Tanzania league giants Simba  have unveiled Belgian Patrick Aussems as their new Head Coach.

The new coach was unveiled just a day before the giants’ squad jet off to Turkey for pre-season tour ahead of the the new league season. Aussems, who is the former Belgian footballer and Nepal national football team coach has signed a one-year contract with Simba, replacing Frenchman, Pierre Lechantre, who parted ways with the club after the end of the 2017/2018 season.

Lechantre served the Msimbazi Street based club for six months and guided the team to win the league’s 19th title after missing it for about five consecutive seasons but the club denied him contract extension.

Aussems  signed the contract to serve his new club in front of the club’s Acting President Salim Abdallah alias ‘Try Again’, Acting Vice-President Idd Kajuna and reporters. The Belgian said that he is ready to manage the team in the coming league season, which kicks off on August 22 and the CAF Champions League.

“I’m very happy to be here in front of you… it’s an honour and I’m very proud of it because I know that Simba is a top club in Tanzania, with a lot of passionate fans and it was something very important for me to find a new challenge in a very ambitious club,”.

“I really felt that the club wants to grow and that is very important because Simba is a top club in Tanzania but I will really like the team to become top club in Africa that’s why I’m here. I want to bring my experience.