English Premiership club, Liverpool\u2019s legend, Bruce Globbelaar, has joined the race for the Malawi National Football Team\u2019s coaching job which, despite not being advertised, has attracted 65 unsolicited applications.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Football Association of Malawi (Fam) first vice-president, James Mwenda, confirmed Globbelaar\u2019s application for the Flames\u2019 post.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany coaches have applied for the job but the only one which I have been privileged to see is that of Globbelaar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mwenda insisted that Fam General Secretary, Suzgo Nyirenda, was misunderstood when he told the media that the Flames\u2019 former caretaker coach, Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan, who presided over the 1-0 win over Swaziland last month, had an advantage for the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe process will start in the first week of October when Fam\u2019s Technical and Youth sub-committee meet to decide on how the recruitment should be done. They will present a proposal to the Executive Committee, which in turn, will consult government,\u201d Mwenda said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn added advantage does not mean that he [Ramadhan] will get the job automatically. When an employer says those with a masters\u2019 degree will have an added advantage, it does not mean that those with first degrees cannot not be recruited.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is not clear if government can afford a high-profile coach such as Globbelaar, who played for Zimbabwe\u2019s Warriors 33 times between 1977 and 1998.<\/p>\n
Globbelaar, who is reportedly based in Canada, has coached top-flight clubs such as Seven Stars, Hellenic, Manning Rangers, Umtata Bush Bucks and SuperSport United in South Africa. He also served as player-coach for Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Globbelaar is reportedly currently working as goalkeeper coach for Ottawa Fury FC in Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe managed Seven Stars in 1999 and took the team from the relegation zone to finish fourth in the final league table. In 2001, he took over struggling Hellenic. While at the club, he saved them from relegation,\u201d reads an online report on Globbelaar\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
Ramadhan and local coaches such as Yasin Osman, Eddingtone Ng\u2019onamo, Gilbert Chirwa and Lawrence Waya are also interested in the post which became vacant after the exit of Ernest Mtawali on August 1.<\/p>\n
Waya recently said he had the coaching and playing experience required for the job. Osman said yesterday he was waiting for Fam to advertise the position.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, I indicated my intention to apply as soon as the advert is out,\u201d said the Be Forward Wanderers\u2019 legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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