Mamelodi Sundowns announce new coach as they wish Manqoba Mngqithi and his team well

On Tuesday afternoon, Mamelodi Sundowns announced the appointment of Miguel De Azevedo Cardoso as the new head coach of the Club with immediate effect.

The defending champions expressed their appreciation for what former coach Manqoba Mngqithi and Wendell Robinson did for Sundowns, and for their loyal services to the club over the years.

The club wished them everything of the best in their new endeavours, saying that, “Manqoba Mngqithi and Wendell Robinson will forever remain part of the Mamelodi Sundowns Family.”

The defending champions also expressed their appreciation to Romain Folz who recently joined the club.

The introduction of the new coaching technical team was necessitated by the recent unsatisfactory results despite the commitment of the Sundowns Board to give Mngqithi and his technical team an opportunity to lead the club into the future.

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Mamelodi Sundowns today announced the appointment of Miguel De Azevedo Cardoso as the new Head Coach of the Club with immediate effect.

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— Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) December 10, 2024

Coach Miguel was the head coach of Espérance Sportive de Tunis and reached the finals of the 2023/24 CAF Champions League.

He joins Sundowns with three of his assistants namely, Fabio Fernandes, Pedro Azevedo and João Araújo.

Coach Miguel, has coached in Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, and Ukraine at some of the biggest Clubs such as Porto, Braga, Deportivo La Coruna, Celta Vigo, AEK Athens, Nantes and Shaktar Donetsk.

Coaches Steve Komphela and Kennedy Mweene, will remain as part of the Club’s new Technical Team.

The players will meet the recently appointed coaches when they return to training on Wednesday.