A retired African star has shown his appreciation to two former PSL coaches, Ted Dumitru and Mlungiso 'Professor' Ngubane, for showing faith in him.
Two well-recognised coaches in the South African game have now received their flowers from one of their former players.
Former Namibian footballer Heinrich 'Barnes' Angula says that although he never managed to fully make a name for himself in the Namibia national team, he is grateful to the few coaches who showed trust in his talents, such as Dumitru and Ngubane.
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"I received many call-ups to the senior national team from different coaches but it is very weird that I only got to play once, as a second-half substitute for George Hummel in a World Cup qualifier against Egypt, which we only lost by an odd goal in Cairo," Angula told news outlet The Namibian.
"Coaches like (Peter) Ueberjahn, (Rusten) Mogane, the late Ted Dumitru, 'Professor' Ngubane and (Herman) Katjiuongua showed their faith in my abilities by always calling me up to the senior team, but to be in the first 11 wasn't easy.
"I mean, with the talent displayed by the likes of Mohammed Ouseb, Ricardo Mannetti, Bobby Samaria, Lucky Kakuva and Paultjie Bostander, who were far more experienced than myself, it was always going to be an uphill task to start ahead of them."
Ngubane managed Namibia during the late 1990s, and following his stint, Dumitru would follow, as the Romanian tactician spearheaded the Brave Warriors in 2001 before he became Mamelodi Sundowns boss.
Elsewhere, Ngubane was recently very vocal about the turmoil involving SAFA president Danny Jordaan, who faces charges of corruption.
Ngubane, who remains unemployed, told KickOff that his issue with the disgraced head of SAFA is that he never gave opportunities to former players like himself but instead to individuals who never played the game.
"Danny Jordaan is a nice guy. When you speak to him, he listens, but after that, he doesn't do what you ask him to do. His main problem has been surrounding himself with 'yes-men' and 'yes-women'. He has never been willing to work with former professional footballers as other countries do," Ngubane told KickOff.com.
"We need some of the country's legends to be involved in the running of South African football. Do you mean to tell me that out of all the former players, none of us understands the game? Replacing him as SAFA president would be easy because there are many capable individuals who could take over."
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