{"id":468501,"date":"2018-02-28T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/belgian-coach-minnaert-sets-sights-on-hearts-of-oak-job\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T18:00:29","slug":"belgian-coach-minnaert-sets-sights-on-hearts-of-oak-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/belgian-coach-minnaert-sets-sights-on-hearts-of-oak-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian coach Minnaert sets sights on Hearts of Oak job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/69902837.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ivan Minnaert    \" title=\"Ivan Minnaert    \" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minnaert wants to take over Hearts of Oak&#8217;s vacant coaching position<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519840829_11_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Belgian coach Ivan Minnaert wants to take over Hearts of Oak&#8217;s vacant coaching position.<\/p>\n<p>The former AFC Leopards of Congo boss is hoping to replace Scotsman Frank Nuttall whose contract was terminated by the Phobians last week.<\/p>\n<p>Minnaert has also had stints with Rayon Sport in Rwanda and Mali&#8217;s Djouliba FC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hearts of Oak is a big name and I always wished to work with the top and best in the country,&#8221; Minnaert told Ash FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in Mali with Djoliba, in Kenya with AFC Leopard and in Guinea with AS Kaloum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My presence has always revived teams and I think that is what Hearts of Oak need now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of a permanent boss, Hearts assistant coach Henry Wellington has been handed the top job in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We [Djoliba] played Hearts of Oak in the 2015 Caf Confederation Cup and beat them [1-0] in Accra,&#8221; Minnaert recalled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the fact that we could not qualify [to the next stage of the competition as we were kicked out on away goals following a 2-2 aggregate draw], the Accra fans gave us a standing ovation for our performance. The action of the fans impressed me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my entire career as a coach, I have been met with pressure everywhere I&#8217;ve gone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is part of the game but the only thing is to stay positive, focus on the job and move forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minnaert&#8217;s last job was a seven-month stint at Leopards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: Goal.com 2018-02-28 Minnaert wants to take over Hearts of Oak&#8217;s vacant coaching position Belgian coach Ivan Minnaert wants to take over Hearts of Oak&#8217;s vacant coaching position. 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