Brave Warriors coach to be appointed soon

THE post of Brave Warriors coach will be advertised in the local media from next week, the technical director of Namibian football, Seth Boois, said on Wednesday.

Boois said foreign as well as local coaches would be considered for the position. “We are not excluding anyone.We will advertise the position so that everyone will have a fair chance,” he said.Boois was speaking at a press conference at Soccer House where he presented his Road Map 2010 to the media.Boois also used the occasion to engage with several of Namibia’s foreign-based professional players before they leave for their respective clubs.Some of the players present were Mohammed Ouseb of Moroka Swallows, Quinton Jacobs of Ajax Cape Town, and Dumisa Jantze, Costa Khaiseb and Geoffrey Roman who all play in Germany.FOREIGN OR LOCAL? At the end of 2005, Brazilian soccer consultant Dr Manuel Neto was quoted as saying that Namibia should look for a foreign coach because local coaches do not have enough experience.The Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) spokesman Beau Kauta then supported this view, saying that they were looking for a foreign-based coach.On Wednesday, however, Boois backtracked on the issue, saying that all proposals would be taken into consideration.At the press conference, Kauta seemed to favour a local coach, saying that the availability of finances would be a major consideration in appointing a coach, but Ronnie Kanalelo, who according to sources is being earmarked for the national goalkeeping-coach position, was not too complimentary of the local-based coaches.”The problem lies at club level where our players are trained and not coached,” he said.COSAFA CUP SUCCESS VITAL Boois said the most important task for 2006 would be to be well prepared for the Cosafa Cup competition, which starts in July, and the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, which start in September.”By May, all our professional players should be available and we want to include them in a training camp in preparation for the Cosafa Cup competition.”We’ll form an invitational team of our top local players and when the professionals arrive, the coach will have a broad base of players to choose from,” he said.”This group will go on an international training camp.When we return we will play a friendly and then our Cosafa Cup campaign will start,” he added.Boois said he had held fruitful discussions with the Zambian Football Association, which agreed to assist Namibia with friendly matches at various age-group levels up to the national level.He also indicated that the Brave Warriors’ training group could go to Brazil to prepare for the Cosafa Cup tournament.This follows an invitation by Brazilian football consultant Dr Manuel Neto, who recently visited Namibia and assisted the national Under-20 team for the Cosafa Cup Under-20 tournament in Durban, South Africa.Boois said his road map included preparations for the national age-group teams for various international competitions.These include the Under-20 African Youth up, the 2008 Olympic Games in China and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.- Namibia Sport”We are not excluding anyone.We will advertise the position so that everyone will have a fair chance,” he said.Boois was speaking at a press conference at Soccer House where he presented his Road Map 2010 to the media.Boois also used the occasion to engage with several of Namibia’s foreign-based professional players before they leave for their respective clubs.Some of the players present were Mohammed Ouseb of Moroka Swallows, Quinton Jacobs of Ajax Cape Town, and Dumisa Jantze, Costa Khaiseb and Geoffrey Roman who all play in Germany.FOREIGN OR LOCAL? At the end of 2005, Brazilian soccer consultant Dr Manuel Neto was quoted as saying that Namibia should look for a foreign coach because local coaches do not have enough experience.The Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) spokesman Beau Kauta then supported this view, saying that they were looking for a foreign-based coach.On Wednesday, however, Boois backtracked on the issue, saying that all proposals would be taken into consideration.At the press conference, Kauta seemed to favour a local coach, saying that the availability of finances would be a major consideration in appointing a coach, but Ronnie Kanalelo, who according to sources is being earmarked for the national goalkeeping-coach position, was not too complimentary of the local-based coaches.”The problem lies at club level where our players are trained and not coached,” he said.COSAFA CUP SUCCESS VITAL Boois said the most important task for 2006 would be to be well prepared for the Cosafa Cup competition, which starts in July, and the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, which start in September.”By May, all our professional players should be available and we want to include them in a training camp in preparation for the Cosafa Cup competition.”We’ll form an invitational team of our top local players and when the professionals arrive, the coach will have a broad base of players to choose from,” he said.”This group will go on an international training camp.When we return we will play a friendly and then our Cosafa Cup campaign will start,” he added.Boois said he had held fruitful discussions with the Zambian Football Association, which agreed to assist Namibia with friendly matches at various age-group levels up to the national level.He also indicated that the Brave Warriors’ training group could go to Brazil to prepare for the Cosafa Cup tournament.This follows an invitation by Brazilian football consultant Dr Manuel Neto, who recently visited Namibia and assisted the national Under-20 team for the Cosafa Cup Under-20 tournament in Durban, South Africa.Boois said his road map included preparations for the national age-group teams for various international competitions.These include the Under-20 African Youth up, the 2008 Olympic Games in China and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.- Namibia Sport