Former Stade Rennais manager Vahid Halilhodžić has been named as the new national coach of Alegria, the Algerian Football Federation announced this Wednesday. The Bosnian manager has signed a three years contract.
Halilhodžić continues his world travels, after experiences in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast and Croatia since he left Paris Saint-Germain in February 2005. This will be his second experience as the coach of a national team, after he qualified Ivory Coast for the 2010 World Cup before being dismissed for obscure reasons.
The former striker comes out of a successful season managing Dinamo Zagreb, where he managed the League and Cup double. But eventually, a conflict with his president ended Halilhodžić’s ter mat the Croatian club, after he didn’t accepty beeing « humiliated » in front of his players .
Now with Algeria, Halilhodžić’s first mission will be to save the appearances, since the Desert Foxes are in a pretty bad way, in last position in their qualifying group for the 2012 African Nations Cup.