Former Chiefs and SuperSport United midfielder Reneilwe Letsholonyane has his sights set on teaching Bafana Bafana within the not-too-distant future.
The previous Kaizer Chiefs and South Africa midfielder is at the moment assistant coach of the SA Beneath-20 workforce.
He retired from taking part in when with TS Galaxy in 2021 and began his teaching journey with AmaZulu as their DStv Diski Problem coach however he left after six months to hyperlink up with Amajita.
Talking to SABC, the formidable Letsholonyane stated: “My ambitions, clearly as a younger coach now, is within the close to future to be a Bafana Bafana coach – however the journey begins someplace, and at the moment I’m the assistant coach for the U20 nationwide workforce.”
Letsholonyane was naturally delighted that Bafana did properly on the lately concluded Africa Cup of Nations, the place they resulted in third place.
“I feel it was one in all our greatest tournaments, contemplating that we haven’t been qualifying for tournaments, and once we are there, we haven’t been going by way of the knockout phases,” he added.
“When the event began, Bafana weren’t given an opportunity. Virtually everybody thought they might not even qualify for the knockouts.
“Taking part in within the semi-final was an enormous factor. For me, it’s a basis that has been laid in order that we get again to the place we needs to be, by way of conquering Africa.
“Nobody thought they might be the place they’re – third-best nation on the continent. Now there’s [World Cup] qualifiers developing within the subsequent few weeks and months, and it’s a booster for them. Going ahead, it is going to be a continuation from the place we left off.”
