World Soccer - UK (2020-03)

18 WORLD SOCCER

EUROPE

Bottom of the Bundesliga, Fortuna

Dusseldorf replaced coach Friedhelm

Funkel with UWE ROSLER.

MORENO LONGO agreed to take

charge of Torino after they parted

company with Walter Mazzarri following

7-0 and 4-0 defeats to Atalanta and

Lecce in Serie A. Brescia sacked

Eugenio Corini for the second time

this season and appointed DIEGO

LOPEZ as coach.

SERGEN YALCIN left Yeni Malatyaspor

and replaced Abdullah Avci as coach of

Besiktas following their Turkish Cup loss

to second-tier Erzurumspor.

AFRICA

Croatian BRANKO IVANKOVIC

was named coach of Oman, replacing

Dutchman Erwin Koeman who was

relieved of his position after December’s

Gulf Cup.

Ghana named CHARLES AKONNOR

as coach in place of Kwesi Appiah, while

MILUTIN “MICHO” SREDOJEVIC was

appointed as coach of Zambia.

Croatian ZDRAVKO LOGARUSIC

was appointed coach of Zimbabwe after

leaving Sudan, where he was replaced

by Frenchman HUBERT VELUD.

DOMINIC KUNENE took over from

Kosta Papic in charge of Eswatini

(previously known as Swaziland).

Moroccan champions Wydad

appointed Frenchman SEBASTIEN

DESABRE as coach.

Former Nigeria star EMMANUEL

AMUNEKE took charge of Egyptian

Premier League strugglers El Makkasa.

ASIA

DRAGAN SKOCIC relinquished his

post in charge of Iran Pro League side

Sanat Naft to replace Marc Wilmots as

the country’s national coach.

A-League side Newcastle Jets

appointed Welshman CARL ROBINSON

as head coach after parting company

with Ernie Merrick in January.

WALID REGRAGUI left Moroccan side

FUS Rabat and replaced Rui Faria at

Qatar Stars League leaders Al Duhail.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

EUROPE

The only man to cross the Old Firm

divide twice, Scotland striker KENNY

MILLER retired at the age of 40. As well

as spells with Rangers (three times) and

Celtic, he played in the Premier League,

Turkey and MLS, and was capped 69

times for his country, before finishing his

career this season with Partick Thistle.

ASIA

German coach MARKUS BABBEL

was dismissed by A-League side Western

Sydney Wanderers.

“Whoever has the

ball is more likely

to make a mistake”

Peseiro takes charge of Venezuela

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

Gone...Markus

Babbel

New start...

Sergen Yalcin

National job

...Jose Peseiro

Relegation fight

...Uwe Rosler

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Appointments, sackings & loans

Portuguese coach JOSE PESEIRO

was appointed national coach of

Venezuela following the exit of

Rafael Dudamel in January after

nearly four years in charge.

The former Sporting CP, Porto

and Braga boss, who also led

Saudi Arabia in their unsuccessful

bid to qualify for the 2010 World

Cup in South Africa, was handed

the job after Argentinian coach

Jorge Sampaoli, who was most

recently in charge of Brazilian side

Santos, turned down the post.

Jose Mourinho revels in his safety-first approach

after Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 2-