{"id":24843,"date":"2023-02-03T15:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lefa-cracks-whip-on-foreign-coaches"},"modified":"2023-02-03T16:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:41:05","slug":"lefa-cracks-whip-on-foreign-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lefa-cracks-whip-on-foreign-coaches","title":{"rendered":"LEFA cracks whip on foreign coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is cracking the whip on foreign coaches holding fake licences in local football. The association has given clubs that employ foreign coaches until tomorrow to submit their qualifications.<\/p>\n

LEFA secretary general Mokhosi Mohapi said LEFA came across a fake coaching licence during the association\u2019s club licensing process. He said LEFA wrote to CAF to verify the qualification in question and were told there was something wrong with it. Last weekend, Bantu played the entirety of their Vodacom Premier League game against Lioli without a technical team.<\/p>\n

The reason was because even though Bantu head coach Abram Mongoya holds a CAF A Licence, he is not registered on FIFA Connect which is a centralised database by football\u2019s world governing body that enables member associations to register and track players, coaches and referees, wherever they are in the world.<\/p>\n

FIFA Connect assigns a unique FIFA ID code to each individual who holds a position in a football organisation and serves as a digital football passport number that contains information and the history of each stakeholder.<\/p>\n

Because of Mongoya\u2019s absence from the database, match officials on the day of the game against Lioli did not allow him to sit on the bench. Mongoya has been coaching in the league all season and allowing a coach to be in the technical area is at the discretion of match officials on the day.<\/p>\n

Mohapi said LEFA will send the licences of foreign coaches to CAF for verification and will also be in contact with the football associations where the individuals come from.<\/p>\n

He said it is disrespectful to football and LEFA that foreign coaches can come to Lesotho with fake licences. Mohapi said clubs that are found to have hired a fraudulent coach must be prepared for the consequences and to live with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe placed way too much trust on the information we are getting (from clubs) which was wrong, we need to vet that kind of information, anything can happen,\u201d Mohapi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys, they come to Lesotho.<\/p>\n

. I am not going to prejudice (against) anybody at this point in time and say they are not qualified. We will take their qualification to CAF and say (to CAF): this is what the guy is saying, aren\u2019t we being sold a wild goose?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohapi continued to say: \u201cFirst of all, there was a team that registered (on LEFA club licensing system) and I asked our people, I said, \u2018guys make sure you assist this team\u2019.<\/p>\n

I was trying to help the team. The guys said there is a problem with this license. We contacted CAF and they said be careful, there is something wrong with it.
\nIt is easier for LEFA to vet qualifications of local coaches as they trained here at home and the association has a database of coaches and the qualifications each one holds.<\/p>\n

LEFA has lost a few CAF A-Licence holders due to death or sickness, and Mohapi said the association will no longer be admitting foreign coaches who come to do their licences in Lesotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are no longer going to train expatriate coaches; they should come qualified because ours is very cheap, we subsidise 97 percent of the (CAF A-License) course. In other countries it could cost M80 000 or M100 000 to do it,\u201d Mohapi said.<\/p>\n

Asked what\u2019s next for anyone found with a fake licence, Mohapi said, on top of the punishment they would get from LEFA, the association can ask for a global ban for such an individual which means they would not be able to work even in their own countries.<\/p>\n

Mohapi had a message for clubs as well. \u201cClubs, you are the ones who gave us this person, what\u2019s next? We wrote to the teams (but) not even one of the clubs who have expatriate coaches has submitted their qualifications,\u201d Mohapi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they are still not submitted by Friday, they shouldn\u2019t even bother.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is cracking the whip on foreign coaches holding fake licences in local football. The association has given clubs that employ foreign coaches until tomorrow to submit their qualifications. LEFA secretary general Mokhosi Mohapi said LEFA came across a fake coaching licence during the association\u2019s club licensing process. 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