New Coach Committed to Build A Strong Cambodian National Football Team

New Coach Committed to Build A Strong Cambodian National Football Team

Mr. Ryu Hirose, newly-appointed Japanese Coach of Cambodian national football team, expressed his commitment to guide the Cambodian team for international challenges, especially the SEA Games 2021 in Vietnam and the SEA Games 2023 hosted by Cambodia.

“I am really happy to be a coach of the Cambodian national football team. As the coach, I am willing to undergo hardship and devote my physical and mental effort to build a strong team for challenges within the region and in the world,” he was quoted as saying.

Mr. Ryu Hirose will lead the Cambodian football team along with the general manager Mr. Keisuke Honda who continues his new contract until 2023, according to the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC).

Mr. Ryu Hirose is expected to capacitate Cambodian athletes for events such as the second-round qualifier competition of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in mid-2021, qualifier competitions of AFC Asian Cup, AFF Suzuki Cup, SEA Games 2021 in Vietnam and SEA Games 2023 hosted by Cambodia, added the federation.

Mr. Ryu Hirose has been appointed as a new coach of Cambodian national football team to replace the former Argentine coach Mr. Felix G. Dalmas who had completed his contract, said FFC.

Born on April 19, 1956, the 65-year-old Mr. Ryu Hirose is a Japanese national and a former athlete of Teikyo High School-Chuo University, and has a licence from JFA Official S-Class License of Japan. He used to be a director of Teikyo University, a general manager of Seoul Digital University, a coach of Samut Prakan which now is the top league of Thailand, and a youth coach of Guangzhou R&F.