FC Saint Eloi Lupopo head coach Guy Bukasa has paid tribute to Florent Ibenge and Pitso Mosimane who he reckons have made coaching in Africa for black coaches fashionable.
The 38-year-old Bukasa is on the verge of creating history with Lupopo should they withhold Orlando Pirates in the second leg this weekend after overseeing the 3-0 demolition of the Buccaneers in the first leg, 2nd preliminary round of the CAF Champions League game last week in Lubumbashi.
Bukasa has previously worked with Ibenge and also made mention of Mosimane who went on to coach Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly to CAF Champions League triumphs.
“Florent is a model for us. He’s a model for young coaches for every people those are working in football development,” he told the media.
“10 years ago that business of coaching was not respected in Africa. Most of times they were just considering people from Europe.
“But you can see that coaches like Florent Ibenge, Pitso Mosimane they bring respect to African coaches and that’s motivation for us.
“Those are very good people. They are like teachers, like big brothers, like fathers and advising us most of the time.
“So, that’s important to have these kind of person around us.”
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