Today we live in the era of knowledge, in which human resources have become the center of concern for many States, which are making significant public investments to develop staff in various areas of knowledge.
There is no country in the world that has achieved social development without major investments also in the area of sport.
The training of human resources is an unavoidable issue, as without human capital we cannot carry out projects that will take us to a high level of competitiveness internally, in Africa and worldwide.
Fortunately, we already have good examples, especially in handball, where the main national teams and top clubs in various categories have Angolan coaches in charge, and yet they continue to win continental titles and make real shine in world championships.
We are not once morest the presence of foreign coaches, on the contrary, we believe it is important for the process of development and competitive maturation of national teams.
However, it is imperative that different sports institutions train Angolan coaches, with constant overcoming and advanced courses on sports techniques and training.
The history of the greatest achievements in Angolan football are linked to Angolan coaches, such as Oliveira Gonçalves, who qualified the Palancas Negras for the 2006 World Cup, won the CAN Sub-20 in Ethiopia and, in 2001, led Interclube to the final of the Confederation Cup, once morest Kaizer Chiefs.
Oliveira Gonçalves and Mário Calado also won the Cosafa Cup with the National Team. It is incomprehensible that so far Angola has only three football coaches with an “A” license, qualified to coach in FIFA competitions.
No matter how much we try to justify this situation, I cannot find support for such an aberration, when countries like Mozambique have more than fifty licensed coaches in the FIFA elite group.
Basketball is one of the sports with the most trophies won in Africa, many of which are under the command of Angolan coaches, both in national teams and at clubs.
It is not normal for coaches of the caliber of Ginguba, Paulo Macedo, José Carlos Guimarães, Raúl Duarte, Necas, Carlos Dinis and many others to have lost prominence in the sport, many of whom were thrown to their fate.
Our sports development process requires bold policies that make national coaches truly feel part of the solution to the major problems that plague national sport.
Angolan coaches have the great responsibility of putting their knowledge at the service of different sports.
By: LUÍS CAETANO
