Sébastien Desabre shi ne mutumin da ke jagorantar DR Congo a FIFA World Cup 2026, inda suke fuskantar England a Round of 32 — lokaci da ke nuna kawai bayyanar ta biyu ta ƙasar a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya.

Bafaranshen ɗan shekara 49, ya karɓi ragamar DR Congo a shekara ta 2022 kuma tun daga lokacin ya kai ƙungiyar zuwa gasar ta farko tun 1974, nasara mai ban mamaki da ta share fiye da rabin ƙarni na rashin shiga babbar fagen duniya.

Tafiya a fadin Afirka

Tarihin Desabre a matsayinsa na koci ya samo asali ne a nahiyar Afirka. Kafin ya karɓi ragamar DR Congo, ya yi koci a kulob din Egypt da Morocco, inda ya sami fahimtar zurfi game da bukatun ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.

Mafi mahimmancin aikinsa kafin DR Congo ya kasance tare da tawagar ƙasar Uganda. A cikin shekara ɗaya kawai, Desabre ya jagoranci Uganda ta samu cancantar shiga Africa Cup of Nations 2019, nasara da ta sa ƙungiyar ta samu zaben kyautar CAF ta Tawagar Ƙasa ta Shekara.

A AFCON din, Uganda ta gama ta biyu a rukuninsu a bayan Egypt kafin ta sha kashi daga Senegal — wadanda suka kai wasan karshe a ƙarshe — a Round of 16. Desabre ya bar Uganda bisa yarjejeniyar bangarorin biyu jim kaɗan bayan gasar ta ƙare.

Gina DR Congo zuwa ƙungiyar Kofin Duniya

Sa'ad da Desabre ya karɓi ragamar DR Congo a 2022, ƙasar ta kasa cancantar shiga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Qatar. Manufarsa ta kasance a fili: kaiwa Arewacin Amurka a 2026.

Ya cika alkawarin. DR Congo sun tabbatar da wurinsu ta hanyar nasarori masu yanke hukunci a kan Nigeria da Cameroon a lokacin kamfen na cancantar, kafin su tabbatar da wurinsu ta play-offs na tsakanin ƙungiyoyin ƙasashe da Jamaica. Wannan gasar ta kai mintuna 120, DR Congo suka zura kwallo mai yanke hukunci a minti na 100 don samun nasara 1-0.

Desabre kuma ya kai DR Congo zuwa matakin semi-final na Africa Cup of Nations 2023, inda suka sha kashi daga zakaran ƙarshe Ivory Coast. A kan hanya, sun doke Egypt a Round of 16, Guinea a ƙarshen matakin huɗu, kuma sun yi zanen ƙura da Morocco a matakin rukunin.

A FIFA World Cup 2026

DR Congo sun fara yaƙin neman su na FIFA World Cup 2026 da zanen ƙura 1-1 da Portugal kafin su sha kashi 1-0 da Colombia. Sannan 'yan wasan Desabre sun tabbatar da wurinsu a Round of 32 da nasara mai ƙarfi 3-1 a kan Uzbekistan.

Yanzu suna fuskantar England — kuma Desabre, mai gina ɗaya daga cikin labarun cancantar da suka fi ban sha'awa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka, zai kasance a benci.