Thabo Senong

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Thabo Senong
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-15) 15 September 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Pimville, Soweto, South Africa
Team information
Current team
Singida Fountain Gate (assistant coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2015–2019 South Africa U20
2019–2021 Lesotho
2021–2022 Sekhukhune United (assistant)
2022–2023 Sekhukhune United (academy)
2023– Singida Fountain Gate (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (as manager)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019

Thabo Senong (born 15 September 1980) is a South African football manager who is an assistant coach with Tanzanian club Singida Fountain Gate.

In August 2019, he was appointed as manager of the Lesotho national football team. [1]

Prior to his appointment, Senong was coach of the South Africa national U-20 team, known as the Amajitas. [2] He coached at the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [3]

He won the COSAFA U-20 Cup with the Amajitas in 2017. [4]

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References

  1. "Lesotho appoint South Africa's Thabo Senong as coach". 28 August 2019 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. Inerview with Thabo Senong fifa.com
  3. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Matches - South Africa - Portugal". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "South Africa's National Under-20 (Amajita) Head Coach". safa.net. Retrieved 19 August 2019.