Liberia FA finds new national coach


  1. Henry Flomo, AfricaNews reporter in Monrovia, Liberia
    The Liberia Football Association has named Hungarian Bertalan Besckei as coach of the national team - the Lone Star.
    Bertalan Besckei new Liberia coach
    Former assistant to immediate past national coach Antoine Hey, Gray Hazel, former national team captain Joe Nagbe and former national team goal keeper Pewee Bestman were selected deputy, trainer and goal keeper trainer respectively.

    However, the LFA president Musa Bility has placed an embargo on the three assistants to coach Besckei pending financial and other discussions with them. He said it would not be proper to employ staffers of the senior technical team without the involvement of the selected head coach.

    Meanwhile, the LFA president left the country on Monday to attend the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. He will join his two vice presidents - Musa Shannon and Adolph Lawrence - who departed last Saturday.

    While attending the congresses leading to the outdoor program of the world cup gala, Bility is scheduled to meet with FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter and the head of the Asian Football Federation Mohammed Bin Hammam.

    Below is the full list of selected heads of the teams:

    Senior National Team

    Head Coach
    Bertalan Besckei

    Deputy Head Coach
    Gray Hazel

    Trainer
    Joe Nagbe

    Goalkeeper Coach
    Pewee Bestman

    Administrative Manager
    Sebastian Collins

    U-20 National Team

    Head Coach
    Frank Jericho Nagbe

    Deputy Coach
    Francis Sarploh

    Trainer
    Josiah Garpue

    Goalkeeper Coach
    Raymond Moulton

    Administrative Manager
    Momo Bah

    U-17 National Team

    Head Coach
    Gabriel Johns

    Deputy
    Abraham Sese

    Trainer
    Augustine Lloyd

    Goalkeeper
    Daei Fofana

    Administrative Manager
    Eric Panthon

    Women U-23 National Team

    Head Coach
    Lucretius Togba

    Deputy
    Edwin Morgan

    Trainer
    Lawrence Hne

    Goalkeeper Trainer
    Emmanuel Kaykay

    Administrative Manager
    Ezekiel Doekpa

    Women U-17 National Team

    Head Coach
    Jenkins S. Doe

    Deputy
    E. Nora Neal

    Trainer
    Emmanuel Bearkie

    Goalkeeper Coach
    Robertson Warner

    Administrative Manager
    Patricia Collins



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