Last month it was formally introduced that Pitso Mosimane can be becoming a member of Al-Ahli Saudi FC on a two-year deal, which is his first full-time teaching gig since leaving Egyptian powerhouse Al Ahly.
Al-Ahli Saudi FC have performed 5 matches so far within the 202/23 season and discover themselves in seventh place after two wins, two attracts and a defeat. They will journey to face eighth-ranked Jeddah on Wednesday, 5 October. Kick-off is at 19:15 (SA time).
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Prior to Mosimane’s departure, a photograph has emerged of him spending time with a number of former players, together with the likes of Siphiwe Tshabalala.
Meanwhile, Mosimane and his technical workforce addressed the media in Sandton, Johannesburg, final week forward of their debut recreation in command of the Saudi membership.
The standard coach admitted that taking this provide with a second-division workforce was a little bit of a threat, however that he was excited to proceed making an attempt to “break barriers” and get out of his “comfort zone”.
Mosimane additionally revealed that he can be prepared to at some point take up a job in South Africa, however provided that the “project” was one with ambition and imaginative and prescient.
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Mosimane and his technical employees of Kabelo ‘KB’ Rangoagac, Musi Matlaba and Kyle Solomon are actually set to change continents to Asia and the Gulf.
“Coach Pitso and his technical team of Kabelo Rangoaga (fitness trainer), Musi Matlaba and Kyle Solomon (performance analysts) are ready for the challenge,” Mosimane’s company MT Sports confirmed in its statement. “The decorated South African technical team will be heading to Saudi Arabia from September 2022 to join Al-Ahli in Jeddah.”
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After heading off quite a few different provides that had been introduced to him, Mosimane’s company MT Sports has offered a prolonged assertion explaining why this was seen as the perfect venture, describing him as a ‘turnaround strategist’
“Coach Pitso Mosimane has navigated his career in a manner that not only changes the trajectory of a club over time but changes the game in a manner that positively affects the club and players,” MT Sports mentioned on Sunday.
“The history and legacy of the clubs and teams that coach Pitso and his technical team have been able to work with over many years, speaks volumes to how they approach each chapter of their coaching journey…
“With coach Pitso Mosimane’s experience and track record of being the football coach turnaround strategist, the Caf Pro Licence graduate and one of the most successful coaches in Africa, he is more than suitable for this role. The opportunity to lead such a prestigious club in Saudi Arabia presents itself as the perfect project to yield a win-win result for both parties.”
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You can learn the total assertion about Pitso Mosimane’s appointment from MT Sports beneath:
High profile Al Ahly transfer
Mosimane loved a famed teaching profession with Mamelodi Sundowns, and was concerned as nationwide caretaker coach for seven video games in 2007.
He then went on to affix Al Ahly in a high-profile transfer, and received a number of titles in Egypt earlier than prematurely opting out of his new contract.
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The standard coach in actual fact oversaw 105 fixtures at Al Ahly, successful 68 matches, drawing 27 and solely struggling 10 defeats, and he had made it clear that he would solely take up a brand new job if he deemed it to be the right ‘project’.
That ‘project will now come in the form of working with Al Ahli Jeddah, who were shockingly relegated from the Saudi Pro League for the first time in the club’s historical past after ending fifteenth with simply 32 factors.
The membership has additionally endured a difficult begin to the Yelo League marketing campaign this season as they lie seventh within the standings, having collected simply eight factors after 5 video games.
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