The Zimbabwe Football Association has announced the appointment of Tawurayi Mangwiro as its Technical Director.

The post has been vacant following the sacking of Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe in March for allegedly leaking information about match-fixing on the Zimbabwe-Swaziland AFCON qualifier to third parties without informing his employer, as well as giving an interview to the media without permission.

 In a statement, the Zimbabwe Football Association said they settled for Mangwiro because of his background and qualification which makes him the right candidate to steer the development of local football.

“With his vast expertise, Mangwiro has the potential to steer grassroots football and coaches’ development forward through various educational programmes facilitated by ZIFA, CAF and FIFA," read the statement.

“ZIFA has great confidence in the ability of Mangwiro to contribute immensely towards the uplifting of coaching standards and nurturing of young talent because of his teaching and coaching background."

Zifa also said Mangwiro is expected in due course, to come up with a curriculum to develop local coaches.

“The Technical Director will soon publish a comprehensive coaching education programme which seeks to address key areas of football development. 

“The technical director’s office will ensure that all coaches are certified by the association and that no other establishment is allowed to issue or organise football coaching courses."

Mangwiro, a CAF regional instructor, is also a holder of a CAF A licence and he also has a German International B licence. Locally, he has the ZIFA Advanced Level coaching certificate.

The 46-year old former high school teacher coached several premiership clubs which includes Caps United, Harare City, Monomotapa and Masvingo United.  He was the national Under-20 head coach from 2008 to 2011.

By his appointment, Mangwiro will be a member of the High Performance Committee which has the responsibility of supervising at the structure of all national teams.