Mohammad Fathy has been named as the new coach for Struggling Super League side NAPSA Stars.
The Egyptian coach left his role as Lusaka Dynamos Technical Director last season.
He first job in Zambia was at Kabwe Warriors in 2008 before he went on to manage Power Dynamos in 2009.
Fathy also had a spell in Zimbabwe.
The Egyptian Pharoah’s first job will be this Wednesday when the pensioners host Nkwazi in a Lusaka derby.
Napsa opted for Fathy after they failed to bring back Tenant Chilumba.
In the first half of the 2017 season, Napsa played arguably one of the best football in the league under Chilumba.
With the likes of Solomon Sakala, Yoremember Banda, Chitiya Mususu, Chitoshi Mukuma, Twiza Chaibela, Collins Sikombe and Austin Banda, the pensioners found themselves in the top six halfway through the season and qualified for Barclays Cup.
That success worked against Chilumba as the team suffered a dip in form in the final third of the season and the former Chipolopolo player was sacked.
His assistant Linos Makwaza took over and guided the team to the Barclays Cup final.
With the exodus of players including Solomon, Chitiya, Chitoshi, Banda and Sikombe, the pensioners had to rebuilt.
Instead of bringing quality players, they brought a host of Real Nakonde and five games into the 2018 season, Makwaza with his assistants Harry Milanzi and Dabwitso Nkhoma were sidelined and came the veteran Elijah Chikwanda.
With Chikwanda failing to arrest the sinking ship, the veteran coach was shown the door.
