After reaching fourth place at this year’s AFCON, it was widely expected that the coach Kamou Malo will stay at the helm of Burkina Faso national team, but their football federation surprisingly announced that they will not renew his contract and when he expired on February 28th, it was decided that the new coach will be selected via call for application. The call was open for 15 days, and the result is a bit surprising: 64 candidates have applied for the job!End of the road: Queiroz quits Egypt job after two dreadful defeats to SenegalWhen the call for applications, which lasted from 15th until 31st March was published, one of the essential criteria for the job was an obligation to have “already led a national selection A in the final phase of the AFCON”, which was put in just to eliminate many average candidates, but the ideal candidate also had to speak French and be stationed in Burkina Faso during his mandate. So, after all this criteria required, it will be interesting to see if all 64 candidates actually have all the necessary requirements for the Stallions post. Former PSG, Barca and PSV coaches apply for Nigeria jobBurkina Faso Football federation was not naming any names (yet), but they did announced that they are satisfied with such a number of candidates, and noted that it „honors our umbrella and reflects the progress made by Burkinabe football“. They also revealed the nationalities of all 64 candidates, and there are 19 of them: Algerian, German, English, Bosnian, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Burkinabe, Congolese, Scottish, Spanish, French, Gabonese, Italian, Ivorian, Portuguese, Serbian, Swiss, Turkish and Uruguayan. The next step for the recruitment committee will be to make a shortlist and invite all the candidates to Ouagadougou for a job interview.
