New Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso replaces Manqoba Mngqithi. Image: CAF online.
New Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso replaces Manqoba Mngqithi. Image: CAF online.

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New Sundowns coach developed these Arsenal and Chelsea players

Mamelodi Sundowns’ new head coach has named a few players he developed while he was still working in Ukraine.

New Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso replaces Manqoba Mngqithi. Image: CAF online.
New Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso replaces Manqoba Mngqithi. Image: CAF online.

Mamelodi Sundowns’ new coach Miguel Cardoso once developed players for Chelsea and Arsenal.

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Following two draws against Union Maemina and AS FAR in the CAF Champions League, Abafana Ba Style’s management decided to part ways with coach Manqoba Mngqithi.

Sundowns announced that Portugal’s Cardoso is the team’s new boss.

“Mamelodi Sundowns today announced the appointment of Miguel De Azevedo Cardoso as the new Head Coach of the Club with immediate effect,” the club said on their website.

Speaking at the press conference, Cardoso said trophies are not the only way to judge a coach. Development of players is also crucial. While at Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, the new Sundowns coach developed young players such as Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) and Viktor Kovalenko (Atalanta).

“I’ve developed players who went on to play for big clubs. Players like Mudryk, Zinchenko and Kovalenko,” Cardoso said the press conference.

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