The Malian Football Federation (Femafoot) has named Mohamed Magassouba as head coach of the national team after spending over two years in an interim role.
The 61-year-old was appointed Eagles’ coach temporarily in September 2017, following the resignation of then boss Alain Giresse, who left after a run of bad results left them bottom of their World Cup qualifying group.
Magassouba couldn’t take the West African nation to the global showpiece in Russia, but guided them to this year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Mali topped Group E with seven points, at the expense of Tunisia, Angola and Mauritania, before exiting the continental tournament in the Round of 16 after a 1-0 loss to Ivory Coast.