Rhulani Mokwena is the new Mamelodi Sundowns head coach, and he turns into the second youngest coach in the PSL after AmaZulu‘s Romain Folz.
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Mokwena, 35, had been co-coaching alongside Manqoba Mngqithi however the latter has been demoted to the function of Senior Coach which is equal to assistant coach as reported by The South African.
According to a press release launched by Sundowns, the modifications to the teaching division had been due to the crew’s poor efficiency.
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Now, all eyes might be on Mokwena to see if he can convey the required modifications to how Sundowns play and carry out in essential matches, particularly as a result of the membership has the ambition to win the CAF Champions League.
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Mokwena’s teaching journey began at Sabelo Super Stars’ Under-13 whereas he was nonetheless a scholar, and it was his file that landed him the teaching job at Silver Stars the place he labored as their U19 crew.
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Around 2009, Mokwena was elevated to the Silver Stars first crew as an assistant to Komphela who’s now at Sundowns as first crew coach.
Mokwena additionally labored as a scout and analyst for Walter Mokoena’s Complete Football Stars; the similar membership that unearthed Orlando Pirates legend Happy Jele.
The now 35-year-old mentor had a spell with Bloemfontein Celtic-Sporting Lisbon academy the place he coached their U19 earlier than becoming a member of Sundowns’ U15 crew as an assistant coach in 2011.
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In 2015, Pitso Mosimane promoted Mokwena to be his assistant, and he held the place till he determined to depart Sundowns for Pirates to work as an assistant to Micho Sredojevic in 2017.
Mokwena received his first actual style of soccer as head coach after taking on from Sredojevic in August 2019, however he lasted till December that yr in the job as Pirates changed him with Josef Zinnbauer.
The Soweto-born mentor would then be supplied to Chippa United on mortgage by Pirates after coming into the ultimate six months of his contract in 2020.
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However, he didn’t actually get the likelihood to showcase what he might provide as Covid-19 hit South Africa and compelled the PSL to droop the season.
When Chippa United determined not to renew his contract in June that yr, Mokwena returned to Sundowns to resume work as an assistant to Mosimane alongside Mngqithi.
And then Mosimane left for Al Ahly, and that paved the manner for Mokwena to co-coach with Mngqithi whereas Komphela was roped in as Senior Coach.
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At Sundowns, particularly in current months, Mokwena sat on a cooler box, meters away from the relaxation of the Sundowns technical crew.
Now, the Sundowns administration has taken him from the cooler box to the hotseat with the mandate to steer the ship in the proper course.
It can also be price mentioning that Mokwena began his personal membership Black Poison FC the place he’s additionally a coach. The Soweto-based outfit is campaigning in the Gauteng ABC Motsepe League.
