Former Tanzania National Team Coach dutch man Martin Ignatius also has been rumoured to be heading to the 2009 BWPL Champions Gaborone United.This is according to a post by BWPL dedicated Facebook page ”Killer Pass” .
Martin ‘Mart Nooij’ Ignatius became a development trainer at the Royal Dutch Nooij became a development trainer at the Royal Dutch Football Association. He worked for EVC 1913 in the United States and Kazakhstan. He was manager of the Burkina Faso U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 2004 he was temporarily assistant-coach at Dutch side FC Volendam.
In 2007 he was appointed head coach of the Mozambique national football team. As the manager of Mozambique he qualified the squad for the 2010 African Cup of Nations following a 12-year hiatus from the tournament finals. Mozambique finished bottom of their group with one draw and two losses. After failing to reach the 2012
African Cup of Nations, Nooij resigned from his managerial position in September 2011.He was replaced by German coach Gert Engels.
On 19 April 2012, he was named as the head coach of Premier Soccer League side
Santos, but was sacked 18 December 2012.
In November 2013, Nooij became the head coach of the Ethiopian side Saint George and five months later, he accepted the head coaching job of Tanzania on 25 April 2014.
He was sacked in June 2015 hours after an embarrassing 3-0 home defeat to Uganda Cranes in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers.
Martin Ignatius while at the helm of Tanzania National team,out of the 19 games he managed to win only 3,lost 13 and drew 3
United are 7th on the table with 26 points after playing 17 games.They are 15 points away from league leaders Township Rollers.If the Dutchman is brought to Botswana national stadium he will have the task of taking the team to a better league position and prepare to bring trophies to Gaborone.The last time the Club tasted victory was in was in 2013 when the team won the Mascom top 8 cup.
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