Tom Saintfiet (born 29 March 1973) is a Belgian

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coach and former player. He was appointed as manager of the Gambian national team in July 2018.

Coaching career

Saintfiet has coached in several countries, including

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and the

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. He has also worked in

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, having been the head coach of the national teams of

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and

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, among others. Saintfiet was manager of Finnish Premier League club

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Rovaniemi. In 2002, he coached Faroese team B71 and finished second in the Faroe Islands First Division. He then became coach at Al-Ittihad Sports Club in

(now called

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). In 2004, he coached the

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to third place in the

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, qualifying for the

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in the process. Prior to the

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, Saintfiet was one of the candidates to lead the Nigerian national team for the World Cup campaign in

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. He would be named as the team's technical director in 2012 and became a candidate for the head coach position again in 2016.

Namibia

Saintfiet started off successfully with

by beating

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and Malawi and playing a draw against

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in the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup in

in July 2008. Namibia were eliminated in the quarter-final at the hands of eventual champion and host

. Saintfiet's achievements with Namibia include defeating

4–2 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier and

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4–0 in a friendly. Three days after a 1–1 away draw against

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in April 2009, Namibia once again got an impressive result with a 0–0 draw away to

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. However, perhaps his most impressive result came in

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, when Namibia drew 1–1 with South Africa after leading for much of the game. Namibia had only won 1 game out of 12 in the months before Saintfiet's arrival. Under his leadership, Namibia rose 34 places in the

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to the highest position they had achieved in the past 10 years. After these performances, the Namibian press nicknamed Saintfiet "The Saint" and one newspaper even called him "The Messiah".

Zimbabwe

After being heavily linked with the job, Sainfiet emerged successful through a shortlist of 15 candidates and signed a four-year contract with the

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on 1 October 2010. In November,

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immigration authorities refused to issue a work permit to the "Warriors" coach and Saintfiet was requested to leave. The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) then appealed the decision taken by the department of immigration to turn down Saintfiet's work permit application for national team coach. On 10 October, Zimbabwe played

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in a

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match, with the game resulting in a 1–1 draw. Saintfiet had trained the squad prior to the match although he was made to leave the camp due to the issues regarding work permits. From his base in

, Saintfiet put in place the tactics and selected the national team squad that beat

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3–1 in the following match. After being refused a work permit by the immigration department for a second time, he was forced to leave his role as head coach of Zimbabwe in October 2010. Former

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player

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announced his international retirement immediately after Saintfiet was forced out of the country.

Shabab Al Ordon

In late December 2010, Saintfiet signed a four-month contract with 2007

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winners Shabab Al Ordon. Saintfiet displayed again a well-organized defense, with his team only conceding one goal in the first five matches with him in charge. He never lost a match with the club and guided them to second position in the national championship.

Ethiopia

Saintfiet was named head coach of

in late May 2011. Within 10 days of taking over, he guided the Ethiopia national football team, composed of local players, to a 2–2 draw against

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in the 2012 AFCON qualifiers. In a full

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, fans watched Ethiopia take the lead for most of the game, only for Nigeria captain

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to score in the 86th minute to rescue a point. After beating

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4–2 Saintfiet voluntarily resigned his position as head coach on 28 October 2011 citing disagreements with the FA.

Nigeria

In March 2012, Saintfiet was appointed as the technical director of

by the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF). However, the Nigerian ministry of sports hinted three months later that there were many competent Nigerians and preferred a Nigerian instead of a foreign technical director. Therefore, he could not obtain a work visa to enter Nigeria.

Young Africans SC

In July 2012, Saintfiet took charge of

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club Young Africans SC. He immediately guided the club to win the 2012 CECAFA Club Cup/Kagame Interclub Cup, the club's fifth Champions League of East and Central Africa. It was also the first time the club won the trophy two consecutive times. He was however let go in September after two league games because of a disagreement with the club board. Saintfiet guided the team in 16 matches, with 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses before he left.

Yemen, Malawi and Free State Stars

Between 2012 and 2013, Saintfiet was in charge of the

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. On 3 July 2013, he took over as the head coach of the

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on a three-month deal. The goal was to qualify Malawi for the first time in history for the

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but he did not succeed. A lack of budget stopped both parties to extend the three-month deal into a long term contract. Two years later the FAM President stated in a BBC interview that their poor performances of the last two years (2014–2015) were a result of not signing Saintfiet earlier. On 2 July 2014, he was named the head coach of South African side

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. The club had ended the previous season in fourteenth place in the national league. After ten league matches into the 2014–2015 season, Saintfiet got fired after a dispute with the technical director and son of the owner, Kootso Mokoena. At that moment the team was in eleventh place in the league, three points behind champion favorites

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and

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. In the months after his sacking the team dropped to relegation zone (16th place) only to be rescued in the last games.

Togo

Saintfiet signed a contract as the head coach of Togo in May 2015. His first match at the helm of the Togo national team, however, had been three months earlier against

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(28 March), as interim. Saintfiet guided Togo towards qualification for the

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. He left Togo in April 2016. In the 14 months in charge of the "Sparrow Hawks" he worked under 3 different FA Presidents (and boards) and 2 different Ministers of Sport.

Bangladesh

Saintfiet signed a short three-month contract with

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in June 2016. The start of his tenure did not go well as Bangladesh lost 0–5 to

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in an international friendly, the biggest defeat in Saintfiet's career so far. But the team bounced back with a 0–0 home draw against the

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in a

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match. Saintfiet cited the lack of strikers in the team as a major concern.

Trinidad and Tobago

Saintfiet, who took up the position of head coach of

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on 7 December 2016 following the dismissal of Stephen Hart, tendered his resignation to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) only 35 days later. In the four matches Trinidad and Tobago played with Saintfiet at the helm, the team lost 2–1 to

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and then defeated them 3–1. Trinidad and Tobago lost in extra-time to both

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and

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in a Caribbean playoff for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers. Saintfiet cited a lack of support as the reason for his departure in a statement he released. He could never use his best team, the games were played on non-FIFA dates and about 15 major players weren’t available for different reasons. He was forced to use mostly local based players but TTFA and the league did not accept his request to postpone the league for 2 weeks during the preparation and the play-offs. For this reason, Saintfiet could not even select his best local based players. This combined with TTFA ignoring his request for a professional qualified capable staff were the reason he resigned.

Malta

On 11 October 2017, Saintfiet was appointed head coach of the Malta national team, his first appointment to a European national side. His first game in charge was on 12 November 2017, a 3–0 defeat to

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. After just three games in charge and with reports that Saintfiet was one of the coaches who applied for the post as

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head coach, the

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terminated his contract.

Gambia

Saintfiet was appointed manager of the Gambian national team on 18 July 2018. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw against

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valid for the

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. On 25 March 2021, Saintfiet made history with Gambia by qualifying the country for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first with a 1–0 victory over Angola in

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while also finishing as the top team in

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. Gambia joined the

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as the lowest-ranked team of the tournament as well as the lowest-ranked team ever to participate in AFCON. They debuted with a 1–0 win over

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followed by a 1–1 draw to

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. Gambia qualified for the round of 16 with a game to spare and on 20 January defeated

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1–0 in their final group match. They finished with the same points as Mali, which, however, won the group due to a better overall goal difference. Gambia continued to impress in the round of 16, defeating

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1–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament. After a goalless first half, Gambia lost 2–0 to host

in the quarter-final in

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Honours

B71 Sandur * Faroe Islands First Division runner-up: 2002 Qatar U17 *

third place:

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*Qualification for the

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Young Africans * CECAFA Club Cup/Kagame Interclub Cup:

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Individual *The Namibian Coach of the Year: 2008 *Most Famous Sport Celebrity (Informanté): 2008 *Namibia Sport Commission Sports Awards Coach of the Year runner-up: 2009

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