{"id":287838,"date":"2011-03-03T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/mapeza-appointed-zimbabwe-coach\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T12:01:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:01:21","slug":"mapeza-appointed-zimbabwe-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/mapeza-appointed-zimbabwe-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapeza appointed Zimbabwe coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b7f34a4fpezaraw2010.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Norman Mapeza\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mapeza&#8217;s appointment is likely to go down well with the fans<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><!-- E IIMA --><br \/>\n<!-- S IBYL --><\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"466\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<tr readability=\"4.5\">\n<td valign=\"bottom\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>                    <span><br \/>\n                        By Steve Vickers<br \/>\n                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n                        BBC Sport, Harare<br \/>\n                    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f5eb8d73999999.gif\" width=\"466\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!-- E IBYL --><\/p>\n<p><b>Former Zimbabwe defence stalwart Norman Mapeza has been appointed national coach on a contract running up to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>His appointment ends a long spell of instability following the departure of Sunday Chidzambwa last May. <\/p>\n<p>Mapeza, once on the books of Turkish giants Galatasaray, was caretaker coach as the Warriors got their Nations Cup campaign off to a positive start with a 1-1 draw away to Liberia last September. <\/p>\n<p>After the appointment of Belgian Tom Saintfiet fell through, Mapeza was co-coach with another Zimbabwean legend Madinda Ndlovu for Zimbabwe&#8217;s 0-0 home draw against Cape Verde the following month. <\/p>\n<p>Ndlovu then took charge of the Warriors at the African Nations Championship finals in Sudan, where the team went out at the group stage. <\/p>\n<p>Mapeza faces a difficult task in his first assignment, as Zimbabwe play away to Mali at the end of the month. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s my wish to get the campaign back on track, I believe that we can still qualify,&#8221; Mapeza told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n<p>Mapeza is a former Warriors captain and was the first Zimbabwean to play in the Uefa Champions League, with Galatasaray. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b7f34a4fpezaraw2010-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/africa\/9412856.stm\" title=\"Mapeza appointed Zimbabwe coach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mapeza appointed Zimbabwe coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mapeza&#8217;s appointment is likely to go down well with the fans By Steve Vickers BBC Sport, Harare Former Zimbabwe defence stalwart Norman Mapeza has been appointed national coach on a contract running up to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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