Today, Saturday, the Tunisian club Sfaxien announced the signing of the Egyptian Hossam El-Badri, Al-Ahly coach and the former Egyptian national team.
Mohamed Trabelsi, club president, told Reuters that the agreement is for a period of six months that can be extended, adding that the initial agreement was for a season and a half, but in the end the contract was limited to six months.
Al-Badri will take over the training of Sfaxien, succeeding coach Mauricio Yakubachi, who was dismissed last month, and before Anis Boujelban occupied the position temporarily and then left due to pressure.
The last experience of the 62-year-old Egyptian coach was when he led Algeria’s ES Setif, but he left due to the club’s financial suffering last November.
Al-Badri was dismissed from training the Egyptian national team in 2021 after he was criticized for his modest performance, although he had not suffered any defeat since taking over the position in 2019. Al-Badri coached his Al-Ahly club in 3 periods and crowned him with the Egyptian Premier League 3 times and the 2012 CAF Champions League, among other titles, according to Reuters.
Al-Badri also trained Al-Merikh Al-Sudanese and led him to win the local league title in 2011, and he led Al-Ahly in Tripoli, Libya, in 2013.
