Published on February 29, 2024 Reading: 2 minutes.
Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic has been named coach of Algeria to succeed Djamel Belmadi, dismissed in January following the pitiful elimination of the Fennecs in the first round of the African Cup of Nations, the Algerian Football Federation announced this Thursday. football (FAF). “Vladimir Petkovic is the new national coach. The new coach will arrive in Algiers this Sunday and will host a press conference on Monday,” the FAF said in a press release.
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The technician of Bosnian origin had been free since his dismissal by the Girondins de Bordeaux in February 2022, following a disastrous start to the season, at the end of which the team had been relegated to Ligue 2. Previously, Vladimir Petkovic, 60 years, had led the Swiss selection, notably distinguishing himself by eliminating France in the round of 16 during the last Euro, in 2021.
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Algeria parted ways with its former coach, Djamel Belmadi, on January 24, the day following a defeat once morest modest Mauritania which led to the elimination of Algeria in the first round of the African Cup. nations (CAN) in Ivory Coast, a poor performance which occurs for the second edition in a row.
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Djamel Belmadi, 47, took charge of the “Greens” in August 2018. He was praised following taking Algeria to the top of African football, by winning the CAN in 2019 in Egypt, a coronation which earned him the nicknamed “minister of happiness” by Algerians. But its star began to fade following Algeria’s early elimination from CAN 2022, which preceded non-qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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In five and a half years at the head of the selection, Djamel Belmadi has managed 64 matches for 41 victories, 17 draws and only 6 defeats. But the absence of the slightest victory during the last two CAN was fatal for the former Olympique de Marseille player.
Algeria started its qualifying campaign for the next North American World Cup with two victories in two matches. Vladimir Petkovic will have to build on this good start to forget the latest failures of the Fennecs. After two friendly matches scheduled once morest Bolivia and South Africa in March, Algeria will face Guinea and Uganda in June as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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(With AFP)
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