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Sekhukhune United centre-back Daniel Cardoso has backed new coach Cedric Kaze to replicate his Kaizer Chiefs success at Babina Noko.
Kaze arrived in South Africa two seasons ago as one of Nasreddine Nabi’s assistants at Chiefs and in that season, Amakhosi broke a decade long trophy drought by winning the Nedbank Cup. They qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup in the process.
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In his second season, Kaze alongside Khalil Ben Youssef as co-coaches at Naturena led the Glamour Boys to a third-place finish in the Betway Premiership. That was the side’s best finish since 2020, and they also qualified for the Confederation Cup for a second time in a row.
This season, the Burundi national joined Babina Noko and the side opened the campaign on a positive note winning 1-0 at home against Durban City although with Kaze on the stands and he awaits his work permit.
The Sekhukhune captain told iDiski Times journalist Lethabo Kganyago in edition 267 of the newspaper that Kaze can help them qualify for an inter-continental tournament as well.
“He seems like a great coach,” Cardoso told iDiski Times.
“He brought Chiefs where they are; they haven’t finished in the top three in quite a few seasons. And that’s when I was back at Chiefs when we came second and lost it on the last day, so props to him.
“I think he’s been with us, and we just got to buy into his philosophy. I think we have had more than enough time to work with him, and all the prep we’ve been doing will show, and we can start on a good note.
“We are there to give him our full support because he has given his full coaching ability that he can, and I think we can learn a lot from him. So, Chiefs finished third; he’s come to us from Chiefs, and I think that we definitely want to go back into Africa. I think a lot of the boys need to experience that African football.
“It’s a lot different to what South African football is. You know you are playing against boys that are tough, especially the North Africans. I think it’s something that we all need to pull our weight towards and finish in the top three.”
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