BEN KWIZERA
The 30-time Tanzanian Premier League champions, Young Africans SC, have reached a mutual agreement to part ways with Sead Ramovic. The former TS Galaxy coach leaves Yanga after just 81 days and is reportedly linked with a move to CR Belouizdad. The Serbian tactician is said to have negotiated a better financial deal with the Algerian club, which also features South African forward Khanyisa Mayo.
In November 2024, Sead Ramovic dramatically resigned as TS Galaxy coach during a live TV broadcast. Just a week later, he was unveiled as the new head coach of Tanzanian giants Young Africans after the club parted ways with former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Gamondi due to disappointing results in the CAF Champions League group stages.
Although Ramovic failed to lead Yanga to the knockout rounds of the continental competition, he oversaw a nine-match unbeaten run, winning seven games and propelling the club up the Tanzanian Premier League table. Yanga currently sits just one point behind their fierce rivals, Simba SC.
In an unexpected move, Young Africans’ management confirmed Ramovic’s departure along with his assistant, Mustafa Kodro, late on Tuesday evening.
The club released an official statement announcing the mutual termination of Ramovic’s contract. They also revealed that former USM Alger coach Miloud Hamdi has been appointed as Yanga’s new head coach.
According to multiple reports, Ramovic has already received and accepted an offer to take over the coaching duties at Algerian giants CR Belouizdad. The club recently parted ways with Abdelkader Amrani after he failed to guide them to the CAF Champions League quarter-finals.
Further reports indicate that Ramovic has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to become the new head coach of the Reds. He is already in Algiers, having arrived in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He is expected to be officially unveiled this week and could be on the bench for the Algerian Super Cup final against MC Alger on Saturday, February 8.