{"id":39670,"date":"2025-10-25T06:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39670"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:12:46","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-boss-nqobile-magwizis-message-to-former-warriors-coach-michael-nees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/25\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-boss-nqobile-magwizis-message-to-former-warriors-coach-michael-nees\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA boss Nqobile Magwizi\u2019s message to former Warriors coach Michael Nees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138361\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZIFA-boss-Nqobile-Magwizis-message-to-former-Warriors-coach-Michael.jpeg?resize=352%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=352%2C264&amp;ssl=1 352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZIFA-president-Nqobile-Magwizi.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has expressed his gratitude to former Warriors coach Michael Nees following his departure from the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Nees was relieved of his duties on Wednesday after a string of poor results, despite guiding Zimbabwe to qualification for the 2025 AFCON finals.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the ZIFA Facebook page, Magwizi acknowledged the German tactician\u2019s contribution to the Warriors during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The ZIFA boss said: \u201cOn behalf of the ZIFA Executive Committee, the Secretariat, the Warriors, our fans, and the people of Zimbabwe, we express our gratitude to Coach Nees for his commitment to the Warriors and his efforts during a challenging phase for our national team. We wish him every success as he embarks on new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nees was appointed Warriors head coach in July 2024 on a two-year contract.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Michael Nees, Nqobile Magwizi, Warriors, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#ZIFA #boss #Nqobile #Magwizis #message #Warriors #coach #Michael #Nees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has expressed his gratitude to former Warriors coach Michael Nees following his departure&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1304,573,6864,2737,274,4668,6796,265,284],"class_list":["post-39670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-boss","tag-coach","tag-magwizis","tag-message","tag-michael","tag-nees","tag-nqobile","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39672,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39670\/revisions\/39672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}