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David GOMBE

Eight time Uganda Premier League champions Vipers SC have on Tuesday, thirtieth June appointed French tactician Denis Lavagne as their new head coach.

Lavagne takes over the Kitende hot-seat on a two 12 months employment contract changing Belgian Ivan Jacky Minnaert.

He turns into the primary frenchman to handle at Vipers and the tenth overseas coach within the membership’s historical past.

Out of the 9 earlier overseas coaches at Vipers SC, solely Portuguese coach Miguel Da Costa, Brazilian tactician Robertinho Oliveira and Ivan Jacky Minnaert have gained silverware on the membership.

Da Costa turned the primary overseas coach to win the league title at Kitende following the membership’s 2017/18 league triumph.

Robertinho led Vipers to the 2021/22 league title in addition to the Stanbic Uganda Cup triumph in 2021 and can be the one Vipers SC coach to guide the aspect to the CAF Champions league group phases.

The opposite overseas coaches at Vipers are Nigerian Ambrose Duru Chukuma, Kenyan Michael Nam Ouma, Mexican Javier Martinez Espinosa, Brazilian Leonard Martins Neiva,Brazilian-Spaniard Roberto Luiz Bianchi Pelliste and Serbian Nikola Kavazovic have all did not ship glory at Kitende.