{"id":40375,"date":"2024-02-09T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=40375"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:26:37","slug":"former-gambia-coach-tom-saintfiet-interested-in-black-stars-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/former-gambia-coach-tom-saintfiet-interested-in-black-stars-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet interested in Black Stars job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet has reportedly applied for the position of Ghana Black Stars Head Coach following the departure of Chris Hughton.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe vastly experienced coach left his position at Gambia following their poor run at the 2023 AFCON and is currently unemployed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0<a title=\"Abdul Fatawu Issahaku reveals why Andre Ayew is his Idol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/abdul-fatawu-issahaku-reveals-why-andre-ayew-is-his-idol\/\">Abdul Fatawu Issahaku reveals why Andre Ayew is his Idol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana Football Association earlier appointed a committee to search for the next Ghana head coach and submit their recommendations to the association.<\/p>\n<p>Sahara Football understands several coaches worldwide have applied for the vacant position, including local coaches in Ghana, but the committee are yet to decide on who will lead Ghana in the upcoming games.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet has reportedly applied for the position of Ghana Black Stars Head Coach following the departure of Chris Hughton. The vastly experienced coach left his position at Gambia following their poor run at the 2023 AFCON and is currently unemployed. Read Also:\u00a0Abdul Fatawu Issahaku reveals why Andre Ayew is his Idol Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-livestreams"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1685&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-avd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40233,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gambia-head-coach-tom-saintfiet-resigns-after-afcon-2023-exit\/","url_meta":{"origin":40375,"position":0},"title":"Gambia head coach, Tom Saintfiet resigns  after AFCON 2023 exit","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"January 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Gambia head coach, Tom Saintfiet resigns after AFCON 2023 exit Tom Saintfiet, the coach of Gambia, has promptly resigned following their elimination from AFCON 2023. 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