Kaizer Chiefs Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter. Image: @alfavina / Twitter

Stuart Baxter linked to another top job in Africa

Former Chiefs head coach Stuart Baxter has interestingly been linked with a move to Zambia to take on the Chipolopolo head coach job.

Kaizer Chiefs Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter. Image: @alfavina / Twitter

Back in April it was dramatically confirmed that Stuart Baxter – who was in his second stint with Kaizer Chiefs – had been officially shown the door by Amakhosi.

Kaizer Chiefs had crashed out of the Nedbank Cup and underperformed in the DStv Premiership to be left stranded in fifth position when Baxter was let go. It all stood in stark contrast to his first stint with the team between 2012 and 2015, which included four trophies and two league titles.

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Baxter has been without a frontline job since then, but according to the iDiski Times sources, the Zambian FA has now identified the veteran South Africa coach as one of their leading candidates.

The Chipolopolo top job is up for grabs after the departure of Croatian Aljosa Asanovic last month, and the post has now been advertised, with several other names also on the shortlist of candidates.

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Baxter has suggested he would take up a new job when the timing was right

Earlier this year Baxter was linked with the Simba job in Tanzania, but that ultimately failed to materialise.

Numerous rumours have linked him to a return in the PSL at times this year, but the experienced coach has always insisted he would not be rushing into any new role unless it was a good fit.

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Stuart Baxter
Former Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter was in line for a rumoured move to Tanzanian side Simba SC earlier this year. Photo: Gavin Barker/Sports Inc

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