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-