Anthony Mdluli

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Anthony Mdluli
Personal information
Full name Mphindwa Anthony Mdluli
Place of birth Swaziland
Team information
Current team
Manzini Sea Birds
(manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2015 Swaziland U17
2016 Manzini Wanderers
2017 Eswatini
2018 Eswatini (caretaker)
2019– Manzini Sea Birds

Mphindwa Anthony Mdluli is a Swazi football manager, currently managing Manzini Sea Birds.

Managerial career

In 2015, it was announced Mdluli would manage the Swaziland U17 squad at the 2015 COSSASA Games in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. [1]

In August 2016, Mdluli was named head coach of Manzini Wanderers. [2]

In 2017, Mdluli was appointed manager of Swaziland. [3] He was replaced by Pieter de Jongh, before returning to the job in March 2018 as a caretaker. He was replaced by Kosta Papić in December 2018. [4]

In January 2019, Mdluli was appointed manager of Manzini Sea Birds. [5]

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References

  1. "E150 000 to SSSA for COSSASA games". Times of Swaziland. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. "Anthony Mdluli appointed Wanderers head coach". Swazi Observer. 16 August 2016. p. 44.
  3. "A. Mdluli". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. "Papic named as new eSwatini coach". BBC Sport.
  5. "Anthony Mdluli joins Sea Birds". Swazi Observer. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.