Banyana coach Ellis bags third CAF award

Published on

22 July 2022

Banyana Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis has been named the Women’s Coach of the Year at the 2022 Confederation of African Football Awards.

This is the third consecutive time that she has won this award.

Under her leadership, the South African women’s national team has made it to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, and qualified for the Women’s World Cup, next year.

Banyana and Morocco are to meet in Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final on Saturday night.

3️⃣ SUCCESSIVE TIMES! 🤩
🇿🇦 Desire Ellis is named 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ Coach of the Year (WOMEN) AGAIN! 🧠#CAFAwards2022 pic.twitter.com/pg7XBWwBu8
— CAF (@CAF_Online) July 21, 2022

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has been crowned the CAF Coach of the year in the Women’s category at the #CAFAwards2022.
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— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) July 21, 2022

Liesl Smit

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