Cameroon: Technical Bench, in Search of Stability

The frequent change of coaches is detrimental to the performance of the team in major international competitions.

The news that the coach of the national team has been sacked is no longer news to many football lovers in Cameroon. Cameroonians can remember vividly the frequent changing of officials of the by the authorities. The Indomitable Lions have had four coaches between 2014 and 2019. In 2013 Volke Finke took over from Jean Paul Akono as coach of the Indomitable Lions after a series of changes at the helm of the team. Volka Finke took the Indomitable Lions to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He was coach of the national team till 2015 when he was replaced by Alexander Belinga as interim coach. Hugo Broos then took over in February 2016 and took the Lions to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and the 2018 Confederations Cup in Russia. Following the failure of the Lions to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Hugo Broos was relieved of his duty.

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