{"id":1007406,"date":"2022-03-01T19:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/former-captain-song-named-new-cameroon-coach\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:24:17","slug":"former-captain-song-named-new-cameroon-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/former-captain-song-named-new-cameroon-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Former captain Song named new Cameroon coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"384\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rigobert-song-180122-media-bpp-1050-696x384.jpg\"   alt=\"Rigobert Song, coach of Cameroon during the Cameroon Press Conference on 22 January 2018 at Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger Morocco Pic Sydney Mahlangu\/BackpagePix\" title=\"Rigobert Song, coach of Cameroon during the Cameroon Press Conference on 22 January 2018 at Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger Morocco Pic Sydney Mahlangu\/BackpagePix\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rigobert Song, coach of Cameroon during the Cameroon Press Conference on 22 January 2018 at Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger Morocco Pic Sydney Mahlangu\/BackpagePix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Cameroonian captain, Rigobert Song, was named Cameroon\u2019s new coach on Tuesday in place of Toni Conceicao just three weeks before a crucial World Cup playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Song earned 137 caps for Cameroon during an international career spanning almost 17 years, competing at four World Cups and eight Africa Cup of Nations finals.<\/p>\n<p>He played club football in England at Liverpool and West Ham United, and also had stints in France, Germany, Italy and Turkey. The 45-year-old has been serving as coach of Cameroon\u2019s under-23 team.<\/p>\n<p>Conceicao led Cameroon to third place at the Africa Cup of Nations finals last month but the Portuguese-born coach has been told his contract will not be renewed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe upcoming assignments for our national team require a new orientation and a new breath,\u201d said Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) President Samuel Eto\u2019o in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A separate statement from Fecafoot did not give details of Song\u2019s term of contract but said, \u201cRigobert Song and his team don\u2019t have time to pop the champagne corks as their first big challenge is in a few weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon host Algeria in Yaounde on March 25 and then play a return game in Blida on March 29 with the winner of the playoff tie qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"b1URmf5OOPw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NDC Petitions Common Wealth Secretariat to Probe Human Rights Abuses Under NPP Gov&#039;t -Adom TV(1-3-22\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b1URmf5OOPw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rigobert Song, coach of Cameroon during the Cameroon Press Conference on 22 January 2018 at Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger Morocco Pic Sydney Mahlangu\/BackpagePix Former Cameroonian captain, Rigobert Song, was named Cameroon\u2019s new coach on Tuesday in place of Toni Conceicao just three weeks before a crucial World Cup playoff. 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