Senegal appoint Vieira as head coach after World Cup disappointment
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Senegal have appointed France’s 1998 World Cup winner Patrick Vieira as head coach, the country’s football federation announced Tuesday, succeeding Pape Thiaw who was dismissed after the World Cup.
He played 107 times for France and won the World Cup in 1998 as well as the Euros two years later.
His main mission will be to revitalise the team after Senegal’s bruising loss to Belgium in the last 32 of the World Cup.
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