An nada Pitso Mosimane a matsayin babban koci na Bafana Bafana a karo na biyu, bayan Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka ta Kudu ta tabbatar da dawowar ɗaya daga cikin mafi nasarar kococi a nahiyar — fiye da shekaru goma bayan lokacin sa na farko.

Tafiya da ta gina tarihi

Mosimane ya fara alaƙa da tawagar ƙasa a matsayin mataimakin Carlos Alberto Parreira, kafin ya karɓi mukamin babban koci bayan gasar FIFA World Cup 2010. Wannan lokaci ya samar da sakamako iri-iri, amma abin da ya biyo baya ya ɗaga shi zuwa matsayi sabon gaba ɗaya a ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.

Lokacin da ya yi a Mamelodi Sundowns ya sake fasalin ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob a Afirka ta Kudu. Ya jagoranci Sundowns zuwa kambun Premiership na Afirka ta Kudu sau biyar, kuma babban nasarar ita ce lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League a shekarar 2016 — wanda ya mai da kulob din Pretoria wata babbar ƙarfin nahiya.

Tafiyarsa zuwa Al Ahly ta ɗaga shi ƙarin. A gefen wannan babban kulob ɗin Cairo, Mosimane ya ƙara kambuna biyu na TotalEnergies CAF Champions League — a 2020 da 2021 — kuma ya jagoranci kulob ɗin zuwa manyan wasannin nahiya guda uku a jere. Ya kuma lashe Gasar Premier League ta Masar da Kofin Masar a kakar 2019/20. Waɗannan nasarori sun yi masa fice a matsayin kocin Afirka na farko da ya lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League sau uku, wanda ya sa ya sami kyautar CAF African Coach of the Year.

Lokutan da ya yi a Saudi Arabia, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, da Iran sun faɗaɗa ƙwarewarsa a yanayin ƙwallon ƙafa na daban-daban, yana ƙara zurfin ƙwarewar da ya riga ya yi.

Kambuna da ba su da misali

Kambuna na Mosimane sun haɗa da TotalEnergies CAF Champions League sau uku, TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup sau uku, kambu na gasar Premiership ta Afirka ta Kudu sau biyar tare da Mamelodi Sundowns, kambu na gasar Premier League ta Masar tare da Al Ahly, da kambu na gasar Saudi First Division tare da Al Ahli Saudi FC a 2022/23. Ya kuma lashe FA Cup sau biyu da League Cup sau biyu tare da Sundowns.

Babban manufa nan take: cancantar AFCON

Mosimane yanzu ya dawo ga Bafana Bafana tare da manufar nahiya da ba ta kammala ba. Babban abin da zai mai da hankali a kai shi ne jagorantar Afirka ta Kudu ta hanyar zabukan TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, tare da tabbatar da wuri a gasar a matsayin babban burin da ke gaba.