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Milutin Sredojević
Milutin Sredojević ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Средојевић; born 1 September 1969), simply known as Micho, is a Serbian Association football, football manager who currently serves as the head coach of the Uganda national football team. He was appointed on 27 July 2021 and signed a 3 year contract. Playing career Sredojević formerly played for NK Svoboda, Svoboda Ljubljana, FK Sinđelić Beograd, Sinđelić Belgrade, FK Grafičar Beograd, Grafičar Belgrade, Zorka Subotica and Pionir Subotica. He operated as a defensive midfielder but was cut short by a recurring knee injury but he opted to cross to coaching to stay in the game of football. Managerial career SC Villa Micho was still in his early 30s when he set off on his African adventure that started at Kampala club SC Villa, where the management got Him from one European competition through the legendary journalist, John Kevin Aliro who worked with the Radio France International At Villa, Micho guided the club to 3 cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prokuplje
Prokuplje ( sr-cyrl, Прокупље, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Toplica District in southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the city urban area has a population of 27,333 inhabitants, while the administrative area has 44,419 inhabitants. Prokuplje is one of the Roman sites of Serbia. The town was known as Ürgüp during Ottoman rule and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbia in 1878. Geography Prokuplje is located between municipalities of Blace, Kuršumlija, Bojnik, Žitorađa, Merošina, Aleksinac, and Kruševac. Climate Prokuplje has an warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cwb'') that's close to a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cfa''). History and archaeology Neolithic and Copper Age The traces of early settlements can be found at Neolithic sites such as Macina (near Zitni Potok), Kavolak west of Prokuplje (village Donja Trnava) and settlements on the south slopes of Jast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda National Football Team
The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname ''Amavubi'' (Kinyarwanda for ''The Wasps''), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their only Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. History Rwanda qualified for its first Africa Cup of Nations in the 2004 edition. At the tournament, they lost their opening match 2–1 to Tunisia before winning their first ever point in the competition after a 1–1 draw against Guinea. Rwanda went on to beat DR Congo in their final group match by a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Kakuba
Alex Kakuba (born 12 June 1991) is a Ugandan professional footballer who currently plays for C.D. Cova da Piedade. Club career Kakuba began his professional career at Proline FC. He left Proline FC in the summer of 2012, transferring on a free to the Portuguese fourth-tier side Esperança Lagos. In January 2013, he joined the second-tier outfit Covilhã, making 50 league appearances for two seasons. On 14 June 2014, Kakuba moved to the Estoril Praia in the top-flight Primeira Liga, signing a four-year deal. Kakuba signed for 2 years for PAS Giannina in July 2018. He released on a free transfer on 10 December 2018. On 27 March 2019, Kakuba signed for Lori FC. In June 2019, he then joined Portuguese club C.D. Cova da Piedade Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade is a football club established in the parish of Cova da Piedade, municipality of Almada, Portugal. History Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade was founded on 28 January 1947, resulting from the merge between União .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Smiljanic
Branko (Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. People named Branko include: * Branko Babić (born 1947), Serbian football manager * Branko Baković (born 1981), Serbian footballer * Branko Baletić (born 1946), Serbian-Montenegrin film director and producer * Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director * Branko Bokun (1920–2011), Yugoslav-British author and journalist * Branko Bošković (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer * Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher * Branko Bošnjak (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer * Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), Dutch-Croatian physicist * Branko Brnović (born 1967), Montenegrin football manager * Branko Buljević (born 1947), Croatian-Australian footballer * Branko Cikatić (1954–2020), Croatian martial artist * Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), Macedonian politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Neveu
Patrice Neveu (born 29 March 1954) is a French football coach and former player who manages the national team of Gabon. Career Playing career Neveu enjoyed a short playing career in France with Angoulême CFC and ES La Rochelle. Coaching career After retiring as a player, Neveu has managed both club and national sides. He began his career in France with club sides Vendée Fontenay Foot and Angoulême CFC, before becoming manager of the Niger national side in 1999. He then returned to club football with Medenine in 1999. In December 2001, Neveu came to Chinese club Dalian Shide and served as coach of its youth academy where he was mainly in charge of a youth team made up of foreign teenage players signed from Cameroon, a project which later proved a failure. In December 2002, Neveu was appointed manager of Dalian Sidelong, which was then Dalian Shide's reserve team and was competing in the second-tier league. Soon later in January 2003, Dalian Sidelong was sold out, moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Keshi
Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and manager. During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most capped player at the time of his retirement. He represented the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, captaining the Super Eagles to victory in the latter. He also played club football in five countries, most notably Belgium, where he won the Belgian league championship with R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1991. As a manager, Keshi achieved success by qualifying Togo for the only FIFA World Cup appearance in its history in 2006. However, he left the position prior to the tournament and was replaced by Otto Pfister. He later coached his native Nigeria, where he became one of only two people, along with Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a coach. Playing career Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiukepo Msowoya
Chiukepo Msowoya (born 23 September 1988) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a forward for Malawian side Mighty Wanderers FC and the Malawi national team. Club career Msowoya was the 2007 Malawi Premiere Division top scorer with 17 goals. In January 2012, Msowoya joined Platinum Stars on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season. Upon returning to Orlando Pirates, he and the club reached an agreement to part ways. Msowoya returned to Malawi and joined his former club ESCOM United at the end August 2012. He signed for Costa do Sol in February 2014. On 19 January 2015, Chiukepo return home to join Big Bullets. International career Msowoya is a member of the Malawi national football team and participated at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saladin Said
Salah El Din Ahmed Said ( am, ሳላዲን ሰይድ; born 29 October 1988), also known as Salhadin Said or Saladin Said, is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ethiopian Premier League club Sidama Coffee. His energy, skill, and goal scoring ability in critical games have made him one of the indispensable players in eastern Africa. Salhadin finished as the top scorer in the 2017 CAF Champions League. Club career Early career In 2010, Salhadin was on trial with Serbian club Partizan, but the transfer failed. Subsequently, he trialled with FK Vojvodina, but did not manage to go further than gaining good wishes and compliments from coach Zoran Milinković. In 2011, Salhadin scored five goals in a 2011 Kagame Inter-Club Cup game against AS Port from Djibouti. Wadi Gegla On 9 October 2011, Salhadin got transferred to Egyptian club Wadi Degla FC, who paid 2,040,000 Ethiopian birr, ($240,000 US), at the time the highest sum ever paid for an Ethiop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senzo Meyiwa
Senzo Robert Meyiwa (24 January 1984 – 26 October 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and captain for both Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League, and the South Africa national team. He was shot and killed in a home invasion on 26 October 2014. Club career Orlando Pirates Meyiwa was a goalkeeper of Orlando Pirates from 2005 as reserve goalkeeper to Francis Chansa until 2008. The arrival of new coach Milutin Sredojević at Pirates gave Meyiwa a debut against AmaZulu in a league match won 2–1 by The Bucs at Ellis Park on 8 November 2006. But in 2008 when he was about to show his talent after depture of Francis Chansa to Engen Santos, Pirates brought Moeneeb Josephs from Wits University in 2008 and Meyiwa again had to be goalkeeper from the bench. But in 2012 season the interim coach Augusto Palacios gave Meyiwa some games by swiping him with Josephs, and the new coach of Pirates Roger De Sa gave Meyiwa a chance due to Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosta Papić
Kosta Papić ( sr-Cyrl, Коста Папић; born 17 July 1960) is a Serbian football coach who has managed a number of great African clubs in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania. Coaching career Previous clubs: Kaizer Chiefs, Maritzburg United, Orlando Pirates (all South Africa); Lobi Stars, Enyimba, Enugu Rangers, Kwara United (all Nigeria) In December 2008, Kosta Papić moved to Ghana and coached Accra Hearts of Oak SC and left the club on mutual consent after leading with 10 points and 7 games to finish the season due to what he termed managerial interference. He worked last as head coach by Accra Hearts of Oak SC up to July 2009. He is currently signed as head coach of Young Africans FC under a 2-year contract. Kostadin Papić arrived in Dar es Salaam ready for his new job at Yanga football club. One of the coach's earliest experiences in his new setting will be the match against traditional rivals Simba on 31 October He then managed Royal Eagles F.C., Royal Eagl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
