

Igesund is one of the seven coaches on the shortlist for the Bafana job.

"It does not matter if the committee choose Jomo, (Sven Goran) Eriksson or any other big name overseas coach. Whoever gets the job must get the support of the country. It must be the best man for the job," Igesund told the Daily Sun.

He added: "I have pledged to support the new coach. The rest of the country must rally behind him as we are fast running out of time to get the side ready for the 2010 World Cup and to qualify for the 2008 African Nations Cup finals in Ghana.

"There is a lot of work to be done to get Bafana back to a winning and feared side."

Igesund concluded: "I have been in this position before and I will not set myself up for a disappointment. I will accept the decision of the committee and stand behind whoever is selected."

drunken_master

Newspapers are describing Brazil’s national coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira and Frenchman, Gerard Houllier as ‘favourites’ to fill the vacant national coach post.

They are more than that - they are in fact, the Safa technical committee’s out and out first and second choice for the job.

Technical committee head, Ted Dumitru confirms this, and lists Parreira as first choice and Houllier as second.

He reiterates earlier Safa statements that English national team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is not in the running.

Lebo

I almost belive that the entire matter might be a farce. with Scolari 'rejecting' a E5m offer from England, can we better that. Sven is also around the same bracket. we might end up with Claude Le Roy (i wont mind), and then lies that he was first choice anyway.

Stebo

I don't think SAFA can top the Scolari's offer by England...well they can if they want to but it would be a waste of money. SAFA need that money more than Scolari or Sven does. SAFA is destroying our national team, we are now ranked with the likes of Zimbabwe, no disrespect to Zim people but are we that bad. We should boycott all Bafana games until the SAFA executives resign.

drunken_master

if we can't get Carlos Alberto Parreira, i think we should give the job to Gordon Igesund. he deserves to have a go also. everybody has laid their hands on this job. he has won the league even with some weak teams. I don't trust Gerard Houllier with his heart attacks Wink

DGT

i say give the job to that 17-year old boy who applied Laughing

VHAMBLIDINHO

VHAMBLIDINHO

The South African Football Association (SAFA) will announce the identity of the new Bafana Bafana coach on Friday, July 14.

drunken_master

Current Democratic Republic of Congo coach Claude Le Roy has admitted to having held talks with the South African Football Association (SAFA) over the vacant Bafana Bafana coaching job.

But Le Roy says he is unlikely to take up the post as coach of South Africa, because of SAFA's delay in naming the new coach.

SAFA have put off naming their coach until July 14 - after the World Cup finals in Germany.

"I have a lot of offers, from Africa and from Europe. The DR Congo want to keep me too. But it would be a nice job, to coach South Africa for the next four years," Le Roy told MTN Football.

Other coaches on the Bafana Bafana shortlist are Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, Portugal coach Luis Felipe Scolari, Lyon coach Gerard Houllier, Japan coach Zico and local coaches Gordon Igesund and Jomo Sono.

Parreira,however, is the firm favourite to take over the Bafana coaching reins.

Sir Beast

Moes mina i understand that Suffer has a gentlemans agreement with their man!!! so why is Igesund wasting his time and not packing his bags to QATAR... unless he is the one with and agreement with Suffer he is wasting his time and ours.

Mina i still think suffer let the right fish go to Russia, why would he choose russia ahead of a world cup participating team in 2010 is a mystery to me unless Struru and TED bangled the conversations...

But im still of the opinion that a coach only will not do and because now bafoon bafoon has been split form the amteaur wing i dont see how the coordination is going to happen, because for me to have a strong BB you need a briiliant amteur structure everything that is done in the in the lower ransk must be done with the intetion of making BB strong...

Nahtino

The situation is bad ...

we'r STILL behind as is ...

A coach should be like a 25 % of the whole operation

Players, Player Identification , tracking , managament

administration has to be top notch and singularly focused
in doing things like organisng frendlys , player flight arangments , accomadation , talking to coaches overseas

last I heard there was a plan of having a SAFA office overseas ... that would be great ..We'v had overseas based players who can do the job for us ...

but personally Id prefer a local guy

Jomo has his flaws, but he can do it ... and he team can play really well ( An SA style ) but he uses his players sometimes ...

Grodon ... he's tactically great, but u can se the BIG CF with hooving the ball forward approach ...

but he's proven he's the betetr of the two ...

he had quiet a good African campaign with manning rangers and santos ... that says a lot ...

Grodn all the way

drunken_master

Igesund 'hopeful' of Bafana job

Former Ajax Cape Town coach Gordon Igusund is hopeful that he will be the new man to take Bafana Bafana to the next World Cup in 2010.

Igesund is among those interviewed for the vacant Bafana coaching post and as he is currently without work; he believes he stands a fair chance of being named the new coach next month.

“I’m not sure about the other coaches interviewed but I was very happy with my performance (during the interview),” Igesund tells Kick Off.

If records in domestic football are anything to go by, Igesund could become the next coach. This is because he remains the only coach in the history of South African football to win the League title three times with three different clubs.

Igesund won the first ever Castle Premiership trophy with Manning Rangers during the 1996/97 season and went on to win the League with Orlando Pirates in the 2000/01 season before triumphing with Santos during the 2001/02 season.

But it was only with Ajax, where he found the going tough after failing to achieve silverware since taking charge of the team in 2003. He quit the club three weeks ago.

Two Birds

The writing is on the wall,SAFA will employ Parreira that is why they wait untill the world cup comes to an end!

he is a good coach anyway and the fact that the brazilian style of play is a bit similar to ours will ease his work.

I think Gordon Igesand should be appointed as his assistant if he accept the position.He could assist in major decisions and help us find a team very quickly as the 2010 event is approaching fast.

Nahtino

Maybe ourcoaches should try theirluck overseas just like our players .

Gordan would be the ideal person to do so ...

qatar , Australia , Russia, Austria becon

drunken_master

SAFA is expected to miss yet another self-imposed deadline on Friday for the announcement of a new national coach to lead its team when it hosts the World Cup finals in four years’ time.

The association’s executive committee is scheduled to meet in Johannesburg on Friday to continue discussions around the appointment of a new coach to take charge of the country’s national team, three months after they first said they would make a choice.

Sturu Pasiya, who is heading South Africa’s search for a new coach, said in late May that the identity of the new coach would be unveiled on July 14 but officials said on Thursday this would now take a minimum of a further two weeks before a final decision is taken.

Officials said a long list of candidates had been reduced to two but refused to divulge names.

Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is the favorite for the job, according to recent media reports.

Frenchmen Gerard Houllier, who took Olympique Lyon to the French Ligue 1 title last season, and Claude LeRoy, a veteran of the African coaching circuit, both confirmed last month that they had held discussions with the South African Football Association.

South Africa host the World Cup finals in 2010 but have been without a permanent coach since Englishman Stuart Baxter resigned last November.

Two caretaker coaches have since taken charge of the side, which failed to score a single goal or gain a single point at the African Nations Cup finals in Egypt in January, and in May suffered shock elimination at the hands of Botswana from the regional Cosafa Castle Cup.

South Africa’s recent performances saw the team tumble 19 places in the latest FIFA rankings to 72nd in the world, its lowest position since July, 1994.

Two Birds

Nahtino

Scolari is a HOT fav @ this momnent, he hasnt extendd with Portugal...
and is beilve that even FIFA is negotiating with him ...

OH DEAR !! I fear for his career cos hes gonna be kicked out after 2years eish ...

Goodluck buddy

Nahtino

HOT TIP !! INSIDE SCOOP !!!

Its SColari

U heard it here ...1st

Barker_dude_2006_2007

oh so swfc is the best

drunken_master

Parreira favourite for Bafana job

Carlos Alberto Parreira, whose future with Brazil is uncertain after the five-time champions were surprisingly eliminated in the quarterfinals of this year’s World Cup in Germany, has re-emerged as an odds-on favourite to be the next coach of Bafana Bafana.

In a long and heated meeting held at the Johannesburg International Airport Holiday Inn on Friday, a venue frequently used for formal discussions for the South African Football Association (Safa), the body’s executive finally mandated technical committee head Sturu Pasiya to officially offer Parreira the post of manager position of the national team.

Parreira has until the end of the month to accept the offer, believed to be worth more than a million rands a month. This will be the second time the Brazilian is offered the position. He was first approached for the job before the start of the World Cup. Indications were that he Parreira was interested but had refused to enter into any contractual negotiations until after the end of the month-long event.

"We have told Sturu that when he comes back to us again he must recommend the appointment of {Parreira]. We have also told Sturu to try and negotiate a reasonable package and we will try our best to meet his requirements," said an executive committee member, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The 2002 World Cup-winning coach fell out of favour with Safa for a while following rumours that emerged after Brazil's elimination by France at the quarterfinal stage in Germany. It was believe that he had failed to arbitrate satisfactorily on the disharmony within the Brazil camp between the retiring old players and the new ones.

Many pundits, who say the disorder in the camp had been going on for more than two months leading up to the tournament, believe that this led to the ultimate downfall of the team in the finals.

As a result, there are concerns whether the 57-year-old coach could deal with similar sorts of problems within the South African game. However, highly placed sources within the executive say his experience and the fact that he is a winner of the World Cup – a key requisite for the job – makes him again the preferred candidate.

Parreira regains the favourite position thanks to Luis Felipe Scolari turning down the invitation and opting to extend his contract with Portugal for another two years.

Nahtino

oh dear ...

Parreiea OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

drunken_master

Parreira yes for Bafana

Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said in an interview published on Thursday that he expects to be named as new coach of South Africa, hosts of the 2010 World Cup.

The 63-year-old made the revelation to Thursday's Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper, a day after he resigned from his post with the Selecao.

