Fufa has appointed JOHN McINSTRY as the new Uganda Cranes of technical.
The 34yr old has recently been the head coach of Bangladesh top tier side SAIF SC .
McKinstry, 34, replaces Sebastien Desabre who parted ways with Uganda after an impressive 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Desabre has since joined Egyptian club Pyramids.
The Northern Irish arrived at FUFA house in Mengo on Monday morning.
Uganda Cranes has been under local coaches Abdallah Mubiru, Livingston Mbabazi and Sadiq Wassa who were appointed on an interim basis.
Mckinstry will work with the interim coaching staff led by Mubiru, Edgar Watson confirmed.
The Northern Irish is a UEFA Pro licensed football manager. He joins Uganda hours after confirming his resignation as Head Coach of Bangladesh Football Premier League team Saif SC.
Profile
Johnathan McKinstry (born 16 July 1985) is a Northern Irish UEFA Pro licensed football manager and who has been the current Head Coach of Bangladesh Football Premier League team Saif SC. Previously McKinstry managed the Rwanda national team, the Sierra Leone national team and Kauno Žalgiris in the A Lyga. Whilst in charge of Sierra Leone, McKinstry was the youngest international manager in the world at 27 years old.
McKinstry has coached in several countries; Northern Ireland, England, USA, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Lithuania. His early career was focused on elite youth development through roles with Newcastle United, New York Red Bulls, the Right to Dream Academy and the Craig Bellamy Foundation.
In 2013 McKinstry moved into senior professional football when he was appointed manager of the Sierra Leone national football team, whom he guided to their highest ever FIFA World Ranking position. He has more recently been manager of the Rwanda national football team guiding them to the Final of the 2015 CECAFA Cup and Quarter Finals of the 2016 African Nations Championship, and of Kauno Žalgiris of Lithuania’s A Lyga.
In December 2017 McKinstry was shortlisted by the Ugandan FA for their national team manager position and in April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job. It was also confirmed by officials of the Football Association of Zambia in June 2018 that McKinstry had made the final 2-man shortlist of candidates under consideration to be named Head Coach of the Zambia national football team.
