PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
EUROPE
Bottom of the Bundesliga, Fortuna Dusseldorf replaced coach Friedhelm Funkel with UWE ROSLER.
MORENO LONGO agreed to take charge of Torino after they parted company with Walter Mazzarri following 7-0 and 4-0 defeats to Atalanta and Lecce in Serie A. Brescia sacked Eugenio Corini for the second time this season and appointed DIEGO
LOPEZ as coach.
SERGEN YALCIN left Yeni Malatyaspor and replaced Abdullah Avci as coach of Besiktas following their Turkish Cup loss to second-tier Erzurumspor.
AFRICA
Croatian BRANKO IVANKOVIC was named coach of Oman, replacing Dutchman Erwin Koeman who was relieved of his position after December’s Gulf Cup.
Ghana named CHARLES AKONNOR as coach in place of Kwesi Appiah, while MILUTIN “MICHO” SREDOJEVIC was appointed as coach of Zambia.
Croatian ZDRAVKO LOGARUSIC was appointed coach of Zimbabwe after leaving Sudan, where he was replaced by Frenchman HUBERT VELUD.
DOMINIC KUNENE took over from Kosta Papic in charge of Eswatini (previously known as Swaziland).
Moroccan champions Wydad appointed Frenchman SEBASTIEN DESABRE as coach.
Former Nigeria star EMMANUEL AMUNEKE took charge of Egyptian Premier League strugglers El Makkasa.
ASIA
DRAGAN SKOCIC relinquished his post in charge of Iran Pro League side Sanat Naft to replace Marc Wilmots as the country’s national coach.
A-League side Newcastle Jets appointed Welshman CARL ROBINSON as head coach after parting company with Ernie Merrick in January.
WALID REGRAGUI left Moroccan side FUS Rabat and replaced Rui Faria at Qatar Stars League leaders Al Duhail.