The Beginning of the End for European Coaches in Africa?
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| Culture of Soccer found this 2/4/2008 on www.worldcupblog.org [flag] |
As usual, the majority of the coaches at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations were not African, but European. Six out of the 16 coaches were French, three were German, one was Polish, one Dutch. There was also a Brazilian.
Angola - Luís Oliveira Gonçalves (Angolan)
Benin - Reinhard Fabisch (German)
Côte d’Ivoire - Gérard Gili (French)
Cameroon - Otto Pfister (German)
Egypt - Hassan ...
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Explaining the Lack of American Coaches Abroad
Published 2/4/2008 by David at Culture of Soccer
... recently, but to no avail. This is perhaps not surprising, as many more European coaches have gone to traditionally less powerful countries to play their trade than vice versa (of the 16 teams in African Cup of Nations, only four are African, though the World Cup Blog expresses some hope that this may change in the future ). Even South American countries, who, given the players they produce, know a thing or two about their job, have found it tough to break into Europe (the most notable failure of recent times being ...
