Interested In Coaching The National Football Team? Go Ahead And Apply
...because FAM has decided to advertise the head coach position of the national team!
By Sadho Ram — 15 Sep 2015, 05:37 PM
Reacting to pressure from fans, following the drubbing the national football team has received in recent World Cup qualifiers, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has decided to advertise the position of national team and national Under-23 team coaches
Surprised? Don't be, as it's not something that's new for FAM to do!
A year ago, FAM advertised for a national team head coach after deciding not to extend Datuk K. Rajagopal's contract in 2013. Frenchman Philippe Troussier was among those who applied. Although FAM courted Troussier, the deal fell through and the national body ended up appointing Dollah Salleh at the 11th hour in July last year.
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This time, it’s Dollah who has quit, vacating the hot seat on Sept 4 – a day after the national team’s 10-0 defeat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a World Cup qualifying match in Abu Dhabi.
thestar.com.myWhile current U-23 coach Ong Kim Swee has been appointed as the interim coach of the national team, he is to do only until December
Mokhtar Ahmad, the FAM's deputy president and head of the special task force, said yesterday that the new coaches for the national team and national Under-23 team will be appointed by December.
The FAM's Deputy President headed the FAM special task force's first meeting at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya on Monday, 14 September, and said that three things were discussed – the two coaching vacancies and the Harimau Muda programme
"A lot of people want us to hire a foreign coach, but we're open and transparent. We'll appoint the candidates who meet our criteria," he said, according to the Star.
"We will also set up a selection panel with members from the National Sports Council to look into the appointment of the national U23 coach."
He added that a white paper on whether the Harimau Muda programme should be scrapped or not will be brought up at the next FAM executive committee meeting
“A ‘White Paper’ on whether the Harimau Muda programme should be scrapped or not will be brought up at the next FAM executive committee meeting. The ‘White Paper’ will be produced based on the input from media representatives, former players, coaches and academicians.”
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