Zesco United Football Club continued their technical bench restructuring by appointing a former Tanzania National Team interim coach Honour Janza as the club’s Technical Director as per a communique on Thursday.The tactician who took over the reins of Taifa Stars towards the end of August following the exit of Kim Poulsen has signed a three-year contract with the Zambian Super League giants.✍️ Aliekuwa Kocha Mkuu wa Klabu ya Namungo na Kaimu Kocha Mkuu wa Timu ya Taifa ya Tanzania ‘Taifa Stars’ 🇹🇿, Honour Janza🇿🇲 amesaini mkataba wa miaka mitatu kama Mkurugenzi wa Ufundi wa Klabu ya soka ya Zesco United 🇿🇲 pic.twitter.com/2km14F0kjv— MCB MICHEZO (@mcb_michezo) December 8, 2022 Announcing the appointment, club chairman Maxwell Saya said they are banking on Janza’s experience to help enhance football development at the club.“Janza is a highly qualified manager who has worked at the highest level of African football and comes with great credentials. We are positive his vast experience in the game will enhance football development at different levels of the club,” Saya said as per the club’s website.##NAJAVA_MECA_6874287##The appointment of Janza, who also served as Zambia’s National Team coach, being the last coach to qualify Zambia to the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea in 2015, comes barely days since that of George ‘Chicken’ Lwandamina as the head coach of the Ndola-based side.Apart from being Taifa Stars interim coach, Janza also served as the head coach of Tanzanian Premier League side Namungo FC from 2021 until his appointment by TFF.New coach for Ian Otieno at Zesco UnitedA shaky start to their campaign has left Zesco languishing in the bottom half of the league standings at 11th after 16 rounds of matches with just 20 points, something that they will be hoping to change as soon as possible to secure a decent finish at the end of the season.
