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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The youthful Eleven Angels head coach, Seemo \u201816\u2019 Mpatane is a man on a mission. Winning the recent Botswana Football Association (BFA) Coach of the Year award has torched flames of the 34-year-old love for the game of football.<\/b><\/p>\n

He won the coveted prize ahead of experienced coaches in the likes of Gaborone United\u2019s Pontsho \u2018Piro\u2019 Moloi, Jwaneng Galaxy\u2019s Morena Ramoreboli and Mandla Mpofu who had a stint with Molepolole-based outfit Masitaoka before joining Sua Flamingoes.<\/p>\n

A sure class act by the talented coach whose side took position six in its maiden appearance in the country\u2019s top-tier football league in the past season.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday\u2019s win makes the young coach exude confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing nominated in the category of Coach of the Year sufficed and going all the way to win it was like an icing on a cake. I was happy even before attending the glamorous ceremony. Nobody thought I would walk away with the award at the start of the league,\u201d he said Tuesday on the sideline of the Lekgamu-La-Bananyana training in Area W.<\/p>\n

The fact that no coach had achieved such a feat in their first year plying top-flight football in the annuals of history of soccer in Botswana, he told BOPA made the accolade special.<\/p>\n

To him and the boys, the ward is the recognition sums up the many years of much toiling, hard work and insurmountable challenges the team had endured during its 13 years of existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started this team in 2010 after completing my Form Five at Francistown Secondary School,\u201d he said of what started as pass time but has now snow-balled into a formidable side, rose from the bottom rung of the BFA ladder to be a household craze among football fanatics and a slayer of the giants.<\/p>\n

Looking back into time, \u201816\u2019 as he is affectionately referred to by football fans recall being asked to train Form One football team by his then school teacher and head coach, Palmas Odisitse.<\/p>\n

This opened the young lad eyes to the game, especially the coaching aspect of soccer and he started believing that he had what it takes to become a football administrator in the future.<\/p>\n

Unlike many teams that bank on scouting for already established football stars to make formidable teams, Mpatane\u2019s creed is development through and through; a thing he attributes to the team\u2019s strength and cohesion.<\/p>\n

The notion of having development sides also ensures feeder units for the first team even if some players get lost along the way due to a number of reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has always been at the back of my mind that I will lose players to other teams and it is to this end that I have set up development side to sustain the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Besides the 30 registered players as per the BFA regulations, Eleven Angels boast of five categories of the development sides being; Under 11, 13, 15, 17, 20 totalling over 100 players.<\/p>\n

This is despite the shoe string budget for the side which does not have sponsors and depend on the gate takings and the goodwill gesture by some good Samaritans who are fascinated by the inspiring story of the rise of the Eleven Angels from its humble beginnings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very hopeful that someone will come through and help us. I have told the boys to remain hopeful. As you can see they are a happy lot that train and play together week in week out. Our passion for the spot is the tapestry that binds us together,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Polished stars among others; Gofaone Mabaya, Molaodi Tlhalefang, Fortune Thulare, Doctor David, Eric Ookame are some of the players that have gone through the midas touch of Mpatane.<\/p>\n

Eleven Angels originally White Angels the brainchild of Mpatane is the name he gave the outfit because of his conviction that it is inspired by the divine.<\/p>\n

Soccer fans, he said should brace themselves for an exciting display of soccer from the side.<\/p>\n

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