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\n Sunday, 28 December 2025
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Tanzania national team head coach Miguel Gamondi has paid a glowing tribute to African football, describing the continent as the bedrock of his long and fulfilling coaching career\u2014one that stretches back more than 25 years.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of Tanzania\u2019s second TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Group C encounter against Uganda in Rabat, the Argentine tactician reflected emotionally on Africa\u2019s enduring influence on his professional journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me it’s a special pleasure to be in Morocco. Africa is one place that has really contributed richly to my coaching career. I have spent more than 25 years coaching in Africa and to this day, I will always be an advocate for African football\u201d, said Gamondi.<\/p>\n
Gamondi\u2019s relationship with African football dates back to the year 2000, when he began a journey as an Assistant Coach at Al Ahli Tripoli in Libya in a chapter that would see him work across different football cultures, environments, and competitive leagues on the continent.<\/p>\n
The Argentine\u2019s African football journey includes coaching at giant African clubs such as Wydad AC, Esperance Sportive de Tunis, Mamelodi Sundowns, CR Belouizdad, USM Alger, Young Africans and now the Tafia Stars.<\/p>\n
Over the years, he has built a reputation not only as a technically astute coach, but also as one deeply immersed in and respectful of the African game.<\/p>\n
His experiences, he says, have shaped his philosophy and strengthened his belief in Africa\u2019s immense footballing potential\u2014belief he continues to defend passionately.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hear sometimes people speak negatively about African football and I am always the first to defend it,\u201d Gamondi added. \u201cBecause I know the talent that is here and I know the potential that African football has.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now leading Tanzania on one of Africa\u2019s biggest football stages, Gamondi views his current role not just as a professional assignment, but as a continuation of a long-standing bond with the continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really cannot express my gratitude to this continent,\u201d he concluded. \u201cAnd that is why it is such a great honour and pleasure to coach here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gamondi\u2019s next crucial assignment will be working a miracle to guide Tanzania to the knockout stages of the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025.<\/p>\n
The East Africans suffered a 2-1 loss in their opener against Nigeria before sharing the spoils with neighbours, Uganda in a 1-1 draw. Up next for Gamondi\u2019s side is a must win clash against Tunisia on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published: Sunday, 28 December 2025 Tanzania national team head coach Miguel Gamondi has paid a glowing tribute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-378188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}