Emerse Faé, kocin da ya juya makomar Cote d'Ivoire daga kusan fita zuwa zama zakaran Afirka, zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan muryoyin da za a ji a Taron Dabarun CAF da za a gudanar a Cabo Verde a wannan watan Oktoba. Wannan taro na kwanaki uku a Sal, daga ranar 7 zuwa 9 Oktoba, zai tattaro shugabannin kwallon kafar nahiya ɗaya baki ɗaya don tsara hanyar kai FIFA Kofin Duniya 2030.

Faé na ɗaya daga cikin kococi goma da suka jagoranci ƙungiyoyin Afirka a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 kuma ana sa ran za su raba gogewa a Cabo Verde. Labarin sa, duk da haka, yana ɗauke da nauyin da ya zarce jerin sakamako.

Daga ɗan wasa zuwa koci na ƙwararru

An haifi Faé a Nantes, Faransa, ya wakilci Cote d'Ivoire a matsayin ɗan wasa bayan wasu lokuta tare da Nantes, Reading, da OGC Nice. Bayanan CAF sun nuna ya buga wasanni 44 don Elephants tsakanin 2005 da 2012, kafin matsalolin lafiya da suka maimaita su yanke aikinsa na wasa da wuri.

Ya koma horarwa ta hanyar makarantar matasa ta Nice, inda ya haura matakai daban-daban na shekarun yara har ya karɓi jagorancin ƙungiyar ƙasa da shekara 19. Daga baya ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar ajiyar Clermont Foot kafin ya shiga ma'aikatan ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Cote d'Ivoire a shekara ta 2022 a matsayin mataimakin Jean-Louis Gasset. Wannan hanya — koyon ƙwallo a matakin matasa kafin shiga gudanarwa ta kwallon kafa ta duniya — tana tare da ainihin ajandar CAF na ilimin koci da ci gaban fasaha.

Dawowar AFCON da ta canza komai

Lokacin juyi ga Faé ya zo a lokacin TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023. An naɗa shi koci na wucin gadi a tsakiyar gasar bayan ƙungiyar mai masaukin baki ta sha kashi 4-0 a hannun Equatorial Guinea tana kuma shiga zagaye na gaba da wahala a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin da suka zo na uku. Ya gaji ƙungiyar da ta kasance a kan gab da kunyar da gabanin mutanenta.

Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Cote d'Ivoire ta fitar da Senegal, zakarar da ta yi wa laƙabi, ta hanyar ƙwallo a raga, ta yi nasara kan Mali bayan lokaci na ƙari, ta ƙwace DR Congo a wasan kusa da karshe, sannan ta dawo daga baya ta doke Nigeria 2-1 a wasan karshe. Faé ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da ta yi rago zuwa taken gasar a gaban magoya bayanta.

Daga baya an tabbatar da shi a matsayin koci na dindindin kuma an ba shi kyautar CAF Men's Coach of the Year ta 2024 — girmamawa da ta dace da girman wannan nasara.

Rubuta tarihi a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026

Faé ya jagoranci Elephants zuwa FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, shiga farko na Cote d'Ivoire a gasar tun shekarar 2014. Sun fara da nasara ta 1-0 akan Ecuador, sun sha kashi 2-1 a hannun Germany, sun kuma rufe mataki na rukuni da nasara ta 2-0 akan Curaçao — isasshe don kammala na biyu a rukuninsu.

Wannan sakamakon da Curaçao ya aika Cote d'Ivoire zuwa matakin fitar da wanda ya yi nasara a Kofin Duniya a karon farko a tarihinsu, wani babban nasara da Elephants ba su iya cimmawa a 2006, 2010, da 2014. Tafiyarsu ta ƙare da kashi na 2-1 a hannun Norway a zagaye na 32, amma shafin tarihin ya rigaya ya rubuta.

Misali na horar da koci ga nahiya

Kasancewar Faé a Cabo Verde yana ɗauke da muhimmancin gaske ga Taron Dabarun CAF. An tsara wannan taro a wani bangare domin ciro darussa daga aikin Afirka a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 da kuma zuba su cikin tsarin ci gaban da ake bukata kafin 2030. Ilimin koci, girma na fasaha, da ƙarfafa kayayyakin more rayuwa na kwallon kafa suna tsakiyar wannan ajanda.

Hanyar aikinsa tana ba da misali na gaskiya na abin da waɗannan zuba jari za su iya samarwa — ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Afirka wanda aka ba shi lokaci da sarari don koyan sana'arsa a kwallon kafa ta matasa, kafin a amince da shi a babban mataki na nahiya a cikin yanayi mafi wahala. Daga gab da fita a AFCON zuwa zakaran nahiya, har zuwa rubuta tarihi a Kofin Duniya, Faé ya zo Taron Dabarun yana ɗauke da gogewa da wannan taro aka tsara don saurare.