Simba SC, Azam FC add to their backroom staff   

The Msimbazi Street side has moved to bolster head coach Robert Oliveira's backroom staff further with the addition of Cadena, who last worked in domestic club football with Azam FC.

The Spaniard is coming to fill the void that was left by Moroccan Chlouha Zakaria who parted ways with Simba SC last month as part of the technical bench reshuffling.

“The management has reached an agreement to hire Daniel Cadena as our goalkeeping coach in our squad on a two-year contract,” a statement from Simba SC read.

Cadena disclosed: “I am excited to announce that I am joining a giant club as a goalkeeping coach.”

The tactician noted: “Thank you all for your trust in my work and me. I will work hard to get the best out of our goalkeepers.”

Cadena who holds a UEFA Pro license brings great experience from his time at Sevilla, China, and UAE before he landed in Tanzania.

Azam FC has signed a three-year contract with Frenchman, Jean-Laurent Geronimi to be the club's fitness coach from next season.

Geronimi was introduced just a day after Azam FC appointed another Frenchman, Bruno Ferry as the club's assistant coach for a three-year term as well.

The two are going to assist head coach, Youssouph Dabo, goalkeeping coach Khalifa Ababakar Fall and video analyst Ibrahim Diop, who are all Senegal nationals.

Azam FC finished third in the just concluded Premier League, 19 points behind champions Young Africans SC and 14 points shy of first runners-up Simba SC.

They reached the Azam Sports Federation Cup final after edging out Simba SC in the semi-final but lost 1-0 to Young Africans in the final to end up trophyless for a fourth season in a row.

In a season that Azam FC has had three different coaches, the club was eliminated in the preliminary rounds of the CAF Confederation Cup by Al Akhdar of Libya.

Moallin, who started the season, was fired after only three games and was replaced by Frenchman Denis Lavagne.

Lavagne lasted for only 45 days before falling out with the club hierarchy following a 2-1 loss to Kinondoni Municipal Council FC.

He was replaced by caretaker coach Kalimangonga Ongala until the end of the season.

As a result, the club management made a massive clearout of both the playing unit and the technical bench.

The entire technical bench that included coach Kally Ongala, assistant coach Aggrey Morris, goalkeeping coach Cadena who has since joined Simba SC, and fitness coach Moadh Hiraoui was purged.