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Russian Football Union looking for a local coach after
Guy Hiddink departs in June
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Newly elected President of the Russian Football
Union Sergei Fursenko talks / Photo: daylife.com
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Guus Hiddink has said he will not renew his contract as
coach of Russia's national football team when it expires on June 30.
One of the most respected coaches in world football, Dutchman Hiddink
has been in charge of Russia since 2006, taking the team to the semi-finals
at Euro 2008, but failing to qualify for this year's World Cup finals
in South Africa.
Hiddink confirmed that he had spoken with new Russian federation president
Sergei Fursenko. "It was decided that we will part ways after the
expiration of my contract," he wrote in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
"We decided this now in order to give the federation enough time
to look for a successor."
The Russian Football Union said the move was Hiddink's decision.
Vitaly Mutko, the country's sports minister, said recently that the country
needed a homegrown coach. Mutko's main achievement in his previous job
as head of the Russian Football Union was landing Hiddink in 2006.
Hiddink said last year he supported Sergei Kapkov, an associate of Chelsea
owner Roman Abramovich, to head the Russian Football Union after Mutko
was forced to step down.
Telegraph.co.uk,
26 Feb 2010
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