LEGENDARY gaffer Sunday “Mhofu” Chidzambwa has been appointed substantive coach for the Zimbabwe national team on a one-year performance based contract with immediate effect.

“The Zimbabwe Football Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Sunday Chidzambga as the substantive Senior Men’s National Team coach with immediate effect, on a one-year performance-based contract,” read a statement from ZIFA.

Chidzambwa will have no club distractions when the 2019 Afcon qualifiers resume next year as he is leaving ZPC Kariba on December 31.

“The Association is confident that the coming in of Chidzambga, Zimbabwe’s most successful coach, will steer the Warriors towards the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations finals as he has no club football distractions,” said ZIFA.

Chidzambwa was the first coach to lead Zimbabwe to the Afcon finals in Tunisia in 2004 and he has won the COSAFA Castle Cup a record three times, with the latest coming in 2017.

At club level, he led Dynamos to the CAF Champions League final in 1998 and won three league titles with the club in 1994, 1995 and 1997.