Thabo Senong (born 15 September 1980) is a South African football manager who is an assistant coach with Tanzanian club Singida Fountain Gate.
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| Date of birth | 15 September 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pimville, Soweto, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Singida Fountain Gate (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | South Africa U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Lesotho | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Sekhukhune United (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Sekhukhune United (academy) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Singida Fountain Gate (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In August 2019, he was appointed as manager of the Lesotho national football team.[1]
Prior to his appointment, Senong was coach of the South Africa national U-20 team, known as the Amajitas.[2] He coached at the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
He won the COSAFA U-20 Cup with the Amajitas in 2017.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Lesotho appoint South Africa's Thabo Senong as coach". 28 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Inerview with Thabo Senong fifa.com
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Matches - South Africa - Portugal". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "South Africa's National Under-20 (Amajita) Head Coach". safa.net. Retrieved 19 August 2019.