Addis Ababa – Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet said on Friday that he was leaving his job as Ethiopia national soccer coach after just five months, citing broken promises for his departure, in an e-mail message sent to Reuters..
Coach Saintfiet noted that despite the many positives, some agreements were not honored and that is the reason for this decision.
Saintfiet had been in charge for three African Nations Cup qualifiers since June, including a 2-2 draw with Nigeria that contributed to the Super Eagles missing out on African Nations Cup qualification.
Ethiopia finished third in the group and next play Somalia over two legs in mid-November at the start of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
It was Saintfiet’s third national team job after stints with Namibia and Zimbabwe.
“I am now looking forward to a bigger task. A job and task where I can work in a professional set-up and with a team which can qualify for the tournaments,” he added in his e-mail.
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The root of the problem is EFF , It funny Ethiopias director of football Yohnnes Tesema left EFF because of the same thing . EFF has no respect for agreements. That shows a lack of understanding in international sports management. I really dont know who will take the job next , maybe a local coach will take the job for far less money and do as well as the last two coaches.
I miss the time when we have a stable coach. I don’t expect change in such a fast turnover, even world class teams don’t get so quickly disappointed with their coaches but we demand to pass African cup by six months training. The next coach will come and will take some time to study the players, as soon as he finishes that he will be fired and another one comes! I don’t know how the federation is thinking! In my opinion Saintfiet has done good and hopped he would do better.
MY DEAR BROTHER SAINTFIET, ETHIOPIA IS VERY POOR COUNTRY TO PAY $10,000 FOR INTERNATIONAL COACH LIKE YOU. YES INDEED, WE REALLY EMBARESSED ONE OF THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD, NIGERIA. WE DID NOT PASS AND WE DID NOT LET THEM PASS TOOOOOO. I REALLY WHAT THIS DOES MEAN, WE SHOULD LET THEM PASS, EVEN IF WE DID NOT MAKE IT.
ANYWAYS, OUR BEST INTERATIONAL STADUIM FEILD DID A GREAT JOB BY DEFLECTING OR CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE BALL TO UNKNOWN DIRECTION, IN THAT WAY NIGERIANS COULD NOT GET THE BALL AS THEY WANTED. SO ,IT IS NOT YOU MADE OUR NATIONAL TEAM TO EMBARESSED OR WON THE NIGERIAN TEAM. STOP COMPLAINING AND TAKE A SMOOTH AND FRESH FLIGHT TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO LAND.