KCCA FC announce new manager

KCCA FC have announced Sergio Daniel Moniz Tiraguil as the new manager on a two-year deal.

The announcement brings to an end speculation about the person to take the club forward following four years of no silverware at Lugogo.

KCCA have been without a permanent coach since Morley Byekwaso threw in the towel after a 1-0 loss to Bright Stars in the Stanbic Uganda Cup.

The appointment of club legend Jackson Mayanja as interim manager helped resurrect the fighting spirit in the team, but KCCA still lost the Startimes Uganda Premier League title to Vipers on goal difference.

Sergio is a Portuguese tactician who started his coaching career at Sports Lisboa e Benfica, where he was in charge of the club’s youth teams before joining Kaduna United in Nigeria.

He has since gone on to coach teams like Heart of Oaks in Ghana, Singida Big Stars (Tanzania), CD Luanda Sul (Angola), Santa Rita CFC (Angola), and most recently, Township Rollers in Botswana.

The club stated: “KCCA Football Club will benefit greatly from Sergio’s expensive expertise, high standards of excellence and character. He is a successful coach who has worked at the highest level in a number of different leagues on the continent but, most importantly, conforms to the club’s DNA of playing beautiful football and Youth Development.”

The manager is expected to take charge on July 1, and his immediate target will be preparing the team for the CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary rounds set for August.

Winning the League and Cup remain KCCA’s primary targets going into every season, and ending the four-year drought will be high on the agenda.