Frenchman Rolland Courbis has been named the new coach of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Leopards.
Fecofa, the Congolese football association, said they arrived at the choice of Rolland on Friday during a meeting.
The meeting involved the Congolese Ministry of Sports and Leisure officials at the headquarters of the federation.
The meeting came a week after Fecofa’s choice, Hugo Broos, opted for South Africa’s Bafana Bafana job.
“The extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Congolese Football Federation, on Friday, May 7, 2021, extended to the National Technical Directorate and Former Leopards, led by President Constant Omari Selemani, set up a new technical staff of Senior Leopards A from the DRC.
“An agreement in principle with the new national coach Rolland Courbis has been found, the Fecofa has thus transmitted, this Saturday, May 8, 2021, to the new Minister of Sports and Leisure, Serge Nkonde, the composition of the new technical staff of the team of the DRC, entered in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup,” Fecofa website reports.
The Deputy National Technical Director, Médard Lusadisu, former Leopards captains, Santos Mutubile and Chris Shabani Nonda, took part in the meetings, which began on Tuesday.
The new coach has replaced Congolese mentor Christian N’sengi who got the sack after failing to take the Leopards to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon.
NEW TECHNICAL STAFF FOR LEOPARDS
SENIOR LEOPARDS MEN A
- NATIONAL COACH
ROLLAND COURBIS
Nationality: French
- ASSISTANT 1
(To provide)
- ASSISTANT 2
DAOULA LOPEMBE
Nationality: Congolese
- ASSISTANT AND VIDEO ANALYST
THIERRY VERJANS
Nationality: Belgian
- FITNESS TRAINER
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
Nationality: Belgian
- GOALKEEPER COACH
ROBERT KIDIABA MUTEBA
Nationality: Congolese
- TEAM DOCTOR
DR JEAN VERVIER
Nationality: Belgian
- ANTI COVID-19 DOCTOR
DR JEAN PIERRE BUNGU KAKALA
Nationality: Congolese
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST
PAOLO RIGHINI
Nationality: Italian
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST
ADRIEN PROST
Nationality: French
- OSTEOPATH
GAETAN MINSART
Nationality: Belgian
- NUTRITIONIST
FLORENT MOTTA
Nationality: French
- CHEF
ANTOINE MBONGO
Nationality: Congolese
- TEAM MANAGER
DODO LANDU
Nationality: Congolese
- SECRETARY
MARCEL MAYALA
Nationality: Congolese
- TEAM MEDIA OFFICER
JERRY KALEMO NGOY
Nationality: Congolese
- STEWARD
SERGE BAGETA DIKILU
Nationality: Congolese
- KITMAN 1
MOMIKIA YEMO
Nationality: Congolese
- KITMAN 2
SERGE NIANGI
Nationality: Congolese
- SAFETY AND DISCIPLINE
SERGE LOFO BONGELI