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Vandenbroeck’s greatest challenge may lie ahead at Simba SC

The Belgian coach has enjoyed his own personal redemption story during last season’s treble-winning season

Sven Vandenbroeck has already achieved a great deal at Tanzanian giants Simba SC.

Of course, the key achievement of his tenure so far is the treble the local heavyweights clinched last term, as they chalked off the Community Shield, Tanzanian title and domestic FA Cup during a dominant campaign.

Beneath those successes, however, came the Belgian’s own personal redemption story in African football.

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The 40-year-old was a member of the Cameroon backroom staff—under his compatriot Hugo Broos—who won the Africa Cup of Nations with the Indomitable Lions in 2017, and got his first major job as a number one off the back of that when he was appointed Zambia coach in 2018.