THE Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has announced that almost 90 coaches from across the globe have applied for the vacant Likuena coaching position.

The football mother body last month announced the search for a new coach to take over the reins after Thabo Senong resigned last year.

LeFA said by January 31, it had received as many as 90 applications, adding that six of them were from Basotho coaches while the majority was from their eastern European counterparts.

“Today, Monday 31st January, marks the deadline for receiving applications for the vacant position of the Lesotho men’s national team,” the statement issued by LeFA Secretary General, Mokhosi Mohapi said.

“At the close of the business today, around ninety (90) coaches had tendered their applications. Out of the 90 applications, six Basotho coaches have applied and around 84 foreign coaches. The coaches are mostly from Eastern Europe, England, Holland, Italy, Spain, France as well as countries like Argentina, Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa.”

According to reports in the local publications, former Likuena head coaches including Moses Maliehe, Seephephe “Mochine” Matete and Motheo “Six to Six” Mohapi are among the local tacticians, who have applied for the job.

Halemakale Mahlaha, who has worked as the Likuena assistant coach and also coached the Lesotho junior team, is one of the local coaches who is said to have applied for the position.

One of the major requirements for the job is that interested parties should be in possession of a CAF A License coaching qualification.

Such a coach, LeFA further showed should have coached at club level or the national team in continental competitions.

The LeFA statement further explained that the process of short-listing the applicants would commence on Tuesday to be followed by the interview processes before a recommendation is presented to the Association’s Executive Committee for a final decision.