Saintfiet replaces Onuora as Ethiopia coach
Reuters - Thursday 19 May 2011, 12:40
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia have appointed
former Zimbabwe and Namibia manager Tom Saintfiet as coach in
place of Briton Iffy Onuora, who was sacked last month on
"disciplinary grounds."
The 38-year old Belgian, whose contract details were not
disclosed by the Ethiopian Football Federation on Thursday, will
take charge of the Horn of Africa nation when they meet Nigeria
at home next month in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.
His predecessor Onuora was sacked just 10 months into his
two-year contract.
Officials said they had taken into consideration Onuora's
sending-off against Madagascar in October, which led to him
being banned for a game in Nigeria in March, and unflattering
comments attributed to him by British tabloid
newspapers.
Ethiopia, nicknamed the Walya Antelopes, are third in Nations Cup Group B, three points behind Nigeria and four behind surprise leaders Guinea.