Former striker Craig Bellamy hired as Wales coach for his first role in senior management

Wales participant Craig Bellamy. File
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Former Wales captain Craig Bellamy was employed to teach the nationwide group till 2028 on Tuesday.

“It’s the proudest second of my profession,” stated Bellamy, who retired from enjoying in 2014. “It was at all times my final dream.”

Bellamy, who was a pacy striker with Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle, has most lately been assistant coach at Burnley within the English Premier League. This will probably be his first senior teaching function.

He performed 78 occasions for Wales from 1998-2014, captaining the group from 2007-10.

Bellamy’s first sport in cost will probably be in opposition to Turkey within the Nations League.

Wales has been and not using a coach for the reason that departure of Robert Web page, who was fired in June after failing to qualify the group for the European Championship.

Web page did lead Wales to the 2022 World Cup, the primary time the nationwide group performed in that event since 1958.