New head coach Hugo Broos has confirmed that former Red Star Belgrade and Ismaily coach Cedomir Janevski will be his assistant as he takes charge of Bafana Bafana.
Broos was appointed Bafana coach last week as Molefi Ntseki’s successor on a five-year contract with the national team.
The 59-year-old’s first official assignment will be the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, which starts in September, where Bafana have been placed in Group G, together with Ghana, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
The new mentor has since roped in Janevski as his assistant coach, with Janevski still head coach at Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.
With Olympiakos he will finish the Cypriot Cup final against Anorthosis Famagusta next weekend before travelling to South Africa.
Broos also revealed that he will later appoint a South African assistant to form part of his technical team.
‘My Belgian assistant will be Cedomir Janevski – he is not here at the moment, he is still in Cyprus, where he will be in the cup final next week,’ Broos announced at a media conference on Wednesday.
‘He’s from Macedonia but was staying for 35 years in Belgium, played in Belgium at Club Brugge, and he talks English, French and Dutch, so there will be no problems for language or experience.’
Coach Hugo Broos has confirmed that Čedomir Janevski will be his assistant coach as he takes charge of Bafana Bafana.
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) May 12, 2021
Speaking about his plans for his new role as Bafana coach, Broos said: ‘I get disappointed and angry when I lose. I don’t like losing, I am here to win.
‘I always try to instil confidence in players and I know I will succeed with the confidence from the players.’
African qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 that were due to be played in June 2021 have been postponed to September 2021.
Bafana Bafana is in Group G together with Zimbabwe, Ghana and Ethiopia.#WCQ
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) May 6, 2021
