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| Bondarenko wants Flames coaching job |
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Garry Chirwa, 12 January 2005
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Football Association of Malawi (Fam) on Tuesday said it has finally set out on a forage to find Flames coach and talks with Sports Council and government on the issue are currently underway.
The association’s boss Walter Nyamilandu said to this effect, he has already held talks with former Mozambique and Russian top-notch side Kiev Dynamo coach Viktor Bondarenko who has expressed interest to have a dance with the Flames.
Nyamilandu said the 56-year-old Russian mentor, who also guided South African crack outfit Orlando Pirates to a famous treble in 1996 and was named coach of the year before falling out of grace with the Bucaneers, has already sent his CV.
“Bondarenko called over the weekend to express his interest and I asked him to forward his CV which he has done and we shall go through it and decide on the next step,” said Nyamilandu.
Bondarenko has just returned from Russia where he helped Dinamo Moscow escape relegation. He was also in charge of Mozambique in 2003 and resigned after landing a lucrative deal with the Russian club.
Bondarenko could not be reached on his mobile phone on Tuesday.
Nyamilandu also said the current position still remains that the new technical director Eddie Ng’onamo will handle the Flames as the association looks forward to engaging a coach.
“We are looking at the possibilities of engaging an expatriate coach who will be employed by the Ministry of Sports. If it can materialise sooner than later then there will be no need for the technical director to handle the national team.
“But chances are that the process might take a bit longer since it involves government and we do not want to be caught unawares, it is a contingency measure,” said Nyamilandu.
He also said the association is looking at possibilities of engaging either a Danish or Norwegian coach following the resumption of Danish aid to Malawi through Danida.
Fam would also like to take advantage of the resumption of Danish aid to win back the services of former coach Kim Splidsboel who left the country after government had failed to renew his contract.
Under Splidsboel, the Flames once became the most improved team in the Coca Cola/Fifa World Rankings and reached the finals of the regional Cosafa Castle Cup in which they lost to South Africa 4-1 on aggregate in 2002.
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