{The Rwanda Football Federation ( FERWAFA) is set to recruit 29-year-old Irishman Johnny McKinstry as its new coach of the national team, the president of Rwanda\u2019s football body, Vincent Degaule Nzamwita revealed Tuesday in Kigali.}<\/p>\n
Under a three-year contract which is currently under negotiation between the two parties, McKinstry is expected to take Rwanda to the 2017 African Cup of Nations, which is to be held in South Africa.<\/p>\n
His first assignment is to prepare the Rwanda\u2019s national squad for an international friendly match against Zambia on March 29 in Lusaka before the 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) here on January 16-February 7.<\/p>\n
McKinstry had spell in Sierra Leone as a senior manager of the West African national team for 17 months before he was sacked in September 2014.<\/p>\n
Nzamwita told Xinhua that the recruitment of the new coach is part of the team\u2019s efforts to reach laudable heights in the competitions to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have started consultations with the new coach and he has promised in return to make drastic changes in the national team\u2019s style,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The tiny East African nation has never made it to the World Cup and only qualified once for the African Cup of Nations, in 2004. Enditem<\/p>\n
Source: Xinhua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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