Nobilo retained for Benin coaching job

  1. Posted on Friday 3 September 2010 - 11:00
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    Walter Wilson Nana, AfricaNews reporter in Buea, Cameroon
    Jean - Marc Nobilo, 50, has signed a contract with Benin to take the west African country through the preliminaries for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nation finals, to be co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Benin. The Frenchman was confirmed by the Benin football federation as their new coach days before they begin qualifying campaign on Sunday.
    Jean - Marc Nobilo
    The confirmation of his appointment comes one month after he opened negotiations for the first time. Benin opens their Group H campaign at home against Burundi in Cotonou on Sunday.

    Nobilo was coach of Le Havre Athletic Club (2009) and Angers (2005), and in many African selections.