{"id":53484,"date":"2022-01-24T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=53484"},"modified":"2022-01-24T21:02:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:02:17","slug":"mapezas-contract-ended-at-afcon-zifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mapezas-contract-ended-at-afcon-zifa","title":{"rendered":"Mapeza\u2019s Contract Ended At AFCON \u2013 ZIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is set to recruit a substantive Warriors coach following the expiry of interim coach Norman Mapeza\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n<p>Mapeza replaced sacked Zdravko Logarusic in September last year and was initially tasked with reviving the Warriors\u2019 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign but the contract was extended further to cover the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The former Warriors captain\u2019s contract ended last week following the Warriors\u2019 early exit from AFCON. ZIFA\u2019s acting head of secretariat, Xolisani Gwesela, said:<\/p>\n<p>Mapeza\u2019s contract was for this tournament. It was an interim arrangement that was made between him and ZIFA and I can confirm the contract ended at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, it might sound too early now for me to comment further. We will advise the nation of the way forward at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n<p>Mapeza, who is fully employed by premiership club FC Platinum, was being assisted by Taurayi Mangwiro, Mandla Mpofu and goalkeepers\u2019 coach Energy Murambadoro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is set to recruit a substantive Warriors coach following the expiry of interim coach Norman Mapeza\u2019s contract. Mapeza replaced sacked Zdravko Logarusic in September last year and was initially tasked with reviving the Warriors\u2019 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign but the contract was extended further to cover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1685,2314,392,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-53484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-sport","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-norman-mapeza","14":"tag-xolisani-gwesela","15":"tag-zifa","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mapeza\u2019s Contract Ended At AFCON \u2013 ZIFA - 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