Zimbabwe's national football team has struggled under foreign leadership during the past eighteen years. Three international coaches have managed the Warriors with disappointing results across competitive and friendly matches. Valinhos from Brazil, Croatian Zdravko Logarusic, and German Michael Nees have collectively overseen thirty games. Their combined record shows five victories from these encounters.
The coaching trio has achieved wins against only Namibia and Botswana during their tenure. Michael Nees will become the first foreign manager to lead Zimbabwe at the AFCON finals in Morocco this December. The Warriors have secured twenty-six points from a possible ninety when friendlies are counted. Competitive matches alone yield an even worse return of twenty-three points from seventy-eight available.
Each coach has managed approximately forty months of action with the national team. Nees and Valinhos have recorded two wins each, while Logarusic achieved just one victory. The team has never scored more than two goals in any single match under foreign guidance.
The coaching trio has achieved wins against only Namibia and Botswana during their tenure. Michael Nees will become the first foreign manager to lead Zimbabwe at the AFCON finals in Morocco this December. The Warriors have secured twenty-six points from a possible ninety when friendlies are counted. Competitive matches alone yield an even worse return of twenty-three points from seventy-eight available.
Each coach has managed approximately forty months of action with the national team. Nees and Valinhos have recorded two wins each, while Logarusic achieved just one victory. The team has never scored more than two goals in any single match under foreign guidance.
