Malian Mohamed Magassouba is the new coach of FC Saint Eloi Lupopo of the DRC. He replaces the Frenchman Christian Bracconi in this position and will be accompanied by his Malian assistant Mahamadou Sidibé. The DR Congolese club is nursing huge ambitions to regain concurrence both at the national and international stages.
The news was confirmed by the president of the club, Jacques Kyabula, this Sunday, July 24, during the Ordinary General Assembly of railway workers thus putting an end to all rumors. "All the names put forward in social networks were just speculation and rumors. The name of our coach was proposed by the vice-president, Coco Mulongo," he said.
Mohamed Magassouba has signed with the Lubumbashi club for a period of three seasons. In the staff of the Cheminots, in addition to Mahamadou Sidibé, Mohamed Magasouba will also be assisted by Bertin Maku and Armand Kayembe, the two Congolese technicians who were already there under Christian Bracconi.
Mohamed Magassouba thus signs his return to Lupopo thirty years later (1992). The former coach of the Eagles of Mali, who knows the DRC well having also coached AS V.Club and Darling Club Motema Pembe between 1993 and 1995, will have the mission of taking FC Saint Eloi Lupopo as far as possible to the next edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. The club can also boast of some international players from across the continent and definitely they are not done yet with the big name signings as the international transfer window continues.
