Joey Antipas roped in as acting Warriors head coach

Castle Premier Soccer League coach at Chicken Inn , Joey Antipas has been appointed as the caretaker coach for the Zimbabwe senior men football team.

Acting on recommendations of technical development committee, The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) executive committee has appointed Joey Antipas as the caretaker head coach of the senior men’s team until 31 December 2019 ,a press release revealed.

Under-23 coach Tonderai Ndiraya and Lloyd Chitembwe have been appointed as assistant coaches for the same period.

Highlanders, Tembo Chuma is the new goalkeepers’ coach for the senior national team.

All members of the technical team will remain with their Premier league clubs and only serve as national team coaches when there are assignments.

Wellington Mpandare remains the Team Manager.

The new technical team set-up comes in following, first the resignation of Sunday Chidzambga on the eve of back to back African Nations Championship qualifiers in August, and the dissolution of an interim technical team led by Rahman Gumbo.

The immediate task of the technical team is a two-legged preliminary World Cup qualifier against Somalia between 2 and 10 September 2019.

ZIFA wished all the appointed coaches the best in their new engagement.