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Uganda premier league side SC Villa signs Spanish Coach

Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uganda's representatives for the 2016 CAF Confederations Cup, Sports Club Villa have signed the Spanish coach Antonio Flores.

Club President Ben Immanuel Misagga told Xinhua here on Tuesday in an interview that they have signed the coach for two years and he will arrive in the country on July 13 to start work.

"We are not getting rid of our coach Ibrahim Kirya who won the Uganda Cup last week, but he will be the third coach in command as Flores will come with another assistant coach Fenandes," Misagga said.

He said the highly qualified Antonio Flores together with another assistant Fenandes from Spain will handle the team. Flores is a UEFA (the governing body of football in Europe) Pro Coaching license holder who was previously assistant coach of Spanish third Division side, CD Roquetas.

Last week SC Villa lifted the 2015 Uganda Cup after defeating arch-rivals KCCA FC 3-0.

"I am happy that we took the trophy after a drought of six years. But the expectations are demands are much higher because we have to invest more both for local and international engagements," explained Misagga who added that they will maintain Nigerian striker Victor Enemayo.

SC Villa is the Uganda's most successful club, which lifted the Uganda League trophy a record 16 times and the Uganda Cup nine times. Endi