Pitso Mosimane calls for roll out of more CAF Pro Licence courses

Mosimane is one of only three coaches in Sub-Saharan Africa to have the CAF Pro License, together with AFCON-winning Senegal national team head coach Aliou Cisse and Al Hilal head coach Florent Ibenge. 

They attained their Pro License qualification in Morocco, the only African country to have conducted this coaching licence so far.  

"Let's be fair to African coaches. We are the first students to qualify as African coaches with a Pro Licence in Morocco, and I was lucky because it was all Moroccans, and Aliou Cisse of Senegal and Florence Ibenge from DR Congo.

"So, we are the only ones fortunate to get the opportunity, but I think Africa should do better and provide classes so that more Africans can come and coach in the Gulf.

"You cannot come to the Gulf if you don't have Pro Licence – you can't go to Qatar, Saudi, UAE – where I am, [because] you need to have a Pro Licence."

'Jingles', who coaches UAE Pro League club Al Wahda, was also recently invited to lecture in the UAE Football Association's Pro License coaching course. 

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As the first-ever head coach from Sub-Saharan Africa to coach a professional club in the Gulf region, Mosimane says football leaders in the UAE saw it fit that he shares his expertise with coaches from the region for the highest football qualification in Asia.

"I asked them, 'Why do you ask me? I mean, you've got the whole country full of UEFA Pro Licenced coaches, why go to an African?' They said, 'No, it's the first time we have a Sub-Saharan African coach in the whole Gulf, never mind Emirates," explained Mosimane.

"They also said, 'Your CV speaks for itself. We want to hear what have you done, what made your successes and your failure, and what you corrected.'

"So, it was like a masterclass, I was just presenting about myself and what I've done, and where I could have done better, as well as the challenges that were beyond my control. So, I'm humbled."

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