He holds 3 nationalities, speaks 5 languages, and is nicknamed “The Doctor” , Who is the new coach of the Algerian national team?

The Algerian Football Federation revealed, in an official statement issued today, Thursday, that a final agreement had been reached with Bosnian coach Vladimir Petkovic to supervise the training of the “Desert Warriors” team.

Vladimir Petkovic, the former Swiss national team coach, will take over the task of coaching the Algerian national team, succeeding its former technical director Djamel Belmadi, with whom the partnership was dissolved due to the early exit from the group stage of the finals of the African Cup of Nations “Côte d’Ivoire 2023”.

Vladimir Petkovic, 60 years old, has managed several clubs, most notably Lazio in Italy and Bordeaux in France, but he has never coached on the African continent.

The new coach of the Algerian national team has 3 nationalities: Swiss, Bosnian, and Croatian, and speaks 5 languages: Croatian, English, Italian, German, and Russian.

Coach Vladimir Petkovic, nicknamed “The Doctor,” began his football career as a player in the former Yugoslavia, before playing professionally in Switzerland during the period between 1987 and 1999.

A historic achievement with the Swiss national team

Followers in Switzerland agree that Vladimir Petkovic is the best coach in history, given the great successes he achieved with him between 2014 and 2021.

The Sarajevo-born coach led the Swiss national team to reach the quarter-finals of the European Nations Cup (Euro 2020), and the quarter-finals of the same tournament for the 2016 edition, in addition to reaching the quarter-finals during the 2014 and 2018 World Cup finals.

Vahid nickname

Throughout his 27-year coaching career, Vladimir Petkovic won only one title, and that happened with the Italian team Lazio.

The Swiss coach won the Italian Cup for the 2012-2013 season at the expense of Roma, after defeating them with a goal without a response in the final match.

Tactical flexibility

Petkovic is distinguished by not relying on a single method of play, as he constantly changes tactical plans from one match to another.