Former Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has expressed his delight after helping AmaZulu to a Top 8 finish.
Usuthu finished eighth thanks to their 1-1 draw with Orlando Pirates in their final match of the season. Zwane, who joined the KwaZulu-Natal earlier this season, has guided his side to sixth with 10 wins this campaign.
Usuthu will play Stellenbosch int he MTN8 quarter-finals next season. Speaking after finishing in the Top 8, the former Chiefs explained he had to go through a lot as a player and coach.
“You know, when I look at my coaching career and even when I was a player, it’s like a movie. I’m still watching the movie. Because, as a player, I’ve been through a lot, through the most,” said Zwane.
“I’ve experienced a lot of things that I think many other players, if they were in my shoes, they wouldn’t come back. So, and some of us, our journeys are always going to be difficult.
Former Kaizer Chiefs delighted to finish in Top 8
Zwane started his coaching with the Chiefs development before he was promoted assistant coach of the first team. He coached the first team in the 2022/23 season helping the club finish fifth.
“And I take my journey, as a football player and my coaching career, the same, they are very similar. How I started at [Jomo] Cosmos, went overseas and came back. I found myself in the second division, fighting for my career, to revive it again, the national team and then Kaizer Chiefs. Then I had the longest career as a player that I must be proud of.”
Zwane helps Usuthu finish top 8, while Chiefs ends season 9th
“And then I see the same in my coaching career. The difficulties that I’ve endured, things that other people, I don’t think would survive like I’m trying right now from the situation that I’ve been dealing with my kids that couldn’t cope at school because of everything that was happening where I was,” Zwane continued.
Finishing inside the top 8 in his first season with AmaZulu should be an accomplishment given he is the last Chiefs coach to also put the side in the top 8.
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