By Brian Bariyo Tumuramye
Uganda’s most successful football club SC Villa has confirmed the appointment of Edward ‘Edwardo’ Kaziba as their head coach.
Kaziba, a CAF ‘A’ licensed tactician, takes the mantle after Steven Bogere politely turned down the opportunity as he sought to continue his duties at Federation of Uganda Football Associaitons (FUFA) Big League with Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) team.
The development which was confirmed by the interim club chief executive officer (CEO) David Serebe, brings to an end to speculation after months of uncertainty.
“We appointed Edwardo Kaziba as the Sports Club Villa Head coach. Other details as regards the time span and all the support staff will be known early next week,” Serebe confirmed.
Kaziba is also the assistant coach for the Uganda women national team, Crested Cranes. He is also the head coach for Mpindi Clan in the Bika Bya Baganda football competition.
He is a renowned Sports Club Villa admirer who is expected to bring sanity and experience to the torn apart dressing room. Kaziba will work with club legends Ibrahim Kirya, Nestroy Kizito and Phillip Ssozi.
Kirya is the assistant coach, Kizito is a physical trainer and Ssozi has been attached to the young team for over three weeks now. Kirya has been conducting trials at Villa Park especially for the new players.
Many of these players have been engaged in a grueling training regime and participated in a number of trial matches.
SpyUganda has established that SC Villa will unveil Kaziba and the selected crop of new players in the coming week.
Meanwhile, the club interim management has also released a clear road map that will lead to election of a new executive later this year.
The road map has had an overhaul of the constitution for Villa, which has won the most Uganda Premier League titles, although last season they nearly got relegated.
