Mayanja’s contract with the club as interim manager will expire at the end of June, but his stay could be stretched further with a new deal as deputy.
Former KCCA FC player and manager Jackson Mayanja is the favoured option as deputy to newly appointed head coach Sergio Daniel Moniz Traguil, according to sources.
KCCA announced Sergio as the new manager on Monday but is yet to name his deputy.
Mayanja, who took charge of the club after Morley Byekwaso’s resignation, was one of the names mentioned in the head coach conversation, but KCCA went foreign to bring in the former Township Rollers tactician.
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Sergio is a Portuguese tactician who started his coaching career at Sports Lisboa e Benfica, where he was in charge of the club’s youth teams before joining Kaduna United in Nigeria.
Pulse Sports now understands that decision-makers at the club are inclined towards keeping Mayanja around as the assistant manager.
Mayanja’s contract with the club as interim manager will expire at the end of June, but his stay could be stretched further with a new deal as deputy.
The former Uganda Cranes star managed KCCA in the last eight matches in total but was suspended for the goalless draw with Express and the 1-0 win over BUL FC due to comments made about the referee in the aftermath of the 1-0 loss to Vipers.
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He is reported to be among the players that the 13-time Uganda Premier League champions hope to build their project around, as they seek a return to their glory days.
He managed to win 4-1 against SC Villa in his first match in charge and also went on to beat Gaddafi 1-0 and Soltilo Bright Stars 5-0.
A dramatic 2-2 draw with Onduparaka was the other result for Mayanja, who saw KCCA finish level on 53 points with champions Vipers SC.
Vipers won the title on goal difference, and KCCA will be hoping to build on last season’s late charge in the fight for next season’s trophy.
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Byekwaso recently took up the assistant coaching role at S.C Villa and had everything going well with his former employers at Lugogo.
With the club set to take part in the CAF Confederation Cup Preliminaries scheduled for August, a decision on Sergio’s deputy is expected to come sooner rather than later.