An naɗa Patrick Vieira, tsohon kyaftin ɗin Arsenal da kuma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta France, a matsayin babban kocin tawagar maza ta ƙasar Senegal, kamar yadda ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Senegal (FSF) ta tabbatar.

Mutumin da ya cika shekara 50 yana maye gurbin Pape Thiaw, wanda aka kore shi bayan Senegal ta fita daga zagayen 32 na Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

An haifi Vieira a Dakar kafin ya koma Faransa yana da shekara 8. Ya ci gaba da taka wasanni sama da 100 a cikin Les Bleus, yana lashe Kofin Duniya a 1998 da Gasar Turai a 2000. Yanzu yana dawo da horar da kasar da aka haife shi.

FSF ta bayyana cewa wannan nadin yana nuna "sha'awar ƙarfafa ma'aikatan fasaha na matakin ƙwararru" kuma yana "daidai sosai" da buri na wasanni na Senegal. Bayanan kwangilar Vieira da ranar farawa da aikin har yanzu ana tattaunawa.

Ana sa ran wasannin farko a ƙarƙashinsa a matsayin babban kocin Senegal za su zo watan da ke tafe, lokacin da Teranga Lions za su fara wasannin nema don shiga gasar Africa Cup of Nations 2027.

Daga Genoa zuwa Dakar

Vieira ya zo wannan matsayi bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin kocin Genoa a Serie A. Ya bar kulob ɗin Italiyanci ta hanyar yarda da juna a watan Nuwamba da ya gabata, tawagar tana ƙashin jerin tebur. A lokacin kakar 2024-25 ya jagoranci Genoa zuwa aminci, yana lashe wasanni takwas da yin daidai tara cikin 26 domin kammala a matsayi na 13. Kaka na 2025-26, duk da haka, ya samar da nasara biyu kawai a dukkan gasa — duk a Coppa Italia — kafin tafiyarsa.

A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, ɗan wasa a tsakiya Vieira ya lashe kambun Premier League guda uku da kambun FA Cup guda huɗu tare da Arsenal, yana ƙara ƙarin kofuna tare da AC Milan, Inter Milan, da Manchester City kafin ya yi ritaya a 2011.

Aikin kociyan sa ya fara ne a New York City a 2016. Daga baya ya jagoranci Nice zuwa matsayi na bakwai a Ligue 1 kafin a kore shi a watan Disamba 2020. Zaman Crystal Palace ya biyo baya, inda ya jagoranci Eagles zuwa matsayi na 12 a Premier League da kuma ƙwata da rabi na FA Cup a 2021-22, kafin an kore shi a watan Maris 2023 bayan wasanni 12 ba tare da nasara ba. Sa'an nan ya ɗauki ragamar RC Strasbourg — nadin kocin farko a ƙarƙashin BlueCo, rukunin masu mallakar Chelsea — amma ya bar ta ta hanyar yarda da juna a watan Yuli 2024.

Inuwar ƙarshen gasar Afcon 2025

Vieira ya karbi tawagar da har yanzu tana magance sakamakon ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka haifar da cece-kuce a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka. Magabacin sa Thiaw yana tsakiyar guguwar a watan Janairun lokacin da ya jagoranci ƴan wasa na Senegal fita daga fagen wasa a lokacin wasan ƙarshe na Africa Cup of Nations 2025 da Morocco, bayan alƙali ya ba Morocco bugun fenariti a lokacin karin lokaci.

Bayan jinkiri na kimanin mintuna 17, ƴan wasan sun komo fagen wasa. An hana bugun fenariti na Brahim Diaz, Pape Gueye kuma ya ci ƙwal nasara a lokacin ƙarin lokaci don Senegal. Duk da wannan sakamakon a dare, hukumar Ɗaukaka Kara ta Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka ta soke sakamakon a watan Maris ta bayyana Morocco a matsayin wanda ya lashe gasar.

Tun daga lokacin Senegal sun ɗauki ƙara zuwa Kotun Sasantawa ta Wasanni, tare da shari'ar da aka tsara za a ji a ranar 8 ga Oktoba.