Soccer-Constantine to coach Rwanda for second spell


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Pakistan v Saudi Arabia - Jinnah Football Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan - June 6, 2024 Pakistan coach Stephen Constantine, who has been named as Rwanda manager, reacts REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

KIGALI, March ⁠13 (Reuters) - Englishman Stephen ⁠Constantine has been named ‌Rwanda manager on a two-year contract, the country’s football ​federation said.

The 63-year-old ⁠previously coached ⁠the East African nation's ⁠team for ‌eight months in 2014.

Constantine ⁠has also been coach of ​India (two ‌spells), Nepal and Pakistan ⁠in ​Asia and Malawi and Sudan in ⁠Africa.

His first game in ​charge of Rwanda will be against Grenada in ⁠Kigali on March 27 and then either Estonia or Kenya three ​days later ⁠in the FIFA Series ​tournament.

(Writing by ‌Mark Gleeson in ​Cape Town; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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