Davids and Zinnbauer in Moscow. Image: Lokomotif/ Twitter.
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A former Orlando Pirates coach has just made a massive return to the DStv Premiership where he will be head coach of the Bucs’ PSL rivals!
Davids and Zinnbauer in Moscow. Image: Lokomotif/ Twitter.
A former Orlando Pirates coach has just made a massive return to the DStv Premiership where he will be head coach of the Bucs’ PSL rivals!
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Fadlu Davids will be taking over as head coach at Maritzburg United, according to iDiskiTimes.
He is the latest new coach to be announced in the PSL.
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Furthermore, Davids is making a return to the club where he made a name for himself.
During the 2017/18 season he lead United to their highest-ever finish in the PSL when they finished fourth.
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However, that’s not all. Davids even lead Maritzburg to the Nedbank Cup where they lost 1-0 to Free State Stars.
Unfortunately, the next few seasons went downhill for Davids. He only won two out of 17 games with Maritzburg United during the 2018/19season after several of his top stars joined other clubs in the PSL. Therefore, he faced the axe in December 2018.
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Fast forward four years later and Davids whole life has changed.
After joining the Bucs as assistant coach in 2019 where he assisted Sredojevic, Rhulani Mokwena and Zinnbauer he later became co-coach with Mandla Ncikazi (in 2021/22. They lead the Bucs to the CAF Confederation Cup final, which is arguably Davids biggest accomplishment to date.
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Furthermore, he has just returned from a stint in Russia with another former Bucs coach, Zinnbauer.
Davids has gone full circle with his return to Maritzburg. Now, he has a massive task a head of him since they currently languish at the bottom of the DStv Premiership with just two wins from 13 matches this season. Therefore, he will want to redeem himself and save their PSL status during his tenure.
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