Afirka ta isa FIFA World Cup 2026 tare da tarihin ƙasashe goma da suka samu wakilci — kuma a bayan kowace ƙungiya akwai wani manaja mai labari mai kayatarwa. Daga manajoji da suka lashe AFCON zuwa waɗanda suka tsara kamfen na cancantar tarihi, maza da ke jagorantar ƙungiyoyin Afirka suna ɗauke da tarihin da ya tabbata da babbar fata.

Wataƙila mafi bayyanar gaskiya ita ce: shida daga cikin manajoji goma na Afirka an haife su a nahiyar, wata alama bayyananniya cewa yankin yana saka hannun jari a hikimarsa ta kwallon ƙafa.

Vladimir Petković (Algeria) — maido da asalin Desert Foxes

Vladimir Petković ya fara sake gina daidaituwar Algeria bayan lokacin da ya yi wahala a manyan gasar. Babbar gudummawarsa ita ce dawo da Desert Foxes zuwa World Cup, yana sake gina tsarin tsaron gida da kwarin gwiwar gama gari. Algeria za su fuskanci zakarun da suka yi a yanzu Argentina, Austria, da Jordan a Rukuni J.

Mohamed Ouahbi (Morocco) — ci gaba da gadon tarihi

Maye gurbin Walid Regragui bayan mulkinsa da aka yi bikin ba ƙaramin aiki ba ne, amma Mohamed Ouahbi mai shekaru 49 ya tabbatar da ci gaba. Ya kiyaye tsarin dabaru da asalin ƙarfin hali da suka kai Morocco zuwa semi-final na World Cup 2022, yayin da yake shigar da ƙarni sabon na ƙwararrun Atlas Lions. Morocco sun fara kamfen din Rukuni C da zallo 1-1 da Brazil, kuma har yanzu suna da wasannin Scotland da Haiti a gaba.

Emerse Faé (Cote d'Ivoire) — daga naɗin wucin gadi zuwa gwarzon ƙasa

Kaɗan ne hanyoyin horarwa a kwallon ƙafa na Afirka da za a kwatanta da hauhawan Emerse Faé. An ba shi aikin Cote d'Ivoire a cikin yanayi mai wahala a lokacin TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2023, ya kuma ƙirƙira daya daga cikin manyan labaran komawa a tarihin gasar — yana kai Elephants daga bakin ficewa zuwa ɗagawa kofin a gidansu. Sannan ya cancanta su don World Cup, yana zama ɗan ƙasar Ivory Coast na farko mai koyarwa ta gida da ya cimma wannan nasara. Cote d'Ivoire suna cikin Rukuni E tare da Germany, Curacao, da Ecuador.

Hossam Hassan (Egypt) — farfado da Pharaohs

A matsayin ɗan wasan, Hossam Hassan tatsuniya ce ta kwallon ƙafar Masar, kuma yanzu ya ɗauki ƙalubalen sake kunna wutar Pharaohs a fagen duniya. Ya haɗu da taurari masu gogewa da ƙwararrun da ke fitowa, yana aiki don maido da hankali na cin nasara da ke nuna kwallon ƙafar Egypt a mafi kyawun lokacinta. Egypt za su fuskanci Belgium, Iran, da New Zealand a Rukuni G.

Sabri Lamouchi (Tunisia) — dawowa da kwanciyar hankali na dabarun wasa

Sabri Lamouchi yana kawo gogewa mai arziki ta World Cup zuwa Tunisia, bayan ya jagoranci Cote d'Ivoire zuwa gasar 2014. Shima mai shekara 54 ya farfado da tsarin tsaro na musamman na Tunisia, yana mai da ƙungiyar ta zama mafi wahalar kayarwa da yin amfani da ita a hare-hare. Za su fuskanci Netherlands, Sweden, da Japan a Rukuni F.

Hugo Broos (South Africa) — sake gina Bafana Bafana

Hugo Broos yana ɗaya daga cikin manajoji mafi girman mutunci a Afirka, bayan ya jagoranci Cameroon zuwa taken TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2017 a ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin da ba a tsammani a gasar. Tare da South Africa, ya ƙirƙira gagarumar farfadowa — ya dawo da Bafana Bafana zuwa World Cup a karon farko tun 2010, yana dogaro sosai da 'yan wasan da ke buga a gasar cikin gida, kuma ya samu matsayi na uku a TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2023. Bayan hasarar bude ido 2-0 da Mexico a Rukuni A, Bafana Bafana suna da wasannin South Korea da Czechia a gaba.

Bubista (Cape Verde) — mai gina hauhawan Blue Sharks

Bubista ya kula da ɗaya daga cikin manyan labaran ci gaba a kwallon ƙafar Afirka. A ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, Cape Verde sun cire lakabi na ƙungiyar raunana sun zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi tsari a nahiyar. Jagorantar wannan ƙasar tsibiri zuwa World Cup a karon farko shi ne wataƙila mafi girman nasara fiye da hasashe a zagayen cancantar Afirka. Cape Verde suna cikin Rukuni H tare da Spain, Uruguay, da Saudi Arabia.

Pape Thiaw (Senegal) — ci gaba da al'adun nasara

Maye gurbin Aliou Cissé mai girmamawar babba ba sauƙi ba ne, amma Pape Thiaw ya kiyaye matsayin Senegal a tsakanin manyan ƙungiyoyin Afirka. Ya ci gaba da Lions of Teranga suna kaifi ta fuskar dabarun wasa da kuma gasa a matakin da ya fi girma. Senegal za su fuskanci France, Iraq, da Norway a Rukuni I.

Carlos Queiroz (Ghana) — arziki na ƙwarewa ta duniya

Babu wani manaja a cikin wakilcin Afirka da ya isa da tarihi mai ɗimbin yawa kamar na Carlos Queiroz. Shima mai shekaru 73 ya halarta a World Cup guda biyar a matsayin babban manaja kuma yana da ƙwarewa mai zurfi ta Afirka, yana da tarihin koyar da South Africa da Egypt — inda ya kai Pharaohs zuwa karshen gasar TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2021. Har ila yau, ya riƙe reins a Real Madrid da Portugal. Ghana za su fuskanci England, Croatia, da Panama a Rukuni L.

Sébastien Desabre (DR Congo) — ƙarewa da shekara 52 na rashin kasancewa

Babbar nasarar Sébastien Desabre tare da DR Congo ita ce ƙarewa da jiran Leopards na shekaru 52 don komawa zuwa World Cup. Ya gina ƙungiyar bayyana kuma mai nema hare-hare da ta kama zukatan magoya bayan kwallon ƙafar Afirka. DR Congo za su fuskanci Portugal, Uzbekistan, da Colombia a Rukuni K.