FAZ settle for Micho… Former Orlando Pirates coach named Chipolopolo boss
Serbian coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic is the new Chipolopolo head coach.
According to media reports, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) technical committee has settled for the former Uganda national team head coach.
Micho peeped former Mozambique coach and Portugal International Abel Xavier and Ivan Jacky Minnaert of Belgium to the Chipolopolo top job.
The Chipolopolo top job has been vacant since the departure of Belgian trainer Sven Vandenbroeck in February 2019. Green Eagles boss Aggrey Chiyangi has been acting in the interim capacity.
His appointment, however, is dependent on approval from the Ministry of Sport.
The Ministry will, however, do well to act fast as reports have emerged that the Moroccan side Hassania Agadir has tabled a lucrative offer to the Serbian gaffer to take over the vacant head coach role of the club.
Apart from Sredojevic being the Chipolopolo fans’ preferred choice, he has had tremendous success on the continent since his first arrival as a budding coach in 2001.
Since then he has won five championships in Uganda, eight in Ethiopia and one title each in Tanzania, Sudan and Egypt, which adds up to 16.
His tenure as Uganda head coach was also a big success as Uganda attained their best ever position on the FIFA rankings, 62nd out of the 209 FIFA Member Associations in January 2016.
Micho also guided Uganda after a 38-year-old jinx to qualify for the biggest continental football fiesta – the 2017 African Cup of Nations where they only managed a point as they held Mali to a 1-1 draw.
The 16 trophies Micho has won:
SC Villa Kampala (Uganda) Uganda League Champion x3 (2002, 2003, 2004)
Kakangulu National Cup x1 (2002) Cecafa Club Championship x1 (2003)
Saint George (Ethiopia) Ethiopian League x5 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Cecafa Club Championship x1 (2010)
Ethiopian National Cup x1 (2009)
Ethiopian Super Cup x1 (2009)
Young Africans (Tanzania) Tanzanian League x1 (2007)
Al-Hilal (Sudan) Sudan League Champion x1 (2010)
Zamalek (Egypt) Egyptian Cup (2019)