The French Media reported Tuesday
that Bruno Metsu former coach of United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Senegal, the
59-year-old died after a struggle with cancer.
The Metsu led Senegal to reach
the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup; Metsu has also achieved great
successes in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Newspapers no foie gras du Nord
and local sports daily L'Equipe and France Football magazine said that Metsu,
who quit training with Al Wasl Club last year for treatment of stomach cancer,
he died last night at his home in northern France.
And the travelling coach also led
Guinea and several clubs in the Gulf region.
But his fame applied prospects in
2002 when Senegal defeated rival the defending champions France and then in the
opening match of the World Cup before the African team to reach the
quarter-finals. Also in that year, Senegal stepped up to the final of the
African Nations Cup.
Following the emergence of the
star with Senegal the French coach took training Emirati eye.
Under the leadership of Metsu, Al
Ain won the Asian Champions League in the first version of its new system
continental championship in 2003. After two years with Qatar's Al Gharafa and
Al Etihad, Metsu again returned to the UAE in 2006 to train the national team
this time.
Metsu succeeded once again led
the UAE to win the Gulf Cup title in January 2007 for the first time in its history.
But he resigned in September next following the first round exit in the Asian
Cup and then defeated twice in a row at the beginning of the journey the team
in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
Metsu named after that the coach
of the national team in 2008 but was dismissed three years later after the exit
from the quarter - finals at the 2011 Asian Cup to return to a club Al Gharafa
coach who led the French league title in 2005.
