Asante Kotoko sun tabbatar da nadin kocin Afirka ta Kudu Eric Tinkler a matsayin sabon babban kocin su, inda kulob ɗin Ghana ke nuna maganar gasa don kambun gida da na nahiyar a kakar 2026/27.
Tinkler, wanda ya jagoranci Bafana Bafana tare da lashe kwarangwal 48 a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa a lokacin aikinsa na ɗan wasa, ya fara aiki nan take yana kawo fiye da shekaru talatin na ƙwarewa a ƙwallon ƙafa na manyan matakan a matsayin ɗan wasa da kuma koci.
Aikin kocin da aka gina kan buri na nahiya
Ya iso da ɗaya daga cikin tarihin ayyukan koci mafi girma a ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka ta Kudu. Ya taɓa horar da Orlando Pirates, SuperSport United, Cape Town City, Maritzburg United, da Bidvest Wits — daga cikin manyan kulob ɗin ƙasar.
Lokacin da yake tare da Orlando Pirates, ya kai kulob ɗin zuwa ƙarshe-ƙarshen CAF Champions League, haka kuma ya kai SuperSport United zuwa ƙarshe-ƙarshen CAF Confederation Cup. Ya kuma lashe kambuna da dama a cikin gida, ciki har da MTN8 da Telkom Knockout.
Dan wasa wanda ya san manyan matakan wasa
Kafin ya zama koci, Tinkler ya ji daɗin aikin ɗan wasa mai daraja. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar tarihi ta Bafana Bafana da ta ɗauki kofin Africa Cup of Nations a 1996 kuma ya wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 1998. A matakin kulob, ya buga wasan a Ingila, Italiya, da Portugal, yana wasa wa Barnsley, Cagliari, da Vitoria de Setubal.
Buri na nahiyar Kotoko shine ke jagorantar wannan nadi
Asante Kotoko sun bayyana cewa naɗin Tinkler yana nuna niyar kulob ɗin na gina tsarin fasaha mai iya yin gogayya don kambuna a gida da a duk faɗin nahiyar Afrika. Zai yi aiki tare da Daraktan Ƙwallon ƙafa Stanley Menzo Purl yayin da kulob ɗin ke ƙarfafa ayyukansa na ƙwallon ƙafa.
Shugaban Hukumar Gudanarwa James Osei Brown ya yi marhabà da wannan yanke-shawara. «Eric yana kawo dukiyar ƙwarewa, ladabi, da tarihin nasara zuwa teburinmu na fasaha. Tarihinsa na bunƙasa ɗalibai da cimma sakamako a matakin saman ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka ya sa shi zama mutumin da ya dace don jagorantar ƙungiyarmu a wannan lokaci mai muhimmanci,» in ji shi.
Tinkler da kansa ya ce yana matuƙar farin ciki da wannan dama. «Ina alfahari kuma ina farin ciki da shiga ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa mafi tarihi a Afirka. Tarihin da ya wadata na Asante Kotoko, sha'awarsa na nasara, da buri na ci gaban nasa an san su a duk faɗin nahiyar. Ina matuƙar fatan yin aiki tare da 'yan wasa, ma'aikata, da gudanarwa don gina ƙungiyar da za ta iya lashe gasar a gida da kuma a matakin nahiya,» in ji shi.
