France's Vieira appointed head coach of Senegal national football team

Patrick Vieira, the former France midfielder born in Dakar, has been appointed Senegal's national football team coach, per France 24. The fifty-year-old assumes the role following Senegal's World Cup elimination, marking his debut as a national team coach. He begins his tenure next month as Senegal prepares for qualifying toward the twenty twenty-seven Africa Cup of Nations.

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