Former Simba SC Serbian-Portuguese tactician Zoran Manojlovic better known as Maki has been appointed the head coach at Egypt’s top-tier side Al Ittihad Alexandria Club just hours after the Tanzanian giants confirmed parting ways with him.In a statement, the Egyptian side confirmed that the 60-year-old tactician would be joining together with fitness coach Sbai Karim and goalkeeping coach Mohamed Rachid, both of whom also left Simba, with the rest of the technical bench set to be decided. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Itthad Alex SC (@itthadalexsc) “The club’s board of directors in its entirety has agreed to contract with the Serbian coach, who has a rich training record and has been able to achieve many achievements. The new apparatus will include Karim bin Salem Sebai, “Tunisian” assistant coach and load planner, and Mohamed Rasheed Al-Makkawi, *Moroccan national, goalkeeper coach, and the entire formation of the technical and administrative staff will be decided,” the club wrote in a statement on their social handles.Al Ittihad finished 12th in the just concluded season with just 38 points from 34 games and the six-time Egyptian Cup winners will be hoping to improve that finish in the new season.In his short reign at Simba, Maki won his opening two league matches of the season against Geita Gold and Kagera Sugar, seeing his team score five goals without conceding.OFFICIAL: Simba part ways with coach Maki after two monthsSimba’s announcement by the club’s CEO Barbara Gonzalez on Tuesday came as a shocker to many going by the perfect start to the season.Maki was named Simba’s coach towards the end of June coming in as a replacement for Spaniard Pablo Franco Martin who was fired by the club, and took charge of the team during pre-season as the team camped in Egypt.