"It's a serious thing, a really serious thing," assured Parreira, who will apparently take up his new role at the beginning of 2007 and take control of the South Africa team until after the 2010 World Cup.

The South African Football Association (Safa) first approached the Brazilian before the World Cup in Germany and have reportedly offered the coach more than a million rands ($140 000) a month.

damn!!!, thats a lot of money rolling eyes

DGT

So Parreira it is. lets hope he will bring back the 96 memories. Wink

Nahtino

Parriera to get R 1.8 milion per month

His assstent - R 550 000 per month

Pitso & Khabo R 40 000 per month

Stuart Baxter - R 250 000 + per month

Nahtino

Interview with Carlos Peireira

this guy s gonna do wonders for US , lets SUPPORT HIM !!!
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Parreira looks at the basics

October 09 2006 at 12:28PM

Carlos Alberto Parreira is excited about the challenge of developing South African soccer in time for the World Cup finals of 2010. The well-travelled Brazilian coach was interviewed by fifa.com before Bafana Bafana's trip to Zambia at the weekend.

Tell us about your new job as South Africa coach.

Parreira: All I've done so far is sign a contract, as I'm not due to start work until mid-January. But I've already watched a 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier, and I'll be present at the next match against Zambia. That'll help me get up to speed, because since the end of the World Cup I've had so many commitments in Brazil, including time with my family. But at least we have plenty of time until 2010.

Why have you chosen to take on the South Africa job?

'Going there and building up a team is just fantastic'
Obviously the main reason was the fact that South Africa are hosts for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, which means the country will be the focus of world football for the next four years. Going there and building up a team is just fantastic, a real challenge. The South Africans were looking for someone with experience, because it's all gone downhill over the last seven or eight years there. It's high time the tide turned again. Expectations there are extremely high, so we'll need to work very hard to make sure the team performs well in 2010.

What are your priorities right now?

Planning, organising and team building. There's a great deal to do.

You have watched one match so far. What are your initial impressions of the team?

They're technically good, but they have problems in front of goal. They've not scored often enough in most of their games, which is what we have to work on. It's a long-term plan, and hopefully we'll meet our targets. There will definitely be lows and any number of obstacles on the journey, and I don't know how people will react to that. But I've told them we have to take on the big names such as Germany, Italy and England if we want to learn. Results are not important. It's the only effective way to prepare for the World Cup.

'It's a situation we have to change very rapidly'
What's your opinion of South Africa's youth set-up?

It's the saddest story ever told. They have no youth development programme whatsoever. There's no Under-18, Under-20 or Under-16 league, which is unbelievable. It's a situation we have to change very rapidly, because basically it's already very late in the day. We still have to do something, at least at Under-20 level. The players who should currently be playing at the Under-19 level would be 22 or 23 years old at the World Cup, and would be contenders for places in the team. An Under-12 set-up wouldn't help us at the World Cup, I admit, but it's vitally important for the future there. And another important point is a reserve league, to make sure the players who aren't first-team regulars at least get match practice. These are important fundamentals. We have to set up this and establish an Under-20 league.

How much time will you spend in South Africa?

I'll spend most of my time there, except for July when the league takes a break. I'll go back to Brazil then.

Will you be bringing in a coaching team from Brazil?

I'm going to bring over my assistant and the physio, but we'll also be supported by a South African coach.

How would you rate the mood in the country?

Everyone's immensely excited in South Africa. It'll definitely be an extremely good World Cup, and very different compared to the tournament in Germany. You just can't compare the cultural and historical aspects. The country is exceptionally interesting and well developed. People are in for a surprise.

What are the main differences between coaching Brazil and coaching South Africa?

Coaching the Brazilian national team is a little bit special. I've been the coach on three occasions, first in 1983, then 1991, and a third time in 2003. The Brazilian association is superbly organised, maintains exceptionally high standards and boasts a very good infrastructure. I don't believe there's anything better in this respect. At most you might find equivalent standards. On top of that, you're obviously working with players of outstanding quality. You have an embarrassment of choice. So you can't really make the comparison. You come to South Africa knowing that all these things still have to be established. You have to plan, organise and piece together a new national team. It's a stiff challenge.

So you'll be concentrating on the basics for the time being?

It's a different situation. I spent eight years in Kuwait. At the time, every single player was based in Kuwait; we had no-one playing overseas, so we spent months training together. That's how we managed such good results. Many of South Africa's best players are based overseas, so we naturally don't have as much time together.

It was the same problem with Brazil, where nearly all the players are based overseas. So we have to start with team work.

I reckon the players are much better developed and more disciplined than 20 years ago.

At that time, African teams were hard-running and not much else, but now you have the Cameroon, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.

These nations have sent plenty of players to Europe, where they've learnt about discipline, which is incredibly important, although you mustn't neglect individual ability.

nkosinipho

Make NKOSI as ur main playmake PLEASE, use SCARA MORE OFTEN.

They will be 27 & 29 in 2010 so they will be in their prime. Laughing